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Bug 84183

Summary: env-update fails with: 'str' object has no attribute 'insert' "
Product: Gentoo Linux Reporter: runlevel0 <runlevel0>
Component: EclassesAssignee: Gentoo's Team for Core System packages <base-system>
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX    
Severity: normal    
Priority: High    
Version: 2004.3   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
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Runtime testing required: ---

Description runlevel0 2005-03-05 05:55:57 UTC
During bootstrap:
After chrooting to /mnt/gentoo if I try to do an env-update I get the following error: 
!!! 'str' object has no attribute 'insert'
!!! 'rm -Rf /usr/portage/profiles; emerge sync' may fix this.

I already did deleting /usr/portage/profile three times and synced my whole network at the same time.
Clues: I'm using a 2004.2 LiveCD, distfiles is centralized exporting via NFS (ro) and is up to date.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash
2. env-update
3. enjoi the fine error msg ;)
Comment 1 runlevel0 2005-03-05 15:52:09 UTC
I downgraded the severity level because IMHO there is a relatively easy but somewhat timeconsuming answer: downloading new stage and portage tarballs from a mirror, this is not very bandwith wasting for a stage1, anyway. The problem seems to come from using an older stage1 with a newer version of the portage snapshot.