Error while executing pkg_setup in ebuild when updating from version 2.5 to 2.6 Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.emerge -vu1 python 2.USE="-berkdb" emerge -vu1 python Actual Results: These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild NS ] dev-lang/python-2.6.4 [2.5.4-r3] USE="gdbm ipv6 ncurses readline ssl threads (wide-unicode) xml -berkdb -build -doc -examples -sqlite -tk -wininst" 0 kB Total: 1 package (1 in new slot), Size of downloads: 0 kB >>> Verifying ebuild manifests >>> Emerging (1 of 1) dev-lang/python-2.6.4 * python-gentoo-patches-2.6.4.tar.bz2 RMD160 SHA1 SHA256 size ;-) ... [ ok ] * Python-2.6.4.tar.bz2 RMD160 SHA1 SHA256 size ;-) ... [ ok ] * checking ebuild checksums ;-) ... [ ok ] * checking auxfile checksums ;-) ... [ ok ] * checking miscfile checksums ;-) ... [ ok ] * * ERROR: dev-lang/python-2.6.4 failed. * Call stack: * ebuild.sh, line 49: Called pkg_setup * python-2.6.4.ebuild, line 68: Called has_version '=dev-lang/python-3*' * ebuild.sh, line 183: Called die * The specific snippet of code: * die "unexpected portageq exit code: ${retval}" * The die message: * unexpected portageq exit code: 127 * * If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack if relevant. * A complete build log is located at '/var/tmp/portage/dev-lang/python-2.6.4/temp/build.log'. * The ebuild environment file is located at '/var/tmp/portage/dev-lang/python-2.6.4/temp/die.env'. Expected Results: Installs v2.6.4 correctly Portage 2.1.6.13 (default/linux/amd64/10.0, gcc-4.1.2, glibc-2.10.1-r1, 2.6.27-gentoo-r8 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-2.6.27-gentoo-r8-x86_64-Intel-R-_Pentium-R-_4_CPU_3.20GHz-with-glibc2.2.5 Timestamp of tree: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 06:00:01 +0000 distcc 3.0 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu [disabled] ccache version 2.4 [disabled] app-shells/bash: 4.0_p35 dev-lang/python: 2.5.4-r3 dev-util/ccache: 2.4-r7 sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.11.1 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.6-r2 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.63-r1 sys-devel/automake: 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10.2 sys-devel/binutils: 2.18-r3 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.1 sys-devel/libtool: 2.2.6b virtual/os-headers: 2.6.27-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=nocona -O2 -pipe" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/splash /etc/terminfo /etc/udev/rules.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=nocona -O2 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="distlocks fixpackages parallel-fetch protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-orphans userfetch" GENTOO_MIRRORS=" ftp://ftp.wh2.tu-dresden.de/pub/mirrors/gentoo/ ftp://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/Linux/gentoo/ ftp://linux.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/gentoo-mirror/ ftp://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/mirrors/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.join.uni-muenster.de/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo/ ftp://ftp6.uni-muenster.de/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo ftp://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/gentoo/ ftp://pandemonium.tiscali.de/pub/gentoo/ ftp://gentoo.inode.at/source/ ftp://ftp.gentoo.mesh-solutions.com/gentoo/ ftp://cudlug.cudenver.edu/pub/mirrors/distributions/gentoo/ ftp://gentoo.mirrors.pair.com/" LANG="de_DE.UTF-8" LC_ALL="de_DE.UTF-8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1" LINGUAS="de" MAKEOPTS="-j1" 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="7zip aalib acl acpi amd64 ati bash-completion bcmath berkdb bzip2 bzlib cdr cli cracklib crypt cups cxx dbus dga dio directfb dri dvd dvdr dvdread encode evo exif fbcon fortran gb gd gdbm gif gmp gpm hal iconv ipv6 jbig jikes jpeg jpeg2k lcms ldap lm_sensors mime mmx mmxext mng modules mpi mudflap multilib ncurses nls nptl nptlonly offensive openmp pam pcre perl png ppds pppd python readline recode reflection samba session slp snmp spl sse sse2 ssl symlink sysfs szip tcpd threads tiff truetype udev unicode usb utf8 vcd xml xml2 xmlrpc xorg xpm 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 auth_digest authn_anon authn_dbd 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 dbd deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers ident imagemap include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation proxy proxy_ajp proxy_balancer proxy_connect proxy_http rewrite setenvif so speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse joystick" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="de" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby18" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="radeon vesa fbdev" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, FFLAGS, INSTALL_MASK, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
*** Bug 300673 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 300579 ***
Actually it's a different problem.
It's a bug in Portage <2.1.7 (which improperly handles EPYTHON variable), but unfortunately Portage 2.1.6.13 is needed for upgrade path for old systems, so I have added a workaround in dev-lang/python ebuilds.
