Re: [gentoo-user] python-updater broken

["Arttu V." <arttuv69@gmail.com>]

On 10/23/08, James <wireless@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> One of my systems in an old Pentium III (Coppermine).
> python-updater will not complete. It echoes one
> line and then sits indefinately (for a day or more).
...
> Here's what else happens:
>
> # eselect python list
> !!! Error: Can't load module python
>
>
> thoughts and ideas are most welcome.

Some thoughts, not really informed, but trying to lure some better
experts and ideas out:

- Maybe you should run python-updater with several "-v" options? Maybe
it will become more talkative? (See man page and/or the script itself)

- Maybe the disks or filesystems have some problems or bit-rot after
having possibly been powered on 24/7 for a long time? Has there been
power outages? Voluntary fsck time!

- Has something happened to your scanelf? emerge -1 pax-utils might
fix some issues

- I'd guess eselect python complaining like above is probably just
normal, unless you're supposed to have eselect-python package
installed (many systems probably don't and you say your system is sort
of minimal anyway?)

- Does anything unusual appear in /var/log/messages or other logs?

-- 
Arttu V.