>>> Compiling source in /var/tmp/portage/dev-python/setuptools-34.4.1/work/setuptools-34.4.1 ... * python2_7: running distutils-r1_run_phase distutils-r1_python_compile /usr/bin/python2.7 setup.py build Traceback (most recent call last): File "setup.py", line 11, in <module> import setuptools File "/var/tmp/portage/dev-python/setuptools-34.4.1/work/setuptools-34.4.1-python2_7/setuptools/__init__.py", line 10, in <module> from six.moves import filter, map ImportError: No module named moves Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.emerge -1 setuptools 2. 3. Actual Results: The compilation fail. I get the same result with all the 34.* versions. See https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/issues/942 For the emerge --info, see here: https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-8062514.html#8062514 setuptools-33.1.1 succeeded to merge, so I masked all the 34.* versions for now.
You probably have a corrupted version of dev-python/six installed via pip. Remove /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/six*, and reinstall dev-python/six.
Probably I am experiencing the same issue in a different environment: $ fs-uae-launcher fs-uae-launcher 2.8.3 enabling except hook enable tread exception handler uname_result(system='Linux', node='yea', release='4.10.17-gentoo', version='#1 SMP Mon May 22 16:09:42 CEST 2017', machine='x86_64', processor='AMD Athlon(tm) 5350 APU with Radeon(tm) R3') ['/usr/local/bin/fs-uae-launcher'] FS-UAE Launcher 2.8.3 Unhandled exception detected in thread MainThread: ImportError:__init__.py:<module>:49 Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/bin/fs-uae-launcher", line 61, in <module> main() File "/usr/local/bin/fs-uae-launcher", line 58, in main launcher.apps.main() File "/usr/local/share/fs-uae-launcher/launcher/apps/__init__.py", line 73, in main app_main() File "/usr/local/share/fs-uae-launcher/launcher/apps/fs_uae_launcher.py", line 11, in app_main from launcher.fs_uae_launcher import FSUAELauncher File "/usr/local/share/fs-uae-launcher/launcher/fs_uae_launcher.py", line 8, in <module> import fsui File "/usr/local/share/fs-uae-launcher/fsui/__init__.py", line 19, in <module> from fsui.qt.Icon import Icon File "/usr/local/share/fs-uae-launcher/fsui/qt/Icon.py", line 2, in <module> from fsbc.resources import Resources File "/usr/local/share/fs-uae-launcher/fsbc/resources.py", line 2, in <module> from pkg_resources import resource_filename, resource_stream File "/usr/lib64/python3.4/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 49, in <module> from six.moves import urllib, map, filter ImportError: No module named 'six.moves' As you suggested I removed /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/six* and /usr/lib64/python3.4/site-packages/six*, reinstalled dev-python/six but it didn't work out.