Re: db backup script in gentoo

as previously said you need to go to http://forums.gentoo.org/

On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 13:16, Andrus <kobruleht2(at)hot(dot)ee> wrote:

> your /usr/portage directory is probably not mounted properly check that
>> again and then check /etc/make.profile points to a valid directory which
>> will be >something along the lines of
>> /usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/<arch>/<version>
>>
>
> jomanda etc # ls /etc/make.profile -l
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 48 19. juuni 2006 /etc/make.profile ->
> ../usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/x86/2006.0
> jomanda etc # ls -l ../usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/x86/2006.0
> ls: ../usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/x86/2006.0: No such file or
> directory
> jomanda etc # ls -l ../usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/x86/2007.0
> kokku 12
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 54 14. apr 2007 desktop
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 486 8. aug 2007 make.defaults
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 664 14. apr 2007 packages
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3 14. apr 2007 parent
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 60 14. apr 2007 server
> jomanda amd64 # emerge portage
> Calculating dependencies... done!
>
> !!! Error: the <sys-apps/portage-2.1.4_rc1 package conflicts with another
> package;
> !!! the two packages cannot be installed on the same system
> together.
> !!! Please use 'emerge --pretend' to determine blockers.
>
> For more information about Blocked Packages, please refer to the following
> section of the Gentoo Linux x86 Handbook (architecture is irrelevant):
>
> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?full=1#blocked
>
> jomanda etc # emerge portage
>
> !!! Your current profile is deprecated and not supported anymore.
> !!! Please upgrade to the following profile if possible:
> default/linux/x86/2008.0
>
> To upgrade do the following steps:
> # cd /etc/
> # rm make.profile
> # ln -s ../usr/portage/profiles/default/linux/x86/2008.0 make.profile
>
>
> Calculating dependencies... done!
>
> !!! Error: the <sys-apps/portage-2.1.4_rc1 package conflicts with another
> package;
> !!! the two packages cannot be installed on the same system
> together.
> !!! Please use 'emerge --pretend' to determine blockers.
>
> For more information about Blocked Packages, please refer to the following
> section of the Gentoo Linux x86 Handbook (architecture is irrelevant):
>
> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?full=1#blocked
>
> jomanda etc # cd /etc/
> jomanda etc # rm make.profile
> jomanda etc # ln -s ../usr/portage/profiles/default/linux/x86/2008.0
> make.profile
> jomanda etc # emerge portage
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 4049, in ?
> emerge_main()
> File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 3768, in emerge_main
> settings, trees, mtimedb = load_emerge_config()
> File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 3679, in load_emerge_config
> trees = portage.create_trees(trees=trees, **kwargs)
> File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/portage.py", line 6780, in create_trees
> config_incrementals=portage_const.INCREMENTALS)
> File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/portage.py", line 902, in __init__
> addProfile(os.path.realpath(self.profile_path))
> File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/portage.py", line 889, in addProfile
> raise portage_exception.ParseError(
> NameError: global name 'parents_file' is not defined
>
> Andrus.
>
>