EMERGE + PYTHON = BROKEN EMERGE

[pinnockio]

Hello,


After 2 attempts of emerging Pysoulseek with a failure return, I get the following error using the emerge command (even without parameters):

!!! Invalid token (not "=") 2000-2002
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 2, in ?
import os,sys,portage,xpak,string,re,commands,time,threading,grp
File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/portage.py", line 468, in ?
settings=config()
File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/portage.py", line 648, in __init__
useorder=self["USE_ORDER"]
File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/portage.py", line 713 in _getitem__
if x.has_key(mykey):
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'has_key'


I already tried the workaround as described in topic <<I unmerged Python ... ensuing problems https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=5746&highlight=unmerging+python
(and my make.globals is still there). Anything else found on the forum using topic unmerging AND python didn't help.

Perhaps this could help
- Pysoulseek depends on wxPython
- the error contains call-backtrace
- wxPython is still in /var/cache/edb/... and /usr/portage/metadata/cache :... .

Kind regards,

A belgian Gentoo user

[pjp]

Moved from Installing Gentoo.

[pinnockio]

Hello,

I really need my emerge,... . And I assume other people have encountered the same problem.

Kind regards,


A belgian Gentoo user

[yokem55]

Well, portage (emerge) depends on Python, so by unmerging Python, you broke portage. So, to fix this you probably will have to reinstall, unless you can manually reinstall python.

[pinnockio]

Hello,

I did not unmerge python. I tried to install a program 3 times but it always ended in a failure. The fourth time, my emerge was broken.

Like I already mentioned, I reinstalled Python as outlined in another topic, but that didn't help.

Kind regards,


A belgian Gentoo user

[pinnockio]

Hello,


I need my emerge for installing emacs and dosfstools so I can go on programming in Lisp. I'm a little impatient, but I have a deadline to make,... .

Kind Regards
A belgian Gentoo user

[pinnockio]

Hello folks,


I did some more postings-scanning and found a more or less same story as I encountered. https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=24937&highlight=emerge+python

This posting however did an emerge -u and got into troubles, while I did an emerge of Pysoulseek, with more the same error-output while attempting to emerge it the first 2 times, but the third time I got the more or less same error as in topic
[url]https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=5746&highlight=unmerging+python [/url].

I still wasn't able to figure out the source of the problem (the PC (Athlon 1200 FSB266/Abit 7KTA-RAID/256SDRAM-CL2) is configured for stability and low-noise instead of overclocking and speed, so I stronly doubt it could be a hardware problem).

Ain't there any possibility to work around this problem then just go through the stage 1-2-3 installation and configuration hassle? Ain't there a possibility to do a fresh emerge of some critical programs using the boot-CD's and chroot?

Kind regards,
A belgian Gentoo user[/url]

[pinnockio]

Hello,


I found the solution to the problem. I looked in /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/portage.py for the string "Invalid token". It was an error message of the function getconfig(mycfg,tolerant=0).

Apparently, this function is called with a config-file as argument. Looking through the code for all the calls to this function also should give me all the configuration files. Which were:
/etc/make.globals
/etc/make.profile/make.defaults
/etc/make.conf
/etc/env.d

In each of this files I searched for the value this error-function returned (i.e. 2000-2002). It seemed that somehow in make.conf the comment token '#' was erased at the first line Copyright 2000-2001 ... . Commenting this sentence back, resolved the problem.

Kind regards,
A belgian Gentoo user