The command 'eselect profile list' fails if $PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT is set to a different value than the default one ("/"). The 'make.profile' symlink in the new location is not recognized. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Set $PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/somewhere" 2. mv /etc/portage /somewhere/etc/portage 3. eselect profile list !!! Error: Failed to get a list of valid profiles exiting It works if the make.profile symlink is in /etc/portage: 4. ln -s /somewhere/etc/portage /etc/portage
Sorry, but I cannot reproduce this. Please specify: a. The version of eselect b. Output of emerge --info c. The exact commands to reproduce (not some pseudo-code as in your 1. and 2.) d. What is the output of the following commands: $ portageq get_repos "${EROOT:-/}" $ portageq get_repo_path "${EROOT:-/}" gentoo
a) $> eselect version eselect 1.4.16 Copyright (c) 2005-2019 Gentoo Authors. Distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 2 or later. b) $> emerge --info Portage 3.0.9 (python 3.7.9-final-0, !../../../var/portage/qlinux/profiles/default/17.1.0/server/qemu, gcc-9.3.0, glibc-2.32-r3, 4.14.83-gentoo x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-4.14.83-gentoo-x86_64-Intel-R-_Xeon-R-_CPU_E3-1235L_v5_@_2.00GHz-with-gentoo-2.7 KiB Mem: 4031604 total, 55324 free KiB Swap: 0 total, 0 free Timestamp of repository gentoo: Sun, 27 Dec 2020 02:30:01 +0000 Head commit of repository gentoo: 36781efd38eb25f8e0d4643af2c44029f61f702c Timestamp of repository kailay: Thu May 7 09:01:37 CEST 2015 Timestamp of repository qlinux: Thu May 7 09:01:37 CEST 2015 Head commit of repository qlinux: 0348976dfda3f2ce8b2c6858c157a2d71a954e94 sh bash 5.0_p18 ld GNU ld (Gentoo 2.34 p6) 2.34.0 app-shells/bash: 5.0_p18::gentoo dev-lang/perl: 5.30.3::gentoo dev-lang/python: 3.7.9::gentoo, 3.8.6::gentoo, 3.9.0::gentoo dev-util/cmake: 3.17.4-r1::gentoo dev-util/pkgconfig: 0.29.2::gentoo sys-apps/baselayout: 2.7::gentoo sys-apps/openrc: 0.42.1::gentoo sys-apps/sandbox: 2.20::gentoo sys-devel/autoconf: 2.69-r5::gentoo sys-devel/automake: 1.16.2-r1::gentoo sys-devel/binutils: 2.34-r2::gentoo sys-devel/gcc: 9.3.0-r1::gentoo sys-devel/gcc-config: 2.3.2-r1::gentoo sys-devel/libtool: 2.4.6-r6::gentoo sys-devel/make: 4.3::gentoo sys-kernel/linux-headers: 5.4-r1::gentoo (virtual/os-headers) sys-libs/glibc: 2.32-r3::gentoo Repositories: gentoo location: /var/portage/gentoo sync-type: rsync sync-uri: rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage priority: -1000 sync-rsync-verify-jobs: 1 sync-rsync-verify-metamanifest: no sync-rsync-verify-max-age: 24 sync-rsync-extra-opts: --exclude-from=/qlinux/etc/portage/rsync_excludes kailay location: /var/portage/kailay sync-type: rsync sync-uri: rsync://razor.hm.qware.org/kailay masters: gentoo sync-rsync-extra-opts: --exclude-from=/qlinux/etc/portage/rsync_excludes qlinux location: /var/portage/qlinux sync-type: git sync-uri: https://gitlab.com/kaili/qlinux.git masters: gentoo ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 amd64-qLinux" ACCEPT_LICENSE="@FREE" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt /var/qmail/alias /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/php/apache2-php7.4/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php7.4/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php7.4/ext-active/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/ssl/certs /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" DISTDIR="/var/portage/distfiles" ENV_UNSET="CARGO_HOME DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS DISPLAY GOBIN GOPATH PERL5LIB PERL5OPT PERLPREFIX PERL_CORE PERL_MB_OPT PERL_MM_OPT XAUTHORITY XDG_CACHE_HOME XDG_CONFIG_HOME XDG_DATA_HOME XDG_RUNTIME_DIR" FCFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-docompress binpkg-dostrip binpkg-logs config-protect-if-modified distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles ipc-sandbox merge-sync multilib-strict network-sandbox news parallel-fetch pid-sandbox preserve-libs protect-owned qa-unresolved-soname-deps sandbox sfperms strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch userpriv usersandbox usersync xattr" FFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org" LANG="en_US.utf8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed" PKGDIR="/var/portage/packages" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/qlinux/" PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS="--exclude-from=/qlinux/etc/portage/rsync_excludes" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --omit-dir-times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --human-readable --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages --exclude=/.git" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" USE="acl amd64 bzip2 clean cli crypt dri fortran gdbm iconv ipv6 libglvnd libtirpc multilib ncurses nls nptl openmp pcre qlinux readline seccomp split-usr ssl tcpd unicode xattr zlib" ABI_X86="64" ADA_TARGET="gnat_2018" 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" 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="karbon sheets words" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" CPU_FLAGS_X86="mmx mmxext sse sse2" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock greis isync itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf skytraq superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ublox ubx" GRUB_PLATFORMS="pc" INPUT_DEVICES="libinput" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LIBREOFFICE_EXTENSIONS="presenter-console presenter-minimizer" LUA_SINGLE_TARGET="lua5-1" LUA_TARGETS="lua5-1" OFFICE_IMPLEMENTATION="libreoffice" POSTGRES_TARGETS="postgres10 postgres11" PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python3_8" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby25 ruby26" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="amdgpu fbdev intel nouveau radeon radeonsi vesa dummy v4l" 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: CC, CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, CXX, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, LINGUAS, MAKEOPTS, PORTAGE_BINHOST, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS c) $> export PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/qlinux" $> set | grep PORTAGE PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT=/qlinux $> mkdir /qlinux $> mv /etc/portage /qlinux/etc/portage The symlink make.profile is broken now, correction: $> cd /qlinux/etc/portage $> ln -s ../../../../var/portage/qlinux/profiles/default/17.1.0/server/qemu make.profile $> ls -l make.profile lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 63 Dec 27 18:50 make.profile -> ../../../../var/portage/qlinux/profiles/default/17.1.0/server/qemu Symlink is valid now. $> eselect profile list !!! Error: Failed to get a list of valid profiles exiting d) $> portageq get_repos "${EROOT:-/}" gentoo --> this is wrong (emerge --info is correct) $> portageq get_repo_path "${EROOT:-/}" gentoo /var/db/repos/gentoo --> this is wrong too. Some more info: $> eselect profile show Current /qlinux/etc/portage/make.profile symlink: var/portage/qlinux/profiles/default/17.1.0/server/qemu However, this shows where the symlink is pointing to always, even if the link is broken! The used profile is based on [1] qlinux:gentoo/default/17.1 (stable) as parent and does add one USE flag and 3 packages only. This profile works perfect on several machines. I don't think eselect is the issue, but it is somewhere in portage's complexity. But I'm not a Gentoo dev. If you really want to investigate and fix this I will help - meanwhile I reverted the change cause there came up more issues.
CCing portage team, any insights what is going on here? In a nutshell, we have (see comment #2): > $> emerge --info > [...] > > gentoo > location: /var/portage/gentoo but also: > $> portageq get_repo_path "${EROOT:-/}" gentoo > /var/db/repos/gentoo where the former is correct but the latter is not.
The portageq "EROOT" argument overrides the PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT environment variable, since this change: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/portage.git/commit/?id=382f4be415394886026ccd5dcd08ca96ecda31fa commit 382f4be415394886026ccd5dcd08ca96ecda31fa Author: Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2018-03-23 16:29:13 +0000 Commit: Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2018-03-26 17:42:50 +0000 portageq repos_config: fix <eroot> parameter (bug 648062) The <eroot> parameter is ineffective for commands that query configuration, since the PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT variable controls the location of configuration files. Therefore, for portageq repos_config, implicitly set PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT equal to the value of the <eroot> parameter. Note that this works correctly for both prefix and non-prefix systems, because both EROOT and PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT are supposed to include the EPREFIX offset. Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/648062 bin/portageq | 18 +++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)}
