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From: Mike Gilbert <floppym@g.o>
To: gentoo-portage-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] KeyError: 'ED' ?
Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2021 18:19:53
Message-Id: CAJ0EP41=RWNA+=Veh6QfWiG6FwU4yFfctioyTb-O8r8ikyOqeQ@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] KeyError: 'ED' ? by Joakim Tjernlund
1 On Thu, May 6, 2021 at 6:54 AM Joakim Tjernlund
2 <Joakim.Tjernlund@××××××××.com> wrote:
3 >
4 > On Wed, 2021-05-05 at 16:47 +0000, Joakim Tjernlund wrote:
5 > > I am upgrading an old portage(2.3.76) to 3.0.18 using qmerge(binary pkg) and I get this:
6 > > qmerge -OK sys-apps/portage
7 > > [R] sys-apps/portage-3.0.18
8 > > * Checking for suitable kernel configuration options...
9 > > [ ok ]
10 > > * Using python3.8 in global scope
11 > > FEATURES variable contains unknown value(s): disabled
12 > > Traceback (most recent call last):
13 > > File "/usr/lib/python3.8/runpy.py", line 194, in _run_module_as_main
14 > > return _run_code(code, main_globals, None,
15 > > File "/usr/lib/python3.8/runpy.py", line 87, in _run_code
16 > > exec(code, run_globals)
17 > > 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>
18 > > main()
19 > > 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
20 > > config_path = os.path.join(os.environ['ED'], GLOBAL_CONFIG_PATH.lstrip(os.sep), 'make.globals')
21 > > File "/usr/lib/python3.8/os.py", line 675, in __getitem__
22 > > raise KeyError(key) from None
23 > > KeyError: 'ED'
24 > >
25 > > so portage fails to install properly, I am guessin this is becuse I have an old portage to begin with?
26 > > Can it be fixed?
27 >
28 > The error goes away when I do: ED=/ qmerge -OK sys-apps/portage
29 > Does that mean that it is qmerge(aka portage-utils) that needs to set ED during merge? which PHASES ?
30
31 According to PMS, a package manager must define ED in src_install,
32 pkg_preinst, and pkg_postinst.

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Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] KeyError: 'ED' ? Fabian Groffen <grobian@g.o>