perseo etc # ls -l make.profile 
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root 54 Nov 18 12:14 make.profile -> /usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/x86/2006.1/server/
perseo etc # emerge -pv portage
!!! 'str' object has no attribute 'insert'
!!! 'rm -Rf /usr/portage/profiles; emerge sync' may fix this. If it does
!!! not then please report this to bugs.gentoo.org and, if possible, a dev
!!! on #gentoo (irc.freenode.org)
perseo etc # ls -l make.profile/
total 12
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  294 Jul 26 15:30 make.defaults
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    3 Jul 26 15:30 parent
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 1020 Sep 13 18:06 profile.bashrc
perseo etc # ln -sf /usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/x86/2006.1/                    
desktop        make.defaults  packages       parent         server         
perseo etc # ln -sf /usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/x86/       
2005.1            ChangeLog         make.defaults     packages          virtuals          
2006.0            dev               no-nptl           parent            vserver           
2006.1            gcc2              package.use.mask  use.mask          xbox              
perseo etc # ln -sf /usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/x86/2005.1/
deprecated     make.defaults  packages       parent         vserver        
perseo etc # rm make.profile;ln -sf /usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/x86/2005.1/ make.profile 
perseo etc # ls -l make.profile/
total 20
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  535 Sep 12 09:09 deprecated
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  523 Oct 28 08:36 make.defaults
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  663 Jul  7  2005 packages
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    3 Dec  2  2005 parent
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 4096 Feb 21  2006 vserver
perseo etc # ls -l make.profile 
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root 47 Nov 18 12:16 make.profile -> /usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/x86/2005.1/
perseo etc # emerge -pv portage

!!! Your current profile is deprecated and not supported anymore.
!!! Please upgrade to the following profile if possible:
        default-linux/x86/2006.1/desktop

To upgrade do the following steps:
# There are several possible profiles that you can use to replace this one.

# default-linux/x86/2006.1
# default-linux/x86/2006.1/desktop
# default-linux/x86/2006.1/server
# default-linux/x86/no-nptl
# default-linux/x86/no-nptl/2.4

# By default, we use the desktop profile.

# emerge -n '>=sys-apps/portage-2.0.51'
# cd /etc
# rm make.profile
# ln -s ../usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/x86/2006.1/desktop make.profile

# This profile is deprecated and will be removed on or after November 1, 2006


!!! 'str' object has no attribute 'insert'
!!! 'rm -Rf /usr/portage/profiles; emerge sync' may fix this. If it does
!!! not then please report this to bugs.gentoo.org and, if possible, a dev
!!! on #gentoo (irc.freenode.org)