Trying to upgrade xpra getting portage traceback while merging. I had /usr/share/icons/xpra.png directory from previous install and emerge made /usr/share/icons/xpra.png.backup.xxxx files while merging. Removing /usr/share/icons/xpra.png dir allowed for successful merge, so the issue probably is with the backup file creation. Another issue is that portage doesn't track backup files it creates on merge and they are not removed afterwards. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. upgrade xpra from 0.7.6 to 0.7.8 when there is /usr/share/icons/xpra.png dir from previous install Actual Results: >>> Merging x11-wm/xpra-0.7.8 to / --- /etc/ --- /etc/xpra/ >>> /etc/xpra/xpra.conf >>> /etc/xpra/xorg.conf --- /usr/ --- /usr/share/ --- /usr/share/icons/ Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/portage/dbapi/_MergeProcess.py", line 230, in _spawn prev_mtimes=self.prev_mtimes, counter=counter) File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/portage/dbapi/vartree.py", line 4766, in merge counter=counter) File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/portage/dbapi/vartree.py", line 3984, in treewalk rval = self._merge_contents(srcroot, destroot, cfgfiledict) File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/portage/dbapi/vartree.py", line 4260, in _merge_contents self.settings["EPREFIX"].lstrip(os.sep), cfgfiledict, mymtime): File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/portage/dbapi/vartree.py", line 4589, in mergeme newdest = self._new_backup_path(mydest) File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/portage/dbapi/vartree.py", line 4225, in _new_backup_path backup_p = p + '.backup.' + str(x).rjust(4, '0') TypeError: must be char, not unicode Portage 2.1.11.49 (default/linux/amd64/10.0/desktop/gnome, gcc-4.7.2, glibc-2.16.0, 3.7.2-gentoo x86_64) ================================================================= System Settings ================================================================= System uname: Linux-3.7.2-gentoo-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-_i7-2630QM_CPU_@_2.00GHz-with-gentoo-2.2 KiB Mem: 8078892 total, 630952 free KiB Swap: 2047996 total, 1903212 free Timestamp of tree: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 09:45:01 +0000 ld GNU ld (GNU Binutils) 2.23.1 app-shells/bash: 4.2_p42 dev-java/java-config: 2.1.12-r1 dev-lang/python: 2.6.8-r1, 2.7.3-r3, 3.1.5-r1, 3.2.3-r2 dev-util/cmake: 2.8.10.2-r1 dev-util/pkgconfig: 0.27.1 sys-apps/baselayout: 2.2 sys-apps/openrc: 0.11.8 sys-apps/sandbox: 2.6 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.69 sys-devel/automake: 1.11.6, 1.12.6, 1.13.1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.23.1 sys-devel/gcc: 4.5.4, 4.6.3, 4.7.2 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.8 sys-devel/libtool: 2.4.2 sys-devel/make: 3.82-r4 sys-kernel/linux-headers: 3.7 (virtual/os-headers) sys-libs/glibc: 2.16.0 Repositories: gentoo x11 science gamerlay bumblebee slyfox-gentoo dmol local ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64" ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=native -mtune=native -O3 -pipe -ggdb" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt /var/lib/hsqldb" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/dconf /etc/env.d /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/splash /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/language.dat.d /etc/texmf/language.def.d /etc/texmf/updmap.d /etc/texmf/web2c" CXXFLAGS="-march=native -mtune=native -O3 -pipe -ggdb" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="" FCFLAGS="-march=native -mtune=native -O3 -pipe -ggdb" FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs compress-build-logs config-protect-if-modified distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles merge-sync news parallel-fetch parallel-install protect-owned sandbox sfperms splitdebug strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch userpriv usersandbox usersync" FFLAGS="-march=native -mtune=native -O3 -pipe -ggdb" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.tups.lv/source/ " LANG="lv_LV.UTF-8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed" MAKEOPTS="-j5" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --human-readable --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/var/lib/layman/x11 /var/lib/layman/science /var/lib/layman/gamerlay /var/lib/layman/bumblebee /var/lib/layman/slyfox /var/lib/layman/dmol /usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X a52 aac acl acpi alsa amd64 avx bash-completion berkdb bluetooth branding bzip2 cairo cdda cdio cdr cjk cleartype cli colord consolekit cracklib crypt cups cxx dbus dirac djvu dri dts dvd dvdr eds emboss encode evo exif fam ffmpeg fftw firefox flac fontconfig fortran gdbm gif gnome gnome-keyring gnome-online-accounts gphoto2 gpm gsm gstreamer gtk gtk3 iconv idn ipv6 jpeg kate lcms ldap libcaca libnotify live mad matroska mmx mng modules mp3 mp4 mpeg mtp mudflap multilib musepack nautilus ncurses networkmanager nls nptl ogg openexr opengl openmp opus pam pango pcre pdf png policykit ppds pulseaudio qt3support qt4 raw readline schroedinger sdl session smp socialweb speex spell sse sse2 sse41 sse4_1 ssl ssse3 startup-notification svg system-sqlite tcpd theora tiff truetype udev udisks unicode upower usb v4l v4l2 vaapi vorbis vpx wmf wxwidgets x264 xcb xetex xml xmp xpm xv xvid xvmc 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="authn_core authz_core socache_shmcb unixd 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 sheets stage tables krita karbon braindump" CAMERAS="ptp2" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" ELIBC="glibc" FOO2ZJS_DEVICES="hp1018" 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" LIBREOFFICE_EXTENSIONS="presenter-console presenter-minimizer" LINGUAS="lv en" PHP_TARGETS="php5-3" PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python2_7" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_2" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby18 ruby19" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="dummy fbdev i965 intel nouveau nvidia vesa" 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, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, USE_PYTHON ================================================================= Package Settings ================================================================= sys-apps/portage-2.1.11.49 was built with the following: USE="(ipc) (multilib) -build -doc -epydoc (-pypy2_0) -python2 -python3 (-selinux) -xattr" LINGUAS="-pl -ru" x11-wm/xpra-0.7.8 was built with the following: USE="clipboard (multilib) rencode server vpx x264 -webp"
This is fixed in git: http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=proj/portage.git;a=commit;h=25cd343a65fb4ff460e98aeb704f85b284dfc3a9
This is fixed in 2.1.11.50 and 2.2.0_alpha161.
