Re: [gentoo-amd64] Python-updater line 415 error

[Frank Peters <frank.peters@comcast.net>]

On Mon, 03 Aug 2009 01:44:23 -0500
Lance Lassetter <lancelassetter@gmail.com> wrote:

> 
> afaik, latest stable is:
> bash-3.2_p39
> 
> might not be a good idea to run unstable stuff such as bash and python;
> just a thought.
> 

After downgrading to bash-3.2, the problem remains. Bash
is thus apparently not the culprit.

My greatest fear has been realized.  No one else experiences
this problem; therefore, I have a gremlin lurking somewhere on
my system.

I can't devote excessive time right now to explore this more
deeply.  So far, only eselect and python-updater are affected
and I can fix both of these.

Incidentally, eselect, also a bash script, produces this error:

`ec_do_list-options': not a valid identifier
`ec_do_list-modules': not a valid identifier

If I rename these identifiers to

ec_do_list_options
ec_do_list_modules

the problem disappears.

Frank Peters