Обсуждение: db backup script in gentoo

How to create automated backup script in Gentoo which in every night 3:00 PM
backups one database and sends backup
with ftp using unique file name?

In windows I can use scheduler and script

set FILENAME=%DATE:~8,4%%DATE:~5,2%%DATE:~2,2%MyDbBackup
pg_dump -Z6 -b -v -f "%FILENAME%.backup" -F c -h localhost -U postgres mydb
ftp -send -u username -p password  "%FILENAME%.backup"  ftp.backupserver.com

I have few experience in Linux. How to convert this to Gentoo Linux ?

Andtus

On Saturday 29 November 2008, "Andrus" <kobruleht2@hot.ee> wrote:
> How to create automated backup script in Gentoo which in every night 3:00
> PM backups one database and sends backup
> with ftp using unique file name?
>
> In windows I can use scheduler and script
>
> set FILENAME=%DATE:~8,4%%DATE:~5,2%%DATE:~2,2%MyDbBackup
> pg_dump -Z6 -b -v -f "%FILENAME%.backup" -F c -h localhost -U postgres
> mydb ftp -send -u username -p password  "%FILENAME%.backup"
> ftp.backupserver.com
>
> I have few experience in Linux. How to convert this to Gentoo Linux ?

Investigate the date command, shell scripting in general, the ncftp program
(specifically its ncftpput command), and cron.

If you're that unfamiliar with Linux, though, I would very strongly suggest
not using Gentoo.


--
Alan

On Saturday 29 November 2008, Andrus wrote:
> How to create automated backup script in Gentoo which in every night 3:00
> PM backups one database and sends backup
> with ftp using unique file name?
>
> In windows I can use scheduler and script
>
> set FILENAME=%DATE:~8,4%%DATE:~5,2%%DATE:~2,2%MyDbBackup
> pg_dump -Z6 -b -v -f "%FILENAME%.backup" -F c -h localhost -U postgres mydb
> ftp -send -u username -p password  "%FILENAME%.backup"
> ftp.backupserver.com

Write a shell script that you store someplace you know (i.e. your database
users home directory)

say you name it: /home/whoever/mybackup.sh

#!/bin/sh
cd /someplace/to/store/backups
pg_dump -Fc -R -O -i -Upostgres mydb > mydb_backup`date +'%Y%m%d'`.sql
[FTP STUFF GOES HERE - see below]

save the file. Do a "chmod 755 /home/whoever/mybackup.sh"

type "crontab -e" being logged in as the user who should run this script
("whoever" in the example above)
In the edior add a line like
0 3 * * * /home/whoever/mybackup.sh

save.

Now you'd just have to figure out the ftp part, because I use rdist to push
the copies to a backup machine.

HTH
Uwe

On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 12:39 PM, Uwe C. Schroeder <uwe@oss4u.com> wrote:
> Now you'd just have to figure out the ftp part, because I use rdist to push
> the copies to a backup machine.

Look up lftp.  It's a very capable scriptable ftp client with
automatic retry etc...  also does ssl.

Uwe,

thank you very much. I created script and ran it from command line:

#!/bin/sh
PGUSER=postgres
PGPASSWORD=password
export PGUSER PGPASSWORD
backupdir=/root/my-backups
backupdate=$(date +%u)
backupfile=${backupdir}/mybackup${backupdate}.backup
pg_dump -Fc -b -Z6 mydb >${backupfile}
/usr/bin/ftp -inp <<EOF
debug 10
hash off
tick on
open myftpsite.com
user   myuser mypass
pwd
bin
verbose
remotestatus
lcd /root/my-backups
put "${backupfile}"
stat
bye

PGUSER=""
PGPASSWORD=""
export PGUSER PGPASSWORD

file /root/my-backups/mybackup6.backup  is created:

ls -l /root/my-backups/mybackup6.backup
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3155454 30. nov   00:06
/root/my-backups/mybackup6.backup

 ftp upload failed:

Output from script:

Debugging on (debug=10).
Hash mark printing on (1024 bytes/hash mark).
Hash mark printing off.
Tick counter printing on (10240 bytes/tick increment).
---> SYST
---> USER myuser
---> PASS XXXX
?Invalid command
?Invalid command
---> PWD
257 "/" is your current location
---> TYPE I
Verbose mode on.
?Invalid command
Local directory now /root/my-backups
local: /root/my-backups/mybackup6.backup remote:
/root/my-backups/mybackup6.backup
---> PASV
227 Entering Passive Mode (195,222,29,12,236,175)
---> STOR /root/my-backups/mybackup6.backup
553-Can't open that file: No such file or directory
553 Rename/move failure: No such file or directory
Connected tomyftpsite.com.
No proxy connection.
Mode: stream; Type: binary; Form: non-print; Structure: file
Verbose: on; Bell: off; Prompting: off; Globbing: on
Store unique: off; Receive unique: off
Case: off; CR stripping: on
Ntrans: off
Nmap: off
Hash mark printing: off; Use of PORT cmds: on
Tick counter printing: on
---> QUIT
221-Goodbye. You uploaded 0 and downloaded 0 kbytes.
221 Logout.


Why created fiel is not found ?
How to fix ?

Andrus.

On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 3:23 PM, Andrus <kobruleht2@hot.ee> wrote:
> Uwe,
>
> thank you very much. I created script and ran it from command line:
>
> #!/bin/sh
> PGUSER=postgres
> PGPASSWORD=password
> export PGUSER PGPASSWORD
> backupdir=/root/my-backups
> backupdate=$(date +%u)
> backupfile=${backupdir}/mybackup${backupdate}.backup
> pg_dump -Fc -b -Z6 mydb >${backupfile}
> /usr/bin/ftp -inp <<EOF
> debug 10
> hash off
> tick on
> open myftpsite.com
> user   myuser mypass
> pwd
> bin
> verbose
> remotestatus
> lcd /root/my-backups
> put "${backupfile}"
> stat
> bye
>
> PGUSER=""
> PGPASSWORD=""
> export PGUSER PGPASSWORD
>
> file /root/my-backups/mybackup6.backup  is created:
>
> ls -l /root/my-backups/mybackup6.backup
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3155454 30. nov   00:06
> /root/my-backups/mybackup6.backup
>
> ftp upload failed:
>
> Output from script:

Are you using ftp or lftp? lftp is much more scriptable / controllable
than regular ftp.

> Are you using ftp or lftp? lftp is much more scriptable / controllable
> than regular ftp.

I'm using ftp as shown in script.
typing lftp shows that this is not found but locate shows something.
How to use lftp in this 3-year old gentoo ?
Where to find sample script for thos task ?

Andrus.

pg_log # lftp
bash: lftp: command not found
pg_log # locate lftp
/var/cache/edb/dep/usr/portage/net-fs/curlftpfs-0.9
/var/cache/edb/dep/usr/portage/net-ftp/lftp-3.5.6
/var/cache/edb/dep/usr/portage/net-ftp/lftp-3.5.4
/var/cache/edb/dep/usr/portage/net-ftp/glftpd-1.32-r2
/var/cache/edb/dep/usr/portage/net-ftp/glftpd-2.01
/var/cache/edb/dep/usr/portage/net-ftp/glftpd-2.00
/var/cache/edb/dep/usr/portage/net-ftp/lftp-3.4.6
/usr/portage/metadata/cache/net-ftp/glftpd-2.00
/usr/portage/metadata/cache/net-ftp/glftpd-2.01
/usr/portage/metadata/cache/net-ftp/lftp-3.4.6
/usr/portage/metadata/cache/net-ftp/glftpd-1.32-r2
/usr/portage/metadata/cache/net-ftp/lftp-3.5.4
/usr/portage/metadata/cache/net-ftp/lftp-3.5.6
/usr/portage/metadata/cache/net-fs/curlftpfs-0.9
/usr/portage/net-ftp/lftp
/usr/portage/net-ftp/lftp/Manifest
/usr/portage/net-ftp/lftp/files
/usr/portage/net-ftp/lftp/files/lftp-3.4.6-nossl.patch
/usr/portage/net-ftp/lftp/files/digest-lftp-3.4.6
/usr/portage/net-ftp/lftp/files/digest-lftp-3.5.4
/usr/portage/net-ftp/lftp/files/digest-lftp-3.5.6
/usr/portage/net-ftp/lftp/lftp-3.4.6.ebuild
/usr/portage/net-ftp/lftp/ChangeLog
/usr/portage/net-ftp/lftp/metadata.xml
/usr/portage/net-ftp/lftp/lftp-3.5.4.ebuild
/usr/portage/net-ftp/lftp/lftp-3.5.6.ebuild
/usr/portage/net-ftp/glftpd
/usr/portage/net-ftp/glftpd/Manifest
/usr/portage/net-ftp/glftpd/files
/usr/portage/net-ftp/glftpd/files/glftpd-2.00-install.patch
/usr/portage/net-ftp/glftpd/files/digest-glftpd-1.32-r2
/usr/portage/net-ftp/glftpd/files/glftpd-2.01-install.patch
/usr/portage/net-ftp/glftpd/files/digest-glftpd-2.00
/usr/portage/net-ftp/glftpd/files/digest-glftpd-2.01
/usr/portage/net-ftp/glftpd/files/glftpd.xinetd.d
/usr/portage/net-ftp/glftpd/files/glftpd.env.d
/usr/portage/net-ftp/glftpd/files/glftpd-2.00-script-path-checks.patch
/usr/portage/net-ftp/glftpd/files/1.32-install.patch
/usr/portage/net-ftp/glftpd/files/glftpd-2.00-gcc.patch
/usr/portage/net-ftp/glftpd/files/1.32-stack-overflow.patch
/usr/portage/net-ftp/glftpd/glftpd-2.01.ebuild
/usr/portage/net-ftp/glftpd/glftpd-1.32-r2.ebuild
/usr/portage/net-ftp/glftpd/glftpd-2.00.ebuild
/usr/portage/net-ftp/glftpd/ChangeLog
/usr/portage/net-fs/curlftpfs
/usr/portage/net-fs/curlftpfs/Manifest
/usr/portage/net-fs/curlftpfs/files
/usr/portage/net-fs/curlftpfs/files/digest-curlftpfs-0.9
/usr/portage/net-fs/curlftpfs/ChangeLog
/usr/portage/net-fs/curlftpfs/metadata.xml
/usr/portage/net-fs/curlftpfs/curlftpfs-0.9.ebuild

On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 3:17 AM, Andrus <kobruleht2@hot.ee> wrote:
>> Are you using ftp or lftp? lftp is much more scriptable / controllable
>> than regular ftp.
>
> I'm using ftp as shown in script.
> typing lftp shows that this is not found but locate shows something.
> How to use lftp in this 3-year old gentoo ?
> Where to find sample script for thos task ?

Sorry, I'm no gentoo expert.  It's certainly not the first distro I'd
recommend to someone just starting out with linux / unix.  Time to
break out the google.  I also found quite a few example scripts for
lftp with google in a few minutes.

here's a simple one.

open myftp.ftp.com
user username password
cd /some_directory/
mv textfile.tar Finishedtextfile.tar
get Finishedtextfile.tar

> Sorry, I'm no gentoo expert.  It's certainly not the first distro I'd
> recommend to someone just starting out with linux / unix.  Time to
> break out the google.  I also found quite a few example scripts for
> lftp with google in a few minutes.

I must manage existing gentoo server where previous maintainer has left
company.
lftp is not found in gentoo and nobody knows how to activate it. So I must
use existing ftp.
This issue may not realted to ftp program.
I verified multiple times that file exists and is readable.
Any ides why ftp does not find /root/my-backups/mybackup6.backup ? There
must be something simple.
Can /root directoy access from fpt program is disabled for some strange
reason ?

ftp server log contains (ip and names changed):


23:50:20 (2008-11-29) z12.zone.com [ftp.debug] pure-ftpd: (?@1-2-3-4.xx.com)
[DEBUG] Command [user] [d11551f21768]
23:50:20 (2008-11-29) z12.zone.com [ftp.debug] pure-ftpd:
(d11551f21768@1-2-3-4.xx.com) [DEBUG] Command [pwd] []
23:50:20 (2008-11-29) z12.zone.com [ftp.debug] pure-ftpd:
(d11551f21768@1-2-3-4.xx.com) [DEBUG] Command [type] [I]
23:50:20 (2008-11-29) z12.zone.com [ftp.debug] pure-ftpd:
(d11551f21768@1-2-3-4.xx.com) [DEBUG] Command [pasv] []
23:50:20 (2008-11-29) z12.zone.com [ftp.debug] pure-ftpd:
(d11551f21768@1-2-3-4.xx.com) [DEBUG] Command [stor]
[/root/my-backups/mybackup6.backup]
23:50:20 (2008-11-29) z12.zone.com [ftp.err] pure-ftpd:
(d11551f21768@1-2-3-4.xx.com) [ERROR] Can\'t open that file: No such file or
directory
23:50:20 (2008-11-29) z12.zone.com [ftp.err] pure-ftpd:
(d11551f21768@1-2-3-4.xx.com) [ERROR] Rename/move failure: No such file or
directory
23:50:20 (2008-11-29) z12.zone.com [ftp.debug] pure-ftpd:
(d11551f21768@1-2-3-4.xx.com) [DEBUG] Command [quit] []
23:50:20 (2008-11-29) z12.zone.com [ftp.info] pure-ftpd:
(d11551f21768@1-2-3-4.xx.com) [INFO] Logout.

On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 1:18 PM, Andrus <kobruleht2@hot.ee> wrote:
>> Sorry, I'm no gentoo expert.  It's certainly not the first distro I'd
>> recommend to someone just starting out with linux / unix.  Time to
>> break out the google.  I also found quite a few example scripts for
>> lftp with google in a few minutes.
>
> I must manage existing gentoo server where previous maintainer has left
> company.
> lftp is not found in gentoo and nobody knows how to activate it. So I must
> use existing ftp.

It sounds like the last guy there was no gentoo expert either.
Apparently the install command is something like

emerge lftp

but I can't confirm that, since I'm not sitting on a gentoo box.

> This issue may not realted to ftp program.
> I verified multiple times that file exists and is readable.
> Any ides why ftp does not find /root/my-backups/mybackup6.backup ? There

Because ftp is running as a cron?  Doesn't have the right permissions?
 Because it appeared the username and password were failing?  Because
ftp wasn't designed to be scriptable?  Maybe a lack of EOF in the
original example you posted.  Could be a lot of reasons.

> must be something simple.
> Can /root directoy access from fpt program is disabled for some strange
> reason ?

What?  Only root can access /root directory.  Or do you mean something
else?  Only things that should be run by root are things that
genuinely need to, and this doesn't look like one of them.

> [/root/my-backups/mybackup6.backup]

Looks like you're trying to write to the /root directory.  Don't do that.

Scott Marlowe wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 1:18 PM, Andrus <kobruleht2@hot.ee> wrote:
>>> Sorry, I'm no gentoo expert.  It's certainly not the first distro I'd
>>> recommend to someone just starting out with linux / unix.  Time to
>>> break out the google.  I also found quite a few example scripts for
>>> lftp with google in a few minutes.
>> I must manage existing gentoo server where previous maintainer has left
>> company.
>> lftp is not found in gentoo and nobody knows how to activate it. So I must
>> use existing ftp.
>
> It sounds like the last guy there was no gentoo expert either.
> Apparently the install command is something like
>
> emerge lftp

sudo emerge lftp

Scott,

> emerge lftp

root # emerge lftp
Calculating dependencies... done!

>>> Emerging (1 of 1) net-ftp/lftp-3.4.6 to /
>>> Downloading 'http://distfiles.gentoo.org/distfiles/lftp-3.4.6.tar.gz'
--23:39:28--  http://distfiles.gentoo.org/distfiles/lftp-3.4.6.tar.gz
           => `/usr/portage/distfiles/lftp-3.4.6.tar.gz'
Lahendan distfiles.gentoo.org... 64.50.236.52, 64.50.238.52,
140.211.166.134, ...
Loon C¼hendust serveriga distfiles.gentoo.org|64.50.236.52|:80... C¼hendus
loodud.
HTTP pC¤ring saadetud, ootan vastust... 404 Not Found
23:39:29 VIGA 404: Not Found.

>>> Downloading
>>> 'http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo/distfiles/lftp-3.4.6.tar.gz'
--23:39:29--
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo/distfiles/lftp-3.4.6.tar.gz
           => `/usr/portage/distfiles/lftp-3.4.6.tar.gz'
Lahendan distro.ibiblio.org... 152.46.7.109
Loon C¼hendust serveriga distro.ibiblio.org|152.46.7.109|:80... C¼hendus
loodud.
HTTP pC¤ring saadetud, ootan vastust... 404 Not Found
23:39:31 VIGA 404: Not Found.

>>> Downloading 'ftp://lftp.yar.ru/lftp/old/lftp-3.4.6.tar.gz'
--23:39:31--  ftp://lftp.yar.ru/lftp/old/lftp-3.4.6.tar.gz
           => `/usr/portage/distfiles/lftp-3.4.6.tar.gz'
Lahendan lftp.yar.ru... 193.233.48.99
Loon C¼hendust serveriga lftp.yar.ru|193.233.48.99|:21... ebaCµnnestus:
Connection refused.
!!! Couldn't download 'lftp-3.4.6.tar.gz'. Aborting.

> Because ftp is running as a cron?  Doesn't have the right permissions?

I ran script from command line as root.
Running from cron does not also upload copy. since I used cron -e as root,
script runs probably in cron also as root.

> Because it appeared the username and password were failing?
> Maybe a lack of EOF in the
> original example you posted.  Could be a lot of reasons.

This script tries to write to /root/my-backup directory in ftp server which
fails.
I fixed this and now it works.
There is no EOF in script but it still works.

Thank you very much for quick help, it was really useful!

> What?  Only root can access /root directory.  Or do you mean something
> else?  Only things that should be run by root are things that
> genuinely need to, and this doesn't look like one of them.
> Looks like you're trying to write to the /root directory.  Don't do that.

There are no console users in this server other than root. /home directory
is empty.
console access is used only some times in year.

Andrus.

On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 3:16 PM, Andrus <kobruleht2@hot.ee> wrote:
> Scott,
>
>> emerge lftp
>
> root # emerge lftp
> Calculating dependencies... done!
>
>>>> Emerging (1 of 1) net-ftp/lftp-3.4.6 to /
>>>> Downloading 'http://distfiles.gentoo.org/distfiles/lftp-3.4.6.tar.gz'
>
> --23:39:28--  http://distfiles.gentoo.org/distfiles/lftp-3.4.6.tar.gz
>          => `/usr/portage/distfiles/lftp-3.4.6.tar.gz'
> Lahendan distfiles.gentoo.org... 64.50.236.52, 64.50.238.52,
> 140.211.166.134, ...
> Loon C¼hendust serveriga distfiles.gentoo.org|64.50.236.52|:80... C¼hendus
> loodud.
> HTTP pC¤ring saadetud, ootan vastust... 404 Not Found
> 23:39:29 VIGA 404: Not Found.
>
>>>> Downloading
>>>> 'http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo/distfiles/lftp-3.4.6.tar.gz'
>
> --23:39:29--
>  http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo/distfiles/lftp-3.4.6.tar.gz
>          => `/usr/portage/distfiles/lftp-3.4.6.tar.gz'
> Lahendan distro.ibiblio.org... 152.46.7.109
> Loon C¼hendust serveriga distro.ibiblio.org|152.46.7.109|:80... C¼hendus
> loodud.
> HTTP pC¤ring saadetud, ootan vastust... 404 Not Found
> 23:39:31 VIGA 404: Not Found.
>
>>>> Downloading 'ftp://lftp.yar.ru/lftp/old/lftp-3.4.6.tar.gz'
>
> --23:39:31--  ftp://lftp.yar.ru/lftp/old/lftp-3.4.6.tar.gz
>          => `/usr/portage/distfiles/lftp-3.4.6.tar.gz'
> Lahendan lftp.yar.ru... 193.233.48.99
> Loon C¼hendust serveriga lftp.yar.ru|193.233.48.99|:21... ebaCµnnestus:
> Connection refused.
> !!! Couldn't download 'lftp-3.4.6.tar.gz'. Aborting.

Sounds like your install of gentoo is broken somehow.  I'd check a
gentoo support forum for help, or wait and see if someone here knows
it well enough to help you out.

>> Because ftp is running as a cron?  Doesn't have the right permissions?
>
> I ran script from command line as root.
> Running from cron does not also upload copy. since I used cron -e as root,
> script runs probably in cron also as root.

Don't do that.  Create an extra account on both machines with a
password set to something you know and use that.  If they're both unix
/ linux boxes look into using rsync, which is much more stable, just
setup a set of ssh keys on the machine that's running rsync and put
them in authorized_keys file on the destination.  google it, there's
lots of howtos on that.

>> Because it appeared the username and password were failing?
>> Maybe a lack of EOF in the
>> original example you posted.  Could be a lot of reasons.
>
> This script tries to write to /root/my-backup directory in ftp server which
> fails.
> I fixed this and now it works.
> There is no EOF in script but it still works.

OK, find out how to create users on your gentoo server, and see if you
can figure out what's broken in emerge so you can install lftp.  It's
much better than regular ftp, as it has assured transfer completion
and other useful features if you're interested in making sure the file
gets transferred.  Or switch to rsync, which is how I do it.

Andrus wrote:
> There are no console users in this server other than root. /home
> directory is empty.
> console access is used only some times in year.

Andrus, I don't know how this conversation ended up on a PG mailing
list, but Gentoo maintains many user forums where people are happy to
answer questions about that distro: http://www.gentoo.org

--
Guy Rouillier

Scott,

>OK, find out how to create users on your gentoo server, and see if you
>can figure out what's broken in emerge so you can install lftp.  It's
>much better than regular ftp, as it has assured transfer completion
>and other useful features if you're interested in making sure the file
>gets transferred.  Or switch to rsync, which is how I do it.

ftp exists in windows also.
So I can create protable scripts which works in linux/windows probably.
Backup ftp server is located in ISP (probably Debian) which offers ftp and
http access.
So it seems that I cannot use rsync.

Unresolved is rotating issue:

This script creates different backup file for every weekday containing
weekday number in name.
ftp account in ISP is public account which allows only to upload files, not
to overwrite existing ones or download them.
So backup fails after a week if files are not deleted manually.

How to use http POST command to send backup to this server? In this case it
may be possible to create php script in server which
handles rotating. Or any other idea ?

Andrus.

Reid,

> since he noted the distro is '3 years old', odds are the portage tree is
> out of date.
>
> you can try a
>  sudo emerge --sync
>
> and then
>
> sudo emerge --ask lftp
>
> note that if a sync has not been done in a long time, many packages may be
> out of date ( possibly why the 'get' of left failed ).  if lftp has
> dependencies, they will most likely have to be rebuilt, and if the
> dependencies have dependencies, etc, etc, etc -- so the results of the
> above emerge could be very large and have a lot of impact.

Will existing PostgreSql 8.1.4 server continue working after running those
commands ?
Or is there possibility that it stops working ?
Will those commands require re-booting server ?

> If ssh/scp are already on the box it might be easier to setup a
> passwordless login configuration and use either scp or sftp to push the
> backup file.

backup ftp server is located in ISP.
It offers ftp and http access only.
So I cannot use scp nor sftp probably.

Andrus.

>  sudo emerge --sync

...
deleting xfce-extra/xfce4-weather/files/digest-xfce4-weather-0.4.9
deleting xfce-extra/xfce4-weather/files/digest-xfce4-weather-0.4.1
deleting xfce-extra/xfce4-weather/files/digest-xfce4-weather-0.4.0
deleting xfce-extra/xfce4-weather/files/digest-xfce4-weather-0.3.9.1-r1
deleting xfce-extra/xfce4-weather/files/
deleting xfce-extra/xfce4-weather/xfce4-weather-0.4.9.ebuild
deleting xfce-extra/xfce4-weather/xfce4-weather-0.4.9-r1.ebuild
deleting xfce-extra/xfce4-weather/xfce4-weather-0.4.1.ebuild
deleting xfce-extra/xfce4-weather/xfce4-weather-0.4.0.ebuild
deleting xfce-extra/xfce4-weather/xfce4-weather-0.3.9.1-r1.ebuild
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Number of files: 130388
Number of files transferred: 91288
Total file size: 169664640 bytes
Total transferred file size: 148443324 bytes
Literal data: 148443324 bytes
Matched data: 0 bytes
File list size: 3196842
File list generation time: 12.983 seconds
File list transfer time: 0.000 seconds
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sent 2125704 bytes  received 156054763 bytes  195889.12 bytes/sec
total size is 169664640  speedup is 1.07

>>> Updating Portage cache:  100%


Performing Global Updates: /usr/portage/profiles/updates/3Q-2004
(Could take a couple of minutes if you have a lot of binary packages.)
  .='update pass'  *='binary update'  @='/var/db move'
  s='/var/db SLOT move' S='binary SLOT move' p='update
/etc/portage/package.*'

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Performing Global Updates: /usr/portage/profiles/updates/1Q-2005
(Could take a couple of minutes if you have a lot of binary packages.)
  .='update pass'  *='binary update'  @='/var/db move'
  s='/var/db SLOT move' S='binary SLOT move' p='update
/etc/portage/package.*'

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Performing Global Updates: /usr/portage/profiles/updates/3Q-2005
(Could take a couple of minutes if you have a lot of binary packages.)
  .='update pass'  *='binary update'  @='/var/db move'
  s='/var/db SLOT move' S='binary SLOT move' p='update
/etc/portage/package.*'
..............................................................................


Performing Global Updates: /usr/portage/profiles/updates/4Q-2006
(Could take a couple of minutes if you have a lot of binary packages.)
  .='update pass'  *='binary update'  @='/var/db move'
  s='/var/db SLOT move' S='binary SLOT move' p='update
/etc/portage/package.*'
.........................


Performing Global Updates: /usr/portage/profiles/updates/1Q-2007
(Could take a couple of minutes if you have a lot of binary packages.)
  .='update pass'  *='binary update'  @='/var/db move'
  s='/var/db SLOT move' S='binary SLOT move' p='update
/etc/portage/package.*'
.....................


Performing Global Updates: /usr/portage/profiles/updates/2Q-2007
(Could take a couple of minutes if you have a lot of binary packages.)
  .='update pass'  *='binary update'  @='/var/db move'
  s='/var/db SLOT move' S='binary SLOT move' p='update
/etc/portage/package.*'
..........................


Performing Global Updates: /usr/portage/profiles/updates/3Q-2007
(Could take a couple of minutes if you have a lot of binary packages.)
  .='update pass'  *='binary update'  @='/var/db move'
  s='/var/db SLOT move' S='binary SLOT move' p='update
/etc/portage/package.*'
........................................


Performing Global Updates: /usr/portage/profiles/updates/4Q-2007
(Could take a couple of minutes if you have a lot of binary packages.)
  .='update pass'  *='binary update'  @='/var/db move'
  s='/var/db SLOT move' S='binary SLOT move' p='update
/etc/portage/package.*'
.................


Performing Global Updates: /usr/portage/profiles/updates/1Q-2008
(Could take a couple of minutes if you have a lot of binary packages.)
  .='update pass'  *='binary update'  @='/var/db move'
  s='/var/db SLOT move' S='binary SLOT move' p='update
/etc/portage/package.*'
................


Performing Global Updates: /usr/portage/profiles/updates/2Q-2008
(Could take a couple of minutes if you have a lot of binary packages.)
  .='update pass'  *='binary update'  @='/var/db move'
  s='/var/db SLOT move' S='binary SLOT move' p='update
/etc/portage/package.*'
.....................................


Performing Global Updates: /usr/portage/profiles/updates/3Q-2008
(Could take a couple of minutes if you have a lot of binary packages.)
  .='update pass'  *='binary update'  @='/var/db move'
  s='/var/db SLOT move' S='binary SLOT move' p='update
/etc/portage/package.*'
................


Performing Global Updates: /usr/portage/profiles/updates/4Q-2008
(Could take a couple of minutes if you have a lot of binary packages.)
  .='update pass'  *='binary update'  @='/var/db move'
  s='/var/db SLOT move' S='binary SLOT move' p='update
/etc/portage/package.*'
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@


 * An update to portage is available. It is _highly_ recommended
 * that you update portage now, before any other packages are updated.
 * Please run 'emerge portage' and then update ALL of your
 * configuration files.
 * To update portage, run 'emerge portage'.

root ~ # emerge portage
!!! ARCH is not set... Are you missing the '/etc/make.profile' symlink?
!!! Is the symlink correct? Is your portage tree complete?

So it seems that emerge portage fails.
Also I do'nt understand this:

.. then update ALL of your
 * configuration files.

Andrus.

>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.