On Wednesday 08 Jan 2014 12:10:41 Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:
> Am 08.01.2014 13:06, schrieb Mick:
> > On Wednesday 08 Jan 2014 11:58:01 Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:
> >> Thanks for the pointer.
> >> 
> >> Unpacked /usr/portage/distfiles/portage-2.2.7.tar.bz2 right now
> >> etc
> >> 
> >> Still getting segfaults with the replaced emerge-command :-(
> > 
> > This does not look good.
> > 
> > Can you get someone to reboot the machine with a sysrescue or
> > Gentoo LiveCD for you to connect to it remotely and then chroot
> > into the borked installation to essentially reinstall the required
> > packages with a functional portage and toolchain from the LiveCD?
> 
> maybe ... *but* I think I got something done:
> 
> pulled in python-2.7.5-r3.tbz2 from http://tinderbox.dev.gentoo.org
> ... and untarred it ... didn't help.
> 
> Then glibc-2.16.0.tbz2 ... and now python-updater and eix and emerge
> ... don't segfault anymore.
> 
> I will now re-emerge glibc and python etc ... right?
> 
> Thanks!

I don't know if I am stating the obvious but just in case:  Have a look here 
and set up your --python2 to reflect what you have installed.  You may need to 
go at it in steps between versions.

-- 
Regards,
Mick