What is going on?

Presumably, I need to hold the seamonkey package, whilst I emerge
world, and then look again at the problem.

How do I hold the package? (Or do I just uninstall it, and then
reinstall it following emerge world?)

Please advise.

You need to run "python-updater". After that, remove the old python
installation ("emerge --prune python"), and then run revdep-rebuild.

In alt.os.linux.gentoo Arthur Hagen <art at (no spam) broomstick.com> wrote:

You need to run "python-updater". After that, remove the old python
installation ("emerge --prune python"), and then run revdep-rebuild.

I have now ran the above. I then ran emerge gentoolkit

However, when I type:

equery uses seamonkey

I still get an error as follows:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/equery", line 27, in <module
import gentoolkit
File "/usr/lib/gentoolkit/pym/gentoolkit/__init__.py", line 27, in
module
from threading import Lock
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/threading.py", line 6, in <module
import thread
ImportError: No module named thread

There is still something wrong with the equery tool.

Nah, the equery tool hasn't changed since 2007. It's more likely python
2.5 that acts slightly differently from 2.4.

Try to add the "threads" use flag and rebuild python.

mkdir -p /etc/portage

touch /etc/portage/package.use
This line is not needed, the file will be created if missing with the next line.

echo "dev-lang/python threads" >>/etc/portage/package.use
emerge --oneshot python

Regards,

I tried to update my gentoo system using emerge world, as follows:

emerge -uDN world

The update abort as follows:

* Messages for package www-client/seamonkey-1.1.11:

* Pango is not built with X useflag.
* Please add 'X' to your USE flags, and re-emerge pango.
*
* ERROR: www-client/seamonkey-1.1.11 failed.
* Call stack:
* ebuild.sh, line 49: Called pkg_setup
* seamonkey-1.1.11.ebuild, line 53: Called die
* The specific snippet of code:
* die "Pango needs X"
* The die message:
* Pango needs X

Hmmm, as far as I know, my seamonkey browser should have the moznopango
flag set. I decided to look at the flags for the package, so I typed:

equery uses seamonkey

This gave an error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/equery", line 27, in <module
import gentoolkit
File "/usr/lib/gentoolkit/pym/gentoolkit/__init__.py", line 27, in
module
from threading import Lock
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/threading.py", line 6, in <module
import thread
ImportError: No module named thread

Hmmm, maybe the gentoolkit has not been rebuilt yet. I decided to try
and build it:

emerge gentoolkit

Ok, that looked like it built ok. I try using it:

equery uses seamonkey

Nahhh, its still knackered:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/equery", line 27, in <module
import gentoolkit
File "/usr/lib/gentoolkit/pym/gentoolkit/__init__.py", line 27, in
module
from threading import Lock
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/threading.py", line 6, in <module
import thread
ImportError: No module named thread

What is going on?

Presumably, I need to hold the seamonkey package, whilst I emerge world,
and then look again at the problem.

How do I hold the package? (Or do I just uninstall it, and then
reinstall it following emerge world?)

Please advise.

Mark.

Arthur Hagen wrote:

touch /etc/portage/package.use
This line is not needed, the file will be created if missing with the
next line.

That's an incorrect assumption. It depends on the user environment.

# echo "foo" >>bar
bar: No such file or directory.

Now I leave you to figure out what would cause the above behavior instead of
the one you're used to.

Yes, the two are different and I had kind of the same trouble as the OP, but I
don't use threads, but I did have to uninstall the 2.4, keeping it will cause
troubles.

In alt.os.linux.gentoo Arthur Hagen <art at (no spam) broomstick.com> wrote:

That's an incorrect assumption. It depends on the user environment.

# echo "foo" >>bar
bar: No such file or directory.

Now I leave you to figure out what would cause the above behavior
instead of the one you're used to. :-)

Hmmm, that is interesting. The append operator creates a file here.

I tried to replicate your error by remove write permission to the
holding directory, but the message that I got was:

echo "foo" >>bar
sh: cannot create bar: Permission denied

What architecture is your computer?

What type of device is the working directory?

That's an incorrect assumption. It depends on the user environment.

# echo "foo" >>bar
bar: No such file or directory.

Now I leave you to figure out what would cause the above behavior instead of
the one you're used to. :-)

You cd into a directory and then that directory is deleted?

In alt.os.linux.gentoo J.O. Aho <user at (no spam) example.net> wrote:

Yes, the two are different and I had kind of the same trouble as the OP, but I
don't use threads, but I did have to uninstall the 2.4, keeping it will cause
troubles.

Damn! I just removed python as follows:

emerge --unmerge python

Now when I try to reinstall it, I get an error as follows:
emerge python
bash: /usr/bin/emerge: /usr/bin/python: bad interpreter: No such file
or directory