On Wednesday 08 Jan 2014 13:33:20 Mick wrote:
> 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.

Oops!  Pulled the trigger too fast - sorry:

 http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/Python/python-r1/user-guide.xml

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Regards,
Mick