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Bug 458280

Summary: dev-python/pygtk-2.24.0-r3 installing postrm warning: Unable to establish symlink
Product: Gentoo Linux Reporter: Ilya Gordeev <mirraz1>
Component: [OLD] GNOMEAssignee: Gentoo Linux Gnome Desktop Team <gnome>
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX    
Severity: QA CC: burnsmellfactory, dilfridge, gentoo, python
Priority: Low    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
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Description Ilya Gordeev 2013-02-19 12:25:38 UTC
WARN: postrm
Unable to establish /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pygtk.py symlink
Unable to establish /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pygtk.pth symlink

Reproducible: Always
Comment 1 Denis M. (Phr33d0m) 2013-02-21 00:27:23 UTC
Can you translate in plain Enlgish please?

The *Gentoo* ebuild does not have pkg_postrm() like other distros' ebuilds (funtoo, etc...?).

If this is an overlay ebuild issue you might want to prepend that overlay's name to the bug's title.
Comment 2 Denis M. (Phr33d0m) 2013-02-21 00:39:32 UTC
(In reply to comment #1)
> The *Gentoo* ebuild does not have pkg_postrm() like other distros' ebuilds
> (funtoo, etc...?).

Just to clearify, dev-python/pygtk-2.24.0-r3 does not have pkg_postrm() so, are you talking about the stable -r2 here?
Comment 3 Martin Mokrejš 2013-03-06 17:44:07 UTC
I hit the same thing here:

 * Messages for package dev-python/pygtk-2.24.0-r2:

 * Unable to establish /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pygtk.py symlink
 * Unable to establish /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pygtk.pth symlink



# emerge --info

!!! Your current profile is deprecated and not supported anymore.
!!! Use eselect profile to update your profile.
!!! Please upgrade to the following profile if possible:

        default/linux/amd64/13.0

You may use the following command to upgrade:

        eselect profile set default/linux/amd64/13.0

Portage 2.1.11.54 (default/linux/amd64/10.0, gcc-4.6.3, glibc-2.16.0, 3.7.10-default x86_64)
=================================================================
System uname: Linux-3.7.10-default-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-_i7-2640M_CPU_@_2.80GHz-with-gentoo-2.2
KiB Mem:    16329496 total,   8751724 free
KiB Swap:    4998972 total,   4998756 free
Timestamp of tree: Mon, 04 Mar 2013 13:00:01 +0000
ld GNU ld (GNU Binutils) 2.23.1
app-shells/bash:          4.2_p42
dev-java/java-config:     2.1.12-r1
dev-lang/python:          2.5.4-r5, 2.6.8-r1, 2.7.3-r3, 3.2.3-r2
dev-util/cmake:           2.8.10.2-r1
dev-util/pkgconfig:       0.28
sys-apps/baselayout:      2.2
sys-apps/openrc:          0.11.8
sys-apps/sandbox:         2.6
sys-devel/autoconf:       2.13, 2.69
sys-devel/automake:       1.9.6-r3, 1.11.6, 1.12.6
sys-devel/binutils:       2.23.1
sys-devel/gcc:            4.2.4-r1, 4.3.6-r1, 4.5.4, 4.6.3, 4.7.2-r1
sys-devel/gcc-config:     1.8
sys-devel/libtool:        2.4.2
sys-devel/make:           3.82-r4
sys-kernel/linux-headers: 3.8 (virtual/os-headers)
sys-libs/glibc:           2.16.0
Repositories: gentoo gentoo-haskell science x-portage x-layman
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64"
ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA dlj-1.1 sun-bcla-java-vm Oracle-BCLA-JavaSE skype-eula Nero-EULA-US AdobeFlash-10.3 skype-4.0.0.7-copyright"
CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -msse  -msse2 -msse3 -mssse3 -msse4.1 -msse4.2 -msse4 -mavx -maes -march=native"
CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt /usr/share/openvpn/easy-rsa"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="${EPREFIX}/etc/gconf /etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/dconf /etc/env.d /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/php/apache2-php5.4/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5.4/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php5.4/ext-active/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/language.dat.d /etc/texmf/language.def.d /etc/texmf/updmap.d /etc/texmf/web2c"
CXXFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -msse  -msse2 -msse3 -mssse3 -msse4.1 -msse4.2 -msse4 -mavx -maes -march=native"
DISTDIR="/mnt/1TB/usr/portage/distfiles"
FCFLAGS="-O2 -pipe"
FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs config-protect-if-modified distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles merge-sync news nostrip parallel-fetch protect-owned sandbox sfperms splitdebug strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch"
FFLAGS="-O2 -pipe"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org"
LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed"
MAKEOPTS="-j3"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --human-readable --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/mnt/1TB/usr/portage"
PORTDIR="/mnt/1TB/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/var/lib/layman/haskell /home/mmokrejs/proj/sci /usr/local/portage /var/lib/layman"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="X acl acpi alsa amd64 amr apache apache2 berkdb bluetooth bzip2 cairo cgi cli cracklib crypt cups cxx dbus device-mapper dhcp dri emboss encode fax ffmpeg flac fontconfig fortran gd gdbm gimp gpm gtk gudev hal hpijs hwdb iconv id3tag innodb java jce jpeg jpg keymap ladspa laptop lcms libnotify lm_sensors mad mmx modules mpi mpich2 multilib mysql ncurses nfs nls nptl nptlonly nsplugin ntfsprogs ocr ogg opengl openmp openssl pam parport pcre pdf perl php png policykit ppds pppd python readline resolvconf scanner server session sndfile sqlite sse sse2 sse3 ssl suexec svg syslog tcpd threads tiff tk truetype udev unicode usb vim-syntax wavpack x11 xml xorg zlib" ABI_X86="64" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="authn_core authz_core socache_shmcb unixd actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="kexi words flow plan sheets stage tables krita karbon braindump" CAMERAS="ptp2" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ubx" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LIBREOFFICE_EXTENSIONS="presenter-console presenter-minimizer" LINGUAS="en cs cz" PHP_TARGETS="php5-3" PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python2_7" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_2" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby18 ruby19" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="vesa vmware fbdev intel i915 i965 nouveau" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account"
Unset:  CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, USE_PYTHON

#
Comment 4 Daniel Nilsson 2013-04-12 22:00:28 UTC
I also got this message from dev-python/pygtk-2.24.0-r2 (upgrading from 2.24.0-r2).

In the same emerge session dev-python/pygobject-2.28.6-r53 (upgrading from 2.28.6-r52) gave the exact same message (pygobject was before pygtk in the merge order).

$ ls -l /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pygtk.*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    8 apr 12 23:38 /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pygtk.pth
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2966 apr 12 23:38 /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pygtk.py
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2059 apr 12 23:38 /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pygtk.pyc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1763 apr 12 23:38 /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pygtk.pyo

$ equery belongs /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pygtk.*
 * Searching for /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pygtk.pth,/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pygtk.py,/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pygtk.pyc,/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pygtk.pyo ... 
dev-python/pygobject-2.28.6-r53 (/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pygtk.pyo)
dev-python/pygobject-2.28.6-r53 (/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pygtk.pth)
dev-python/pygobject-2.28.6-r53 (/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pygtk.pyc)
dev-python/pygobject-2.28.6-r53 (/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pygtk.py)


Google found this old forum thread, don't know if it's relevant:
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-575963.html

I'm on a stable amd64 system, ask if you want more info.
Comment 5 Pacho Ramos gentoo-dev 2013-09-29 10:25:20 UTC
Please test with -r4 and provide a full build.log if still failing
Comment 6 Alexandre Rostovtsev (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2013-10-02 23:37:47 UTC
This message is coming from pygtk-2.24.0-r2 (the old ebuild which is being replaced). 2.24.0-r2 version was removed from portage, and you may safely ignore the warning message.