andromeda work # emerge =portage-2.2.0_alpha51 Calculating dependencies... done! >>> Verifying ebuild manifests >>> Emerging (1 of 1) sys-apps/portage-2.2.0_alpha51 * portage-2.2.0_alpha51.tar.bz2 RMD160 SHA1 SHA256 size ;-) ... [ ok ] Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 43, in <module> retval = emerge_main() File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/main.py", line 1939, in emerge_main myopts, myaction, myfiles, spinner) File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/actions.py", line 438, in action_build retval = mergetask.merge() File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/Scheduler.py", line 1073, in merge rval = self._merge() File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/Scheduler.py", line 1427, in _merge self._main_loop() File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/Scheduler.py", line 1577, in _main_loop self._poll_loop() File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/PollScheduler.py", line 193, in _poll_loop handler(f, event) File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/SpawnProcess.py", line 240, in _dummy_handler self._unregister_if_appropriate(event) File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/AbstractPollTask.py", line 61, in _unregister_if_appropriate self.wait() File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/AsynchronousTask.py", line 46, in wait self._wait_hook() File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/AsynchronousTask.py", line 128, in _wait_hook self._exit_listener_stack.pop()(self) File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/EbuildPhase.py", line 238, in _ebuild_exit self.wait() File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/AsynchronousTask.py", line 46, in wait self._wait_hook() File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/AsynchronousTask.py", line 128, in _wait_hook self._exit_listener_stack.pop()(self) File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/EbuildBuild.py", line 195, in _pre_clean_exit self._fetch_exit(fetcher) File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/EbuildBuild.py", line 247, in _fetch_exit self._start_task(build, self._build_exit) File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/CompositeTask.py", line 146, in _start_task task.start() File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/AsynchronousTask.py", line 24, in start self._start() File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/EbuildExecuter.py", line 55, in _start self.scheduler.scheduleSetup(setup_phase) File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/Scheduler.py", line 573, in _schedule_setup self._schedule() File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/PollScheduler.py", line 104, in _schedule return self._schedule_tasks() File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/Scheduler.py", line 1609, in _schedule_tasks if q.schedule(): File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/SequentialTaskQueue.py", line 55, in schedule task.start() File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/AsynchronousTask.py", line 24, in start self._start() File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/EbuildPhase.py", line 77, in _start maint_str = metadata_xml.format_maintainer_string() File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/portage/xml/metadata.py", line 355, in format_maintainer_string for maintainer in self.maintainers(): File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/portage/xml/metadata.py", line 305, in maintainers for node in self._xml_tree.findall('maintainer')) File "/usr/lib64/python3.1/xml/etree/ElementTree.py", line 639, in findall assert self._root is not None AssertionError Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge =portage-2.2.0_alpha52 2. see emerge break for everything 3. emerge =portage-2.2.0_alpha51 (in the hope to get back to something working) andromeda work # emerge --info Portage 2.2.0_alpha52 (default/linux/amd64/10.0, gcc-4.5.3, glibc-2.13-r4, 3.0.3-gentoo x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-3.0.3-gentoo-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-_i7-2720QM_CPU_@_2.20GHz-with-gentoo-2.0.3 Timestamp of tree: Sat, 03 Sep 2011 08:00:01 +0000 app-shells/bash: 4.2_p10 dev-java/java-config: 2.1.11-r3 dev-lang/python: 2.7.2-r2, 3.1.4-r2, 3.2-r2 dev-util/cmake: 2.8.5-r2 dev-util/pkgconfig: 0.26 sys-apps/baselayout: 2.0.3 sys-apps/openrc: 0.9.1 sys-apps/sandbox: 2.5 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.68 sys-devel/automake: 1.10.3, 1.11.1-r1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.21.1-r1 sys-devel/gcc: 4.5.3-r1 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.1-r1 sys-devel/libtool: 2.4-r1 sys-devel/make: 3.82-r1 sys-kernel/linux-headers: 2.6.39 (virtual/os-headers) sys-libs/glibc: 2.13-r4 Repositories: gentoo x11 andromeda_overlay Installed sets: ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64" ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA dlj-1.1 AdobeFlash-10.1" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=native -O2 -pipe" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/config /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt /usr/share/maven-bin-2.2/conf /usr/share/openvpn/easy-rsa /var/lib/hsqldb" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-march=native -O2 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles fixpackages news parallel-fetch preserve-libs protect-owned sandbox sfperms splitdebug strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch" FFLAGS="" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org" LANG="de_DE.utf8" LC_ALL="de_DE.UTF-8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed" LINGUAS="de" MAKEOPTS="-j8" 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" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/var/lib/layman/x11 /usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X acl amd64 berkdb bzip2 cli consolekit cracklib crypt cups cxx dbus device-mapper dri fortran gdbm gnutls gpm iconv ipv6 java6 kde mmx modules mudflap multilib ncurses nls nptl nptlonly opengl openmp pam pcre perl policykit pppd python readline session sse sse2 ssl sysfs tcpd unicode vaapi xorg zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" 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 cgi cgid 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" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="kexi words flow plan stage tables krita karbon braindump" CAMERAS="ptp2" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" ELIBC="glibc" FOO2ZJS_DEVICES="sa3175" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ubx" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev synaptics" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="de" PHP_TARGETS="php5-3" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby18" SANE_BACKENDS="xerox_mfp" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="intel i915" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS
+1, same goes here.
Same here, with 2.2_alpha52 and 2.1.10.12 too
*** Bug 381681 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Fixed by: cd /usr/lib64/portage/pym/portage/xml && wget 'http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=proj/portage.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=pym/portage/xml/metadata.py;h=04112cddc1f832a816207b934018af54031ae647;hp=f4b8f2d3777659c7c12c505454eb03a262b15968;hb=fea331226ed0d760ab2d0e86650d62dd32230cd6;hpb=7455c3845f0d0960af2194fdc4917c556fe7b04c' -O - | patch I think this is the easiest way to fix it as you will be no able to emerge new portage as emerge is failing.
This is fixed in 2.1.10.13 and 2.2.0_alpha53.
