Re: [gentoo-user] updating an old system

[Jack]

On 2021.08.22 14:54, pat@××××××××.org wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've downloaded gentoo VirtualBox image from osboxes.org. Trying to
> update, but getting this error:
> **********
>  emerge --oneshot sys-apps/portage
>
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>
> Calculating dependencies... done!
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/lib/python-exec/python3.6/emerge", line 53, in <module>
>     retval = emerge_main()
>   File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/_emerge/main.py", line
> 1289, in emerge_main
>     return run_action(emerge_config)
>   File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/_emerge/actions.py", line
> 3330, in run_action
>     retval = action_build(emerge_config, spinner=spinner)
>   File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/_emerge/actions.py", line
> 340, in action_build
>     settings, trees, myopts, myparams, myaction, myfiles, spinner)
>   File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/_emerge/depgraph.py", line
> 9767, in backtrack_depgraph
>     myaction, myfiles, spinner)
>   File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/_emerge/depgraph.py", line
> 9804, in _backtrack_depgraph
>     success, favorites = mydepgraph.select_files(myfiles)
>   File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/_emerge/depgraph.py", line
> 3955, in select_files
>     return self._select_files(args)
>   File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/_emerge/depgraph.py", line
> 4298, in _select_files
>     return self._resolve(myfavorites)
>   File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/_emerge/depgraph.py", line
> 4449, in _resolve
>     if not self._create_graph():
>   File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/_emerge/depgraph.py", line
> 2694, in _create_graph
>     allow_unsatisfied=allow_unsatisfied):
>   File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/_emerge/depgraph.py", line
> 3449, in _add_pkg_deps
>     allow_unsatisfied):
>   File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/_emerge/depgraph.py", line
> 3465, in _add_pkg_dep_string
>     allow_unsatisfied)
>   File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/_emerge/depgraph.py", line
> 3545, in _wrapped_add_pkg_dep_string
>     pkg, dep_priority, root_config, selected_atoms[pkg]):
>   File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/_emerge/depgraph.py", line
> 3744, in _minimize_children
>     root_config.root, atom, parent=parent)
>   File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/_emerge/depgraph.py", line
> 5727, in _select_pkg_highest_available
>     ret = self._select_pkg_highest_available_imp(root, atom,
> onlydeps=onlydeps, parent=parent)
>   File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/_emerge/depgraph.py", line
> 5951, in _select_pkg_highest_available_imp
>     root, atom, onlydeps=onlydeps, parent=parent)
>   File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/_emerge/depgraph.py", line
> 6255, in _wrapped_select_pkg_highest_available_imp
>     onlydeps=onlydeps):
>   File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/_emerge/depgraph.py", line
> 5645, in _iter_match_pkgs_atom
>     myrepo=getattr(cpv, 'repo', None))
>   File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/_emerge/depgraph.py", line
> 6998, in _pkg
>     metadata = zip(db_keys, db.aux_get(cpv, db_keys, myrepo=myrepo))
>   File
> "/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/portage/dbapi/porttree.py", line
> 614, in aux_get
>     myrepo=myrepo, loop=loop))
>   File
> "/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/portage/dbapi/porttree.py", line
> 702, in async_aux_get
>     proc.start()
>   File
> "/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/_emerge/AsynchronousTask.py",
> line 30, in start
>     self._start()
>   File
> "/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/_emerge/EbuildMetadataPhase.py",
> line 59, in _start
>     self._async_wait()
>   File
> "/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/_emerge/AbstractPollTask.py",
> line 99, in _async_wait
>     self._unregister()
>   File
> "/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/_emerge/EbuildMetadataPhase.py",
> line 147, in _unregister
>     self.scheduler.remove_reader(self._files.ebuild)
> AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'ebuild'
> **********
>
> Please, colud someone help?
>
> Thanks
>
> Pat>
Did you do any searching?  Does the suggestion in  
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-1100660-start-0.html work for  
you?  (I would look for a more recent version than mentioned in that  
post, as 3.0.20-r6 is the most recent stable version on my system.)

Jack