From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org)
	by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60)
	(envelope-from <gentoo-user+bounces-127477-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@lists.gentoo.org>)
	id 1QylcE-0005WN-GX
	for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 31 Aug 2011 14:18:06 +0000
Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1])
	by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BE93521C29C;
	Wed, 31 Aug 2011 14:17:56 +0000 (UTC)
Received: from mail-bw0-f53.google.com (mail-bw0-f53.google.com [209.85.214.53])
	by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F4DE21C28E
	for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Wed, 31 Aug 2011 14:16:55 +0000 (UTC)
Received: by bkbzs8 with SMTP id zs8so1100928bkb.40
        for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Wed, 31 Aug 2011 07:16:54 -0700 (PDT)
DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed;
        d=gmail.com; s=gamma;
        h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to
         :content-type:content-transfer-encoding;
        bh=+xWCZY7GAvm+QoP9ijd2kyy8Br13EjhC2WK2+rbFuSs=;
        b=kU6UUBuhfNKsjJAS334Lj1RMkaxstPUocHR8RFk+kWCgnmgTp5KahGa39AhZgYr/d2
         HITYlfBYLt8nGASzc7UrphRgux0ughKa2K9rEkKd3ni+j0VFAG08hck7KXMj7bLR531i
         WVJ2A12wCBqkedt++QnicdEEQBwTEX7dMCff8=
Precedence: bulk
List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>
List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-user+help@lists.gentoo.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+unsubscribe@lists.gentoo.org>
List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+subscribe@lists.gentoo.org>
List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-user.gentoo.org>
X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
MIME-Version: 1.0
Received: by 10.204.152.218 with SMTP id h26mr263538bkw.260.1314800214753;
 Wed, 31 Aug 2011 07:16:54 -0700 (PDT)
Received: by 10.204.37.140 with HTTP; Wed, 31 Aug 2011 07:16:54 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <4E5E40D3.9030302@gmail.com>
References: <4E5E3D98.5010307@gmail.com>
	<CA+czFiDapmOBKX3gx=oSWNdsssPHzHq45fE=JPnGHN99oSEe2Q@mail.gmail.com>
	<4E5E40D3.9030302@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 10:16:54 -0400
Message-ID: <CA+czFiBGf0n4SRgjUSPORSMZNwrEhKnEawE-8DxoNGAD2OC2Zg@mail.gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] portage failed to upgrade
From: Michael Mol <mikemol@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
X-Archives-Salt: 
X-Archives-Hash: 3a45e1593b69f8bc9be3c7340cb05363

On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 10:10 AM, Space Cake <spacecakex@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2011. aug. 31., szerda, 16.02.15 CEST, Michael Mol wrote:
>> 2011/8/31 Space Cake <spacecakex@gmail.com>:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> For a few days my routine upgrades failing at portage with the followin=
g
>>> message. Do you have any idea what does it means?
>>>
>>> File
>>> "/var/tmp/portage/sys-apps/portage-2.1.10.11/image/usr/lib/portage/pym/=
portage/tests/runTests",
>>> line 21, in <module>
>>> =C2=A0 =C2=A0os.environ["PORTAGE_GRPNAME"] =3D grp.getgrgid(os.getgid()=
).gr_name
>>> KeyError: 'getgrgid(): gid not found: 0'
>>>
>>> I've tried to google this, but nothing has found
>>
>> A new portage went stable a few days ago. You might try explicitly
>> upgrading portage, and then continuing.
>
> Yes, this is what I've tried, but it is failed with the message above

By the error, it looks like the code expected to be run as gid 0, but wasn'=
t.

I assume you ran etc-update?

What about a downgrade? Could you downgrade portage to the last stable
version (not sure what that is), and then upgrade it again? (I'd wait
for someone else to chime in before you do this. It may be a riskier
move than is obvious. I'm not sure.)

--=20
:wq