Re: [gentoo-user] ....Gentoo update killed Gentoo update?

[Wolfram Schlich]

* tuxic@××××××.de <tuxic@××××××.de> [2017-10-04 05:04]:
> On 10/04 02:26, tuxic@××××××.de wrote:
> > On 10/04 01:58, Ian Bloss wrote:
> > > [...]
> > > On Tue, Oct 3, 2017, 6:55 PM <tuxic@××××××.de> wrote:
> > > > [...]
> > > >
> > > > I tried eix-sync this morning and got:
> > > >
> > > > /root>eix-sync
> > > > /usr/bin/eix-sync: line 22: ReadFunctions: command not found
> > > > /usr/bin/eix-sync: line 24: ReadVar: command not found
> > > > /usr/bin/eix-sync: line 25: ReadVar: command not found
> > > > /usr/bin/eix-sync: line 26: ReadVar: command not found
> > > > /usr/bin/eix-sync: line 27: ReadVar: command not found
> > > > /usr/bin/eix-sync: line 28: local_portage_configroot: unbound variable
> > > > [1]    4865 exit 1     eix-sync
> > > >
> > > > [...]
> > [...]
> > /root>eix-sync
> > /usr/bin/eix-sync: line 22: ReadFunctions: command not found
> > /usr/bin/eix-sync: line 24: ReadVar: command not found
> > /usr/bin/eix-sync: line 25: ReadVar: command not found
> > /usr/bin/eix-sync: line 26: ReadVar: command not found
> > /usr/bin/eix-sync: line 27: ReadVar: command not found
> > /usr/bin/eix-sync: line 28: local_portage_configroot: unbound variable
> > [...]
>
> More on this:
> /usr/bin/eix-test-obsolete: line 17: ReadGettext: command not found
> /usr/bin/eix-test-obsolete: line 69: Push: command not found
> /usr/bin/eix-test-obsolete: line 70: Push: command not found
> /usr/bin/eix-test-obsolete: line 72: opt: unbound variable
>
> Seems to be a more common problem...

The logic to use /usr/share/eix/eix-functions.sh from the
/usr/bin/eix-* scripts is just broken.

Use this for a quick fix until it's sorted out upstream:
ln -nsf /usr/share/eix/eix-functions /usr/share/eix/eix-functions.sh

Cheers,
Wolfram