Bug 69357

Summary:	emerge broken ('str' object has no attribute 'insert')
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Bruno Crameri <us_bruno>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Portage team <dev-portage>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	major	CC:	us_bruno
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Bruno Crameri 2004-10-29 00:18:58 UTC

emerge always reports the following message, no matter what option is chosen:

 # emerge --help
!!! 'str' object has no attribute 'insert'
!!! 'rm -Rf /usr/portage/profiles; emerge sync' may fix this. If it does
!!! not then please report this to bugs.gentoo.org and, if possible, a dev
!!! on #gentoo (irc.freenode.org)


Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. emerge <option>
2.
3.

Actual Results:  
!!! 'str' object has no attribute 'insert'
!!! 'rm -Rf /usr/portage/profiles; emerge sync' may fix this. If it does
!!! not then please report this to bugs.gentoo.org and, if possible, a dev
!!! on #gentoo (irc.freenode.org)


Expected Results:  
you can imagine

Comment 1 Seemant Kulleen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-10-29 02:36:20 UTC

Bruno, PLEASE post the output of emerge --info here, as requested on the main bug form.

Comment 2 Myckel Habets 2004-10-29 03:27:24 UTC

I had the same problem a few days ago. Check bug #63400.

Comment 3 Jason Stubbs (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-10-29 04:52:51 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 63400 ***