I screwed my portage today and untared the rescue-portage in /usr/portage/sys-apps/portage/files but this one is only for python-2.2 and after the update to python-2.3 I removed python-2.2 and so the portage-package did not work. /usr/sbin/python-updater did also not work. So I think a special rescue-package for python-2.3-only-users should be in portage. Reproducible: Didn't try Steps to Reproduce: 1. Emerge python-2.3 and remove python 2.2 2. Screw up your portage 3. unpack the rescue-package 4. run emerge Actual Results: it will moan about the missing python-2.2 interpreter. Ediditing the interpreter manually did not work for me. Expected Results: should install a working portage-version. Portage 2.0.47-r10 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.3.2, glibc-2.3.2-r9) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.1-gentoo-r1 i686 AMD Duron(tm) Processor GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/Linux/gentoo ftp: //ftp.easynet.nl/mirror/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/gentoo ftp://ftp.gentoo.skynet.be/pub/gentoo/ http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /var/qmail/control /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /var/bind /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/3. 1/share/config /usr/kde/3.2/share/config /usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" USE="x86 apm avi crypt cups encode gif jpeg libg++ libwww mad mikmod mpeg ncurses pdflib quicktime spell truetype xml2 xv zlib directfb readline svga tcltk java sdl gpm tcpd pam ssl perl python oggvorbis qt kde motif opengl cdr X 3dnow bootsplash dga expat fbcon flash imagemagick imap irmc j-noaim j-nojud j-nomsn j-nomuconf j-noyahoo maildir mldonkeypango mmx moznocompose moznoirc moznomail nocd offensive physfs qtmt socks5 sse usb xml xvid -oss -foomaticdb -gnome -nls -gdbm -berkdb -slang -arts -esd -gtk -gtk2 -gtkhtml xmms -bonobo -debug -esd -imlib -imlib2 jabber jikes -mozilla -msn nvidia oav -oss png -trancode -xine dvd pda alsa -berkdb" COMPILER="gcc3" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -mfpmath=sse -msse -mmmx -m3dnow -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -fstack-protector" CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -mfpmath=sse -msse -mmmx -m3dnow -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -fstack-protector" ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" MAKEOPTS="-j2" AUTOCLEAN="yes" SYNC="rsync://rsync.de.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" FEATURES="sandbox ccache userpriv cvs buildpkg"
dupe -> Bug 33243
argh sorry, forget it - wrong bug report
New rescues are available... See the readme. X86 is updated, at least.