dev-lang/python-2.6 is not keyworded for mips. The latest version available for ~mips is dev-lang/python-2.5.4-r3. sys-apps/portage-2.1.7 depends on python-2.6, and was recently keyworded for ~mips, but can't install. (Yes, I have ~mips in my ACCEPT_KEYWORDS, but there are almost no packages with the mips keyword) Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.# emerge -uav1 portage Actual Results: These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy ">=dev-lang/python-2.6" have been masked. !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request: - dev-lang/python-3.1.1-r1 (masked by: missing keyword) - dev-lang/python-2.6.3 (masked by: missing keyword) - dev-lang/python-2.6.2-r2 (masked by: missing keyword) - dev-lang/python-2.6.2-r1 (masked by: missing keyword) For more information, see the MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge man page or refer to the Gentoo Handbook. (dependency required by "sys-apps/portage-2.1.7" [ebuild]) (dependency required by "=sys-apps/portage-2.1.7" [argument]) Expected Results: Either should not have attempted to install portage-2.1.7, or should have installed python-2.6. # emerge --info Portage 2.1.6.13 (default/linux/mips/2008.0, gcc-4.1.2, glibc-2.6.1-r0, 2.6.29.1-mipsgit-20090324 mips) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-2.6.29.1-mipsgit-20090324-mips-R4400SC_V6.0_FPU_V0.0-with-glibc2.0 Timestamp of tree: Sat, 17 Oct 2009 01:00:01 +0000 distcc 3.0 mips-unknown-linux-gnu [disabled] app-shells/bash: 4.0_p33 dev-lang/python: 2.5.4-r3 sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.12 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.6-r2 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.61-r1 sys-devel/automake: 1.10.1-r1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.18-r1 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.0-r4 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.26 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.24 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="mips ~mips" CBUILD="mips-unknown-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" CHOST="mips-unknown-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/gconf /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo /etc/udev/rules.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="ccache distlocks fixpackages parallel-fetch protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-orphans userfetch" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="berkdb bzip2 cli cracklib crypt cups fortran gdbm gpm iconv ipv6 isdnlog mips modules mudflap ncurses nls nptl nptlonly openmp pam pcre perl pppd python readline reflection session spl ssl sysfs tcpd unicode xorg zlib" 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="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 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" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="fbdev impact newport" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, FFLAGS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LINGUAS, MAKEOPTS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
This is because nobody has tested Python 2.6 on MIPS. Package required to be tested: virtual/libffi (bug 266471) dev-libs/libffi (bug 266471) =dev-lang/python-2.6.3 (bug 287383) If you can help, comment on those bugs. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 287383 ***
