emerge --sync !!! 'str' object has no attribute 'insert'

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DingbatCA · Post by **DingbatCA** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 2:55 pm

OK, I am stuck on this one.
Trying to get gentoo installed on a cobalt RaQ2
did the emerge --sync and then got:

!!! '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)

So went googling, found a lot of people talking about the /etc/make.profile
so I fixed mine.
/etc/make.profile -> /usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/mips/cobalt/2005.0/

But the error still will not go away.
so tried the
'rm -Rf /usr/portage/profiles; emerge sync'
still no luck.
Found a few very good bits of info in the forums. Nothing new

Any ideas?

Versable · Post by **Versable** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 9:20 pm

On a ~x86

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cd /etc/
rm make.profile
ln -s /usr/portage/profiles/default-x86-1.4 make.profile

then a

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emerge --sync

should fix it

not sure what your box uses as architecture, but you can look at the available architectures using this:

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ls /usr/portage/profiles/

DingbatCA · Post by **DingbatCA** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 11:42 pm

no luck.
my system is a Cobalt RaQ2 running a mips CPU, so mips architecture.

tried
/etc/make.profile -> /usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/mips/cobalt/2005.0/
/etc/make.profile -> /usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/mips/2005.0/

Both came up with the same problem... any more ideas?

DingbatCA · Post by **DingbatCA** » Tue Jun 14, 2005 12:09 am

FIXED! Got it... What a Pain
OK, for those who are also having this problem on a mips system, here is the path I took.

Dont let it look at the current profile link
#rm /etc/make.profile

You need to let the system no that it is a mips CPU
add ARCH="mips" to your make.conf

then install the newest version of the portage software
#ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="mips" emerge portage

Good, now to fix the profile. (adjust for your system)
#cd /etc
#ln -sf /usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/mips/cobalt/2005.0/ make.profile

Last step clean up your make.conf, so del the ARCH line.
Hope this helps.
DingbatCA

Redhatter · Post by **Redhatter** » Tue Jun 14, 2005 6:14 am

Did you think to have a look at this thread?

That error message definately looks like you're using the old 2004.2 stages... which are out of date now.
I'm yet to push the newer 2005.0 ones out to mirrors.... but it's on my TODO list.

DingbatCA · Post by **DingbatCA** » Tue Jun 14, 2005 2:50 pm

Yes, I am/was using the 2004.2 stages (stage 3)
Humm, you have newer stages on your site... Perhaps...
downloading...
I will let you know how it goes.

DingbatCA · Post by **DingbatCA** » Tue Jun 14, 2005 5:16 pm

Humm, moved to stage 3 2005.0
still getting an error that had me stuck last time.
any ideas?

emerge mips-sources.....

* >>> Patching kernel for Cobalt support ...

* Cannot find $EPATCH_SOURCE! Value for $EPATCH_SOURCE is:
*
* /var/tmp/portage/mips-sources-2.6.10-r4/work/mips-patches/misc-2.6.9-cobalt-support.patch
* ( misc-2.6.9-cobalt-support.patch )

!!! ERROR: sys-kernel/mips-sources-2.6.10-r4 failed.
!!! Function epatch, Line 219, Exitcode 0
!!! Cannot find $EPATCH_SOURCE!
!!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, NOT this status message.

tukachinchila · Post by **tukachinchila** » Wed Jun 15, 2005 11:48 pm

Thanks for the solution DingbatCA! I was getting the exact same error message on my xbox (gentoox), and your solution worked there with only minor modifications:

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rm /etc/make.profile
echo 'ARCH="x86"' >> /etc/make.conf
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" emerge portage
cd /etc
ln -sf /usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/x86/2005.0/2.4/ make.profile

After removing ARCH="x86" from /etc/make.conf everything was back to normal. I may have only needed to remove /etc/make.profile, and then emerge portage, but I figured your solution wouldn't hurt anything, and it worked perfectly.

meyerm · Post by **meyerm** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 12:37 am

Thank you! Just saved my evening.

(would have forgotten to prepend the ACCEPT_KEYWORDS variable

)

Lviz · Post by **Lviz** » Sun Aug 14, 2005 8:03 pm

DingbatCA wrote:FIXED! Got it... What a Pain
DingbatCA

yep what a pain
thanks oh so much

cheers
L

Royal · Post by **Royal** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 10:25 am

Hey guys,

I have exactly the same problem.

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ln -s /usr/portage/profiles/default-x86-1.4 make.profile

does not work because there is no profile like that. I _have_ to take something out of /usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/.

When I try the solution with the make.conf settings it seems to work. But an 'emerge portage' stops at 'File to patch:'

What's it about?

Complete log:

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cvsint root # emerge portage


!!! /etc/make.profile is not a symlink and will probably prevent most merges.
!!! It should point into a profile within /usr/portage/profiles/
!!! (You can safely ignore this message when syncing. It's harmless.)


Calculating dependencies ...done!
>>> emerge (1 of 1) sys-apps/portage-2.0.51.22-r2 to /
>>> md5 src_uri ;-) portage-2.0.51.22.tar.bz2
>>> Unpacking source...
>>> Unpacking portage-2.0.51.22.tar.bz2 to /var/tmp/portage/portage-2.0.51.22-r2
/work
/usr/sbin/ebuild.sh: line 1: sed: command not found
/usr/sbin/ebuild.sh: line 27: cd: /var/tmp/portage/portage-2.0.51.22-r2/work/por
tage-2.0.51.22: No such file or directory
can't find file to patch at input line 4
Perhaps you used the wrong -p or --strip option?
The text leading up to this was:
--------------------------
|diff -uNr portage-2.0.51.22/ChangeLog portage-2.0.51.22-r2/ChangeLog
|--- portage-2.0.51.22/ChangeLog        2005-05-15 19:20:58.000000000 +0900
|+++ portage-2.0.51.22-r2/ChangeLog     2005-07-19 19:37:44.159904000 +0900
--------------------------
File to patch:

Redhatter · Post by **Redhatter** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 10:50 am

Royal: Ohh, umm... your version of portage is ancient.

Have a squiz at /usr/portage/sys-apps/portage/files/README.RESCUE, and follow the instructions there.

Monger · Post by **Monger** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 12:43 pm

Similar troubles here. I did the work around described above. I was able to update portage however I ran into a problem while doing emerge -u system. It crashed on texinfo because sed was not found (similar to Royal).

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#emerge -s sed
      *  sys-apps/sed
      Latest version available: 4.1.4
      Latest version installed: 4.1.4
      Size of downloaded files: 775 kB
      Homepage:    http://sed.sourceforge.net/
      Description: Super-useful stream editor
      License:     GPL-2

# find . -name sed -print
./var/tmp/portage/sed-4.1.4/work/sed-4.1.4/sed
./usr/portage/eclass/ELT-patches/sed
./usr/portage/sys-apps/sed

# emerge  sed
Calculating dependencies ...done!
>>> emerge (1 of 1) sys-apps/sed-4.1.4 to /
>>> md5 src_uri ;-) sed-4.1.4.tar.gz
>>> Unpacking source...
>>> Unpacking sed-4.1.4.tar.gz to /var/tmp/portage/sed-4.1.4/work
 * Applying sed-4.1.4-makeinfo-c-locale.patch ...                         [ ok ]
 * Applying sed-4.1.4-fix-invalid-ref-error.patch ...                     [ ok ]
/usr/lib/portage/bin/ebuild.sh: line 43: sed: command not found

!!! ERROR: sys-apps/sed-4.1.4 failed.
!!! Function src_unpack, Line 45, Exitcode 127
!!! sed html doc
!!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, NOT this status message.

Any suggestions on how I should proceed?

Royal · Post by **Royal** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 10:00 am

Thanks Redhatter. That helped.

Now I have the problem that Monger shows. Here is my thread (German) http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-26 ... ml#2686729

Generally: emerge can't find sed - emerge sed does not work, cause it can't find sed : )

Any Ideas?

Royal

Redhatter · Post by **Redhatter** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 10:51 am

No idea there.... Perhaps download a binpkg for 'sed'? Although it seems odd that a core system utility should go running off like that. I'd check to see if /bin/sed exists.

Royal · Post by **Royal** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 10:57 am

No it does not exist. After checking if the sed files are there I unmerged sed. While unmerging I recognized a 'gsed' which was unmerged.
Maybe only an alias was missing.

Well now my task is to install sed. Neither binaries dont work because ./configure uses sed as well.

I'm currently on a quickpkg solution that has been mentioned in my German thread.

I'm very interested in this vicious circle between emerge and sed.

Royal

Royal · Post by **Royal** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 12:34 pm

Solution:

I have gotten a .tbz2 package from a guy and had to do the following:

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PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"

in your /etc/make.conf

Then create
/usr/portage/packages
/usr/portage/packages/All
/usr/portage/packages/sys-apps

Put the package into sys-apps and link it to ../All

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ln -s /usr/portage/packages/sys-apps/sed-4.1.4.tbz2 /usr/portage/packages/All/

Then do an

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emerge -k sed

That helped me to get it running again. Now I'm scared to do an realy realy big emerge world but thats another topic.

If you want the file send me a pm with your email.

Royal

Monger · Post by **Monger** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 12:56 pm

Sorry for the slow response, was out of town. I copied sed from another server and was able to emerge sed. I'm now running emerge -u system and all is going well so far.

Monger · Post by **Monger** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 2:30 pm

After updating GCC the next package failed. GCC was now broke. After a panic attack I found this thread which resolved the issue.
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-27 ... +path.html

Hopefully there won't be anymore surprises.

LarryLeffa · Post by **LarryLeffa** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 2:26 pm

Found a gentoo-firewall today built by me in 2003 and started to update the whole system.

Fixed the problem of "emerge sync worked but won't update portage cause of missing (or wrong) profile" by

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rm /etc/make.profile && ln -s /usr/portage/profiles/obsolete/x86 /etc/make.profile && emerge portage

Then I did a correct symlink to the 2005.1 profile and everything else worked like a charm.

Good luck!

Maedhros · Post by **Maedhros** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 7:14 pm

Moved from Gentoo on Alternative Architectures to Duplicate Threads in favour of [topic=220503]'str' object has no attribute 'insert'[/topic].

emerge --sync !!! 'str' object has no attribute 'insert'

emerge --sync !!! 'str' object has no attribute 'insert'

Sed MIA?

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