Emerge problem

[Stumpy]

does anyone know what can be causing this problem? It also comes on --pretends.

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!!! Invalid token (not “=”) apm
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File “/usr/bin/emerge”, line 2 in ?
    import os,sys,portage,xpak,strink,re,commands,time,threading
  File “/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/portage.py”, line 3457 in ?
    db[“/”][“porttree”]=portagetree(“/”,virts)
  File “/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/portage.py”, line 2254, in __init__
    self.portroot=settings[“PORTDIR”]
  File “/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/portage.py”, line 698, in __getitem__
    self.populate()
  File “/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/portage.py”, line 684, in populate
    userorder=self[“USE_ORDER”]
  File “/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/portage.py line 705 in __getitem__
    if x.has_key(mykey)
AttributeError: ‘NoneType’ object has no attribue ‘has_key’

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[AutoBot]

It would seem somehow your python has gotten borked, try this:

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wget http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo/distfiles/Python-2.2.1.tgz
tar xzf Python-2.2.1.tgz
cd Python-2.2.1
./configure --with-fpectl --infodir=/usr/share/info/ --mandir=/usr/share/man --prefix=/usr 
make
su
make install
rm /usr/bin/python 2>/dev/null
ln -s /usr/bin/python2 /usr/bin/python

[Stumpy]

Thank you, I will try that now.

[AutoBot]

If that does indeed work, I would go ahead emerge python just, well just because I like portage to do things instead of me

[Stumpy]

I just did it, I get the same error.

[AutoBot]

Ok then it looks like your going to need to use the portage rescue on the install disk.

Take a look at this thread also, so when you get your portage fixed and need to upgrad will know what version to use:

http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=6002

[Stumpy]

Thanks for the suggestion!

I'm a n00b to linux, so if possible can you explain how to perfrom the portage rescue?

[AutoBot]

There should be some instructions inside the rescue file, never had to use it so I can't be of much assistance.