pena libata # emerge -pv portage --- 'profiles/arch.list' is empty or not available. Empty portage tree? Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 4923, in <module> retval = emerge_main() File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 4635, in emerge_main if portage.global_updates(settings, trees, mtimedb["updates"]): File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/portage.py", line 7423, in global_updates update_data = grab_updates(updpath, prev_mtimes) File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/portage_update.py", line 74, in grab_updates raise DirectoryNotFound(oe) File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/portage_exception.py", line 9, in __init__ self.value = value[:] TypeError: sequence index must be integer, not 'slice' This is bad because even emerge --sync does not work pena libata # emerge --sync --- 'profiles/arch.list' is empty or not available. Empty portage tree? Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 4923, in <module> retval = emerge_main() File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 4635, in emerge_main if portage.global_updates(settings, trees, mtimedb["updates"]): File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/portage.py", line 7423, in global_updates update_data = grab_updates(updpath, prev_mtimes) File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/portage_update.py", line 74, in grab_updates raise DirectoryNotFound(oe) File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/portage_exception.py", line 9, in __init__ self.value = value[:] TypeError: sequence index must be integer, not 'slice' To reproduce: 1. added PORTDIR="/something/that/does/not/exist" to /etc/make.conf pena libata # emerge --info Portage 2.1.2_rc3-r5 (default-linux/x86/2006.1/desktop, gcc-4.1.1, glibc-2.5-r0, 2.6.19-gentoo-r1 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.19-gentoo-r1 i686 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.13.0_alpha8 Last Sync: Unknown distcc 2.18.3 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] ccache version 2.4 [enabled] dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.0.30 dev-lang/python: 2.4.4, 2.5-r1 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5 dev-util/ccache: 2.4-r6 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.18.1 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.61 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10 sys-devel/binutils: 2.17 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.14 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.22 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.17-r1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium4 -pipe -mfpmath=sse -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/gconf /etc/java-config/vms/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/splash /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium4 -pipe -mfpmath=sse -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/var/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache collision-protect cvs distlocks fixpackages java-strict parallel-fetch sandbox sfperms sign strict stricter userpriv usersandbox verify-rdepend" GENTOO_MIRRORS=" http://trumpetti.atm.tut.fi/gentoo http://lame.lut.fi/linux/gentoo " LANG="en_US.utf8" LC_ALL="en_US.utf8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,--as-needed" LINGUAS="fi" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/home/pkg/" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://192.168.150.1:/portage" USE="x86 aac acl acpi alsa alsa_cards_cs46xx alsa_cards_hda-intel arts audiofile bash-completion berkdb bitmap-fonts bluetooth bzip2 cairo cdb cddb cdparanoia cdr cli cracklib crypt cups dbus dlloader dri dts dvd dvdr dvdread elibc_glibc emboss esd fam ffmpeg firefox gif gstreamer hal iconv input_devices_evdev input_devices_keyboard input_devices_mouse isdnlog java jpeg kde kdeenablefinal kdehiddenvisibility kernel_linux libg++ linguas_fi logitech-mouse mad mikmod mjpeg mmx mp3 mpeg ncurses network nptl nptlonly nsplugin nvidia offensive ogg opengl pam pcre png ppds pppd qt3 quicktime readline real reflection rtc samba session spell spl sse sse2 ssl subversion svg symlink theora threads truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts udev unicode usb userland_GNU userlocales video_cards_none video_cards_nvidia vim-syntax vorbis xcomposite xinerama xml xorg xv xvid xvmc zlib" Unset: CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
Apparently it only happens with python-2.5. It's fixed in svn r5303.
This has been released in 2.1.2_rc3-r6.
