Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] KeyError: 'ED' ?

[Fabian Groffen]

On 09-06-2021 14:19:38 -0400, Mike Gilbert wrote:
> On Thu, May 6, 2021 at 6:54 AM Joakim Tjernlund
> <Joakim.Tjernlund@××××××××.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, 2021-05-05 at 16:47 +0000, Joakim Tjernlund wrote:
> > > I am upgrading an old portage(2.3.76) to 3.0.18 using qmerge(binary pkg) and I get this:
> > >  qmerge -OK sys-apps/portage
> > > [R] sys-apps/portage-3.0.18
> > >  * Checking for suitable kernel configuration options...
> > >  [ ok ]
> > >  * Using python3.8 in global scope
> > > FEATURES variable contains unknown value(s): disabled
> > > Traceback (most recent call last):
> > >   File "/usr/lib/python3.8/runpy.py", line 194, in _run_module_as_main
> > >     return _run_code(code, main_globals, None,
> > >   File "/usr/lib/python3.8/runpy.py", line 87, in _run_code
> > >     exec(code, run_globals)
> > >   File "/var/tmp/qmerge/sys-apps/portage-3.0.18/image/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/portage/_compat_upgrade/default_locations.py", line 93, in <module>
> > >     main()
> > >   File "/var/tmp/qmerge/sys-apps/portage-3.0.18/image/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/portage/_compat_upgrade/default_locations.py", line 63, in main
> > >     config_path = os.path.join(os.environ['ED'], GLOBAL_CONFIG_PATH.lstrip(os.sep), 'make.globals')
> > >   File "/usr/lib/python3.8/os.py", line 675, in __getitem__
> > >     raise KeyError(key) from None
> > > KeyError: 'ED'
> > >
> > > so portage fails to install properly, I am guessin this is becuse I have an old portage to begin with?
> > > Can it be fixed?
> >
> > The error goes away when I do: ED=/ qmerge -OK sys-apps/portage
> > Does that mean that it is qmerge(aka portage-utils) that needs to set ED during merge? which PHASES ?
>
> According to PMS, a package manager must define ED in src_install,
> pkg_preinst, and pkg_postinst.

Perhaps qmerge should use export for these vars.  In any case this seems
tracked in bug 792273.

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Fabian Groffen
Gentoo on a different level