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Bug 96316 - I get 'str' object has no attribute 'insert' when trying to emerge anything.
Summary: I get 'str' object has no attribute 'insert' when trying to emerge anything.
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 63400
Alias: None
Product: Portage Development
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Core - Interface (emerge) (show other bugs)
Hardware: x86 Linux
: High major (vote)
Assignee: Portage team
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Reported: 2005-06-16 15:35 UTC by Josh Lucy
Modified: 2005-06-16 15:49 UTC (History)
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Description Josh Lucy 2005-06-16 15:35:45 UTC
Ever since I upgraded my portage I have been getting the following error message:

!!! 'str' object has no attribute 'insert'
!!! 'rm -Rf /usr/portage/profiles; emerge sync' may fix this. If it does
!!! not then please report this to bugs.gentoo.org and, if possible, a dev
!!! on #gentoo (irc.freenode.org)

I have already tried the steps as outlined in previous bug track entries but
have not been able to resolve the issue. rm -Rf /usr/portage/profiles; emerge
sync will complete but after it's done I still get the same error.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Log into my box with my user name and pass
2. su to root
3. try to emerge anything (I've tried to emerge nmap, emerge nessus, emerge
telnet-bsd, emerge ftp, etc, etc, etc.)
4. I get the error message.
Actual Results:  
I get the error message.

!!! 'str' object has no attribute 'insert'

Expected Results:  
the software should have emerged just like on my other 2 gentoo boxes.

!!! 'str' object has no attribute 'insert'
!!! 'rm -Rf /usr/portage/profiles; emerge sync' may fix this. If it does
!!! not then please report this to bugs.gentoo.org and, if possible, a dev
!!! on #gentoo (irc.freenode.org)
Comment 1 Chris White (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2005-06-16 15:37:27 UTC
The output of emerge --info would be helpful here if you can pull it off. 
Comment 2 Marien Zwart (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2005-06-16 15:40:15 UTC
I don't have the bug number handy but this sounds like the
old-portage-hates-cascading-profile bug, try the instructions on
http://mzz.mine.nu/faq/str%20object%20has%20no%20attribute%20insert
Comment 3 SpanKY gentoo-dev 2005-06-16 15:49:36 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 63400 ***