All,

I am trying to use “emerge –uDN world”  to upgrade from an older snapshot to 20081008 and I cannot seem to get past the issues with module libxml2.

I have tried running python-updater –p and it complains about blocked packages which are older packages that I have not yet been able to get updated via the  emerge world.

Is it possible to do an emerge –uDN to the latest snapshot on a system that was built a year or two ago or do I have to do it in stages?

If so what is the correct procedure?

The following is a snipit of the failure and it does not only happen with epiphany.

if [ -f "C/epiphany.xml" ]; then d="../"; else d="/var/tmp/portage/www-client/ep

iphany-2.22.3/work/epiphany-2.22.3/help/"; fi; \

        (cd es/ && \

          `which xml2po` -e -p \

            "${d}es/es.po" \

            "${d}C/epiphany.xml" > epiphany.xml.tmp && \

            cp epiphany.xml.tmp epiphany.xml && rm -f epiphany.xml.tmp)

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "/usr/bin/xml2po", line 35, in <module>

    import libxml2

ImportError: No module named libxml2

make[2]: *** [bg/epiphany.xml] Error 1

make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....

Traceback (most recent call last):

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "/usr/bin/xml2po", line 35, in <module>

    import libxml2

ImportError: No module named libxml2

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "/usr/bin/xml2po", line 35, in <module>

    import libxml2

ImportError: No module named libxml2

make[2]: *** [el/epiphany.xml] Error 1

  File "/usr/bin/xml2po", line 35, in <module>

    import libxml2

ImportError: No module named libxml2

make[2]: *** [ca/epiphany.xml] Error 1

make[2]: *** [de/epiphany.xml] Error 1

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "/usr/bin/xml2po", line 35, in <module>

    import libxml2

ImportError: No module named libxml2

make[2]: *** [en_GB/epiphany.xml] Error 1

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "/usr/bin/xml2po", line 35, in <module>

    import libxml2

ImportError: No module named libxml2

make[2]: *** [es/epiphany.xml] Error 1

make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/www-client/epiphany-2.22.3/work/epiphany-2.22.3/help'

make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1

make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/www-client/epiphany-2.22.3/work/epiphany-2.22.3'

make: *** [all] Error 2

 *

 * ERROR: www-client/epiphany-2.22.3 failed.

 * Call stack:

 *               ebuild.sh, line   49:  Called src_compile

 *             environment, line 2604:  Called gnome2_src_compile

 *             environment, line 1968:  Called die

 * The specific snippet of code:

 *       emake || die "compile failure"

 *  The die message:

 *   compile failure

 *

 * 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/www-client/epiphany-2.22.3/temp/build.log'.

 * The ebuild environment file is located at '/var/tmp/portage/www-client/epiphany-2.22.3/temp/environment'.

 *

Brian Wince

Lab Unix System Administrator

bwince@redback.com

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