webapp-config broken, no module named portage

[while1]

Hi!
When I try to emerge phpmyadmin I get the following error:

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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/sbin/webapp-config", line 27, in <module>
    from WebappConfig.config import Config
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/WebappConfig/config.py", line 29, in <module>
    import WebappConfig.server
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/WebappConfig/server.py", line 25, in <module>
    from WebappConfig.worker       import WebappRemove, WebappAdd
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/WebappConfig/worker.py", line 29, in <module>
    import WebappConfig.wrapper as wrapper
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/WebappConfig/wrapper.py", line 36, in <module>
    import sys, portage, os, types
ImportError: No module named portage
 *
 * ERROR: dev-db/phpmyadmin-2.11.9.4 failed.
 * Call stack:
 *                    ebuild.sh, line   49:  Called pkg_setup
 *   phpmyadmin-2.11.9.4.ebuild, line   24:  Called webapp_pkg_setup
 *                webapp.eclass, line  378:  Called webapp_read_config
 *                webapp.eclass, line   60:  Called die
 * The specific snippet of code:
 *              ENVVAR=$(${WEBAPP_CONFIG} --query ${PN} ${PVR}) || die "Could not read settings from webapp-config!"
 *  The die message:
 *   Could not read settings from webapp-config!
 *
 * If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack if relevant.
 * A complete build log is located at '/var/tmp/portage/dev-db/phpmyadmin-2.11.9.4/temp/build.log'.
 * The ebuild environment file is located at '/var/tmp/portage/dev-db/phpmyadmin-2.11.9.4/temp/die.env'.
 

I also get the same error when I run webapp-config.

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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/sbin/webapp-config", line 27, in <module>
    from WebappConfig.config import Config
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/WebappConfig/config.py", line 29, in <module>
    import WebappConfig.server
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/WebappConfig/server.py", line 25, in <module>
    from WebappConfig.worker       import WebappRemove, WebappAdd
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/WebappConfig/worker.py", line 29, in <module>
    import WebappConfig.wrapper as wrapper
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/WebappConfig/wrapper.py", line 36, in <module>
    import sys, portage, os, types
ImportError: No module named portage

If i run python interpreter can run "import portage" without any problems.

I've tried to reemerge both webapp-config and python and i've run python-updater as well afterwars. it still doesn't work. The only thing I find wierd is that webapp-config is installed in /usr/local/lib/python2.5... but other modules I have are installed in /usr/lib/python2.5... But I can't find why. I tried install webapp-config on one of my other machines and then it was installed directly in /usr/lib

Please help, it seems like my system has become as confused as I am.

This is on my x86 webserver. If you need an emerge --info or something please let me know.

[AllenJB]

Try running "python-updater"

[while1]

I have already but it doesn't make any difference.

[AllenJB]

I have already but it doesn't make any difference.

Then I recommend you search for / file a bug

[while1]

I've searched for it but I cannot find any with the same problem. Of couse I can file one but I don't know how to reproduce it. Seems more like I've done something wrong than a bug.

[PolyTekPatrick]

Hey while1,
I had exactly the same problem with webapp-config and I just figured out how to solve it, thanks to the little bit of insight that you provided in your post. Like you, I was unable to find any solutions online, and no one has touched the bug report at: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=261165

You mentioned in your post that typing "import portage" into the python interpreter worked for you. When I just ran python and tried it on my server, it didn't work for me. But it did work when I ran sudo python and tried it there. I think the discrepancy is due to the /usr/local/lib/python2.5 versus /usr/lib/python2.5 confusion, which I also have on my machine (webapp-config installs stuff into the /usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/WebappConfig directory on my machine).

I don't know much about python, but I figured that maybe python code running from the local version didn't have the portage directory in its search path. So I just learned how to add a directory to python's path using a .pth file:

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cd /usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages
sudo vim portage.pth

type the following into the file and save:

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/usr/lib/portage/pym

Then I was able to do import portage from a regular (non-sudo) python, and webapp-config finally worked and other webapps that depend on it finally emerged. So I got it working at least, though I don't know why the problem occurred in the first place, or why there are two python directories.

Hope this helps!
-Patrick

[Joseph_sys]

I run into the same problem.
Re-emerging: webapp-config
solved the problem.