When i run emerge -u world, i get a stack dump form python that there is an "unsubscriptable object" 'emerge info' returns the following information: Portage 2.0.51-r2 (default-x86-2004.2, gcc-3.3.4, glibc-2.3.4.20040808-r1, 2.6.8 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.8 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 distcc 2.16 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r5 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.5-r1 Binutils: sys-devel/binutils-2.14.90.0.8-r1 Headers: sys-kernel/linux-headers-2.4.21-r1 Libtools: sys-devel/libtool-1.5.2-r5 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O2 -mcpu=i686 -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/env /usr/kde/3.3/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache distlocks sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X alsa apache2 apm arts avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cd cddb cdinstall cdparanoia cdr cdrom cdrw chroot crypt cups curl dga divx4linux dnd dvd dvdr dvdread encode esd esound f77 fbcon flash fluxbox foomaticdb gcj gdbm gif gpm gtk gtk2 imlib ipv6 java jpeg kde lirc mad mikmod mmx mmx2 motif mp3 mpeg mpeg4 mplayer mysql ncurses network nls nvidia oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdf pdflib php pic pie png python qt quicktime readline rtc samba sdl sharedmem slang sox spell sse sse2 ssl svga tcpd tetex tiff transcode truetype type1 unicode usb v4l v4l2 x86 xfs xine xinerama xml xml2 xmms xpm xv xvid zlib zvbi" Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. run the cmd 'emerge -u world' 2. 3. Actual Results: Calculating world dependencies /Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 2903, in ? if not mydepgraph.xcreate(myaction): File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 1351, in xcreate if not self.create(myk,myuse=binpkguseflags): File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 983, in create if not self.select_dep("/",mydep["/"],myparent=mp,myuse=myuse): File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 1118, in select_dep mycheck=portage.dep_check(depstring,self.mydbapi[myroot],self.pkgsettings,myuse=myuse,use_binaries=("--usepkg" in myopts)) File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/portage.py", line 3574, in dep_check mysplit2=dep_wordreduce(mysplit2,mysettings,mydbapi,mode,use_cache=use_cache) File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/portage.py", line 3610, in dep_wordreduce if mysettings and mysettings.pprovideddict.has_key(mykey) and \ File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/portage.py", line 3909, in match_from_list if xs[0:2] != mycpv_cps[0:2]: TypeError: unsubscriptable object Expected Results: should update the 'world' profile
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