From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CD9961382C5 for ; Sat, 5 Jun 2021 06:49:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7F9E0E0877; Sat, 5 Jun 2021 06:49:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from covici.com (debian-2.covici.com [166.84.7.93]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DECE8E0855 for ; Sat, 5 Jun 2021 06:49:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ccs.covici.com (ccs.covici.com [70.109.53.110]) (authenticated bits=0) by covici.com (8.15.2/8.15.2/Debian-14~deb10u1) with ESMTPSA id 1556m5Y4003446 (version=TLSv1.3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Sat, 5 Jun 2021 02:48:07 -0400 Received: from ccs.covici.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ccs.covici.com (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTPS id 1556mxC71084452 (version=TLSv1.3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Sat, 5 Jun 2021 02:48:59 -0400 Received: (from covici@localhost) by ccs.covici.com (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id 1556mxeT1084451; Sat, 5 Jun 2021 02:48:59 -0400 Date: Sat, 05 Jun 2021 02:48:59 -0400 Message-ID: From: John Covici To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] after latest update emerge completely broken In-Reply-To: <13566d37-1490-160a-c31a-f1b16005ae02@iinet.net.au> References: <13566d37-1490-160a-c31a-f1b16005ae02@iinet.net.au> User-Agent: Wanderlust/2.15.9 (Almost Unreal) SEMI-EPG/1.14.7 (Harue) FLIM/1.14.9 (=?ISO-8859-4?Q?Goj=F2?=) APEL/10.8 EasyPG/1.0.0 Emacs/27 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) MULE/6.0 (HANACHIRUSATO) Organization: Covici Computer Systems Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 (generated by SEMI-EPG 1.14.7 - "Harue") Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 605a26f4-e4db-43da-98f2-a18630744f78 X-Archives-Hash: 3ee7b3f343bf262ef9025faf6c03f704 On Sat, 05 Jun 2021 02:09:32 -0400, William Kenworthy wrote: >=20 >=20 > On 5/6/21 9:53 am, John Covici wrote: > > On Fri, 04 Jun 2021 07:39:25 -0400, > > John Covici wrote: > >> I have binary packages for lots of things, including portage if I need > >> it, but no way to emerge any of them. > >> > >> > >> Thanks in advance for any suggestions. > > I have an update. I was able to get emerge to work again by unpacking > > a binary package of portage into /usr/lib/python3.8 but if I try to > > emerge portage again, I get that traceback again. Is portage 0.3.19 > > broke? > > > Are the binary package files from an emerge buildpkg or quickpkg? - if > so you can untar them in / to restore the files (do you have a buildpkg > of 3.0.18 - stable version?).=A0 Its not a true install but this method > has saved me a number of times from snafu's like this. Exactly, it was a .bz2 file which I just copied everything from its usr directory into /usr and that saved a certain portion of my anatomy. Also, the python was set to 3.9 even though I forced 3.8 in my package .use -- I did set it back, but that by itself did not fix the problem. --=20 Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici wb2una covici@ccs.covici.com