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PostPosted: Mon Nov 28, 2011 9:08 am    Post subject: Strange warning message on all emerge's Reply with quote

When ever i emerge a package, i get this message

/usr/lib64/portage/pym/portage/package/ebuild/config.py:349: UserWarning: 'cache.metadata_overlay.database' is deprecated: /etc/portage/modules
(user_auxdbmodule, modules_file))

anyone now of a way to remove or suppress it, its getting bloody annoying now
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 28, 2011 10:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

even the message say UserWarning, this kind of warning are for devs.
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 28, 2011 11:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

did you play with the sqlite backend for portage ?
I mean, what are the contents of /etc/portage/modules ( in case the file exists)?

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PostPosted: Mon Nov 28, 2011 11:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

gringo wrote:
did you play with the sqlite backend for portage ?
I mean, what are the contents of /etc/portage/modules ( in case the file exists)?

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i haven't played with anything, just updated portage and did update, then this message starts coming up

The contents of the modules file = portdbapi.auxdbmodule = cache.metadata_overlay.database
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 28, 2011 11:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dark Foo wrote:
The contents of the modules file = portdbapi.auxdbmodule = cache.metadata_overlay.database


i dont think that was added there by portage, i assume you added it there for whatever reason at some point.
Not sure if this has maybe something to do with the eix sqlite backend or the old times when you needed that to disable the metadata-transfer FEATURE, probably the latter.

anyway, just edit that file, comment that line and you are done.

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PostPosted: Mon Nov 28, 2011 11:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

already have :)
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 28, 2011 11:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dark Foo wrote:
already have :)


and you still have the same message all the time ?
If the answer is yes just try to (re)move the file. Back up just in case.

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PostPosted: Mon Nov 28, 2011 11:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

seems to be gone, will keep my eye out to see if it comes back ;)

Seems its something to do with portage portage-2.1.10.39, if i upgrade to that, as i just have on a new box, that message comes up, .38 and below it doesnt
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 28, 2011 7:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I also have the exact same warnings and "portdbapi.auxdbmodule = cache.metadata_overlay.database" in /etc/portage/modules. I know for sure that I didn't write it in manually.

I have commented it out, and the warning has gone away.
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 5:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

i also get this message after upgrading portage
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 9:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I am currently doing a fresh install (as we speak) on a box and after sync and emerging newest portage its showing up
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 11:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've been started to get such messages after upgrading portage to current stable. Also equery produces same error:
# equery l portage
/usr/lib64/portage/pym/portage/package/ebuild/config.py:353: UserWarning: 'cache.metadata_overlay.database' is deprecated: /etc/portage/modules
(user_auxdbmodule, modules_file))
* Searching for portage ...
[IP-] [ ] sys-apps/portage-2.1.10.41:0
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 4:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

tr0ll wrote:
I am currently doing a fresh install (as we speak) on a box and after sync and emerging newest portage its showing up

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PostPosted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 12:33 am    Post subject: So, I'm confused? Reply with quote

I just started installing gentoo today. A few hours ago actually, and I'm receiving this error as well? Is there a way to fix this?
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 12:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

As mentioned above, editing "/etc/portage/modules" and commenting out the only line in the file gets rid of the error message.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 11:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

As many others note, I get this exact message on a BRAND NEW installation (last week). /etc/portage/modules was never manually edited, or even touched (I did not even know this file existed...), but the contents are a single line:
Code:
portdbapi.auxdbmodule = cache.metadata_overlay.database


It's an AMD box, Portage 2.1.10.41. Masking this package downgrades to 2.1.10.11, which was the current version as of install time, and the messages go away. Alternatively, keeping 2.1.10.41 and commenting out that line works as well.

Oddly enough, my old installation (4 years? Really, that long?) does NOT have this file present.

It's not a huge issue, but I'm extremely curious about where that file came from in the first place. I don't think I've installed any software on the new installation that wasn't present on the old server already.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 7:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The evidence is that the new portage version installed it there. I'm pretty confident 2.1.10.41-r1 is coming soon.
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 25, 2011 10:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Code:

 [~] > file /etc/portage/modules
/etc/portage/modules: ERROR: cannot open `/etc/portage/modules' (No such file or directory)
 [1] [~] > qsearch portage
search: chdir to PORTDIR '${EPREFIX}/usr/portage' failed: No such file or directory
 [1] [~] > eix portage
...
[I] app-portage/portage-utils
     Installed versions:  0.3.1(23:59:10 25/12/11)(-static)
...
[I] sys-apps/portage
     Installed versions:  2.1.10.41(00:03:44 26/12/11)(ipc python3 -build -doc -epydoc -linguas_pl -python2 -selinux)
...

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PostPosted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 9:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Same here, fresh install, warning showing.
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 10:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I do not even have /etc/portage/modules (portage-2.1.10.41, portage-utils 0.8 ).

So this is a "have used overlays" thing?
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 5:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I can confirm that this is happening on a fresh install. I would have prohibited my reply if I knew whether or not this behavior was normal.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 7:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

fishnet37222 wrote:
As mentioned above, editing "/etc/portage/modules" and commenting out the only line in the file gets rid of the error message.


I'm a little hesitant to just remove sections that I don't understand so I got the code and did a little digging:
Code:

root@vmgentoo /usr/portage/distfiles/portage-2.1.10.41 # grep -B1 'cache.metadata_overlay.database' pym/portage/package/ebuild/config.py
        _module_aliases = {
                "cache.metadata_overlay.database" : "portage.cache.flat_hash.database",
                "portage.cache.metadata_overlay.database" : "portage.cache.flat_hash.database",


So I changed that line in modules to:
Code:

portdbapi.auxdbmodule = portage.cache.flat_hash.database


I don't get the warning anymore and I as far as I can tell the portage should still be acting as it did before. I think this might be a better solution than simply getting rid of it.
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 2:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi all, I've hit this issue too. Fresh installation, only two days old. Removing the file, commenting the line, or making changes suggested by xaocon have the same result: It apparently fixes the problem.

Now, it seems to be a confirmed bug in bugzilla. As a result, it seems to be nothing dangerous, just a papercut :)

Happy new year for all.
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