On Mon, Dec 28, 2020 at 11:52:21PM +0100, tastytea wrote > > Bash depends on readline. If readline was built with USE="unicode" it > depends on ncurses[unicode]. Try `chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/busybox sh`. > Busybox doesn't depend on readline so that should work. However, > portage uses bash for ebuilds if I'm not mistaken. If you have a > computer with a compatible CPU and unicode disabled you could quickpkg > bash there and try to install it on the new computer. Or maybe copying > /bin/bash over is enough. > > unicode is one of the useflags that are a real pain to disable after > install. :-(
I did another install<G>. At the very beginning, after selecting profile I emerged gentoolkit, and used it to track down additional dependencies. I put "-unicode" in USE in make.conf and eventually ended up running... emerge -1 readline emerge -1 nano procps util-linux emerge -1 ncurses Note: the order is extremely important. This was just before the point where the manual said to run... emerge --ask --verbose --update --deep --newuse @world ...which emerged 24 items, and would likely have led to more dependencies. -- Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org> I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications
