Re: [gentoo-user] Update Gentoo recently is becoming difficult

[Joachim Gwoke]

On Tue, May 12, 2020, 11:58 PM Rich Freeman  wrote:

> On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 3:24 PM Daniel Frey  wrote:
> >
> > On 5/12/20 10:54 AM, Joachim Gwoke wrote:
> > > Been having trouble with mainly calibre 4.9.1-r2 and have since kept it
> > > out of any emerges. Otherwise everything is alright with python 3.7 on
> > > my side
> > >
> > >
> >
> > I believe mine was soundconverter, but now I'm not so sure. It wanted
> > something other than 3.7, and the build had no target for it, and there
> > wasn't any unstable version in the tree I could unmask.
>
> Why not just set in /etc/portage/package.use/pythonmigrate
> media-sound/soundconverter PYTHON_TARGETS: python3_6 python3_7
>
> Then it will build with python-3.6 which should work fine.
>
> You don't HAVE to get rid of python-3.6 this instant, especially since
> tons of stuff in the repository requires it still.
>
> --
> Rich
>


This fixed it with that like below to a file named calibre4 in
/etc/portage/package.use/

Thanks a lot.

Joachim


>

Re: [gentoo-user] Update Gentoo recently is becoming difficult

[Joachim Gwoke]

On Tue, May 12, 2020, 10:05 PM Rich Freeman  wrote:

> On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 3:01 PM Joachim Gwoke 
> wrote:
> >
> > Each time I did a system update and re-emerging calibre was required it
> always failed so I leave it out of any system update and will keep it that
> way.
> >
>
> Sounds like a possible bug.  There are some build/install issues
> reported in bugzilla.  Does your issue match any of those?
>
> https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=calibre
>
> --
> Rich
>


None of them. Let me try and re-emerge it and compare again. Will report
back later Wednesday.


Joachim


>

Re: [gentoo-user] Update Gentoo recently is becoming difficult

[Joachim Gwoke]

On Tue, May 12, 2020, 9:49 PM Steve Evans  wrote:

> On Tue, 12 May 2020 20:54:58 +0300
> Joachim Gwoke  wrote:
>
> > Been having trouble with mainly calibre 4.9.1-r2 and have since kept
> > it out of any emerges. Otherwise everything is alright with python
> > 3.7 on my side
> >
>
> calibre 4.9.1-r2 works fine for me with Python 3.7. What trouble have
> you been having?
>
> Steve
>

Each time I did a system update and re-emerging calibre was required it
always failed so I leave it out of any system update and will keep it that
way.

Joachim

>
>

Re: [gentoo-user] Update Gentoo recently is becoming difficult

[Joachim Gwoke]

Been having trouble with mainly calibre 4.9.1-r2 and have since kept it out
of any emerges. Otherwise everything is alright with python 3.7 on my side


Joachim

On Tue, May 12, 2020, 5:22 PM Rich Freeman  wrote:

> On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 10:02 AM Daniel Frey  wrote:
> >
> > On 5/12/20 6:52 AM, Victor Ivanov wrote:
> > > Python has indeed been a bit of a mess recently for me as well, but I
> > > haven't had any major issues.  Presumably, this could be attributed to
> > > the fact that since python migrations started I have been using the
> > > --changed-deps flag to emerge, which I noticed did help to clean a few
> > > things up during world upgrades.
> > >
> >
> > I had one package that insisted pulling an old version of python while
> > everything else wanted 3.7 or 3.8, and I had to unmerge the offending
> > package. I hope I don't need that package any time soon...
>
> Keep in mind that python is slotted, so you can have both in most
> cases.  It only gets messy when you start having conflicts.
>
> I did have a package try to downgrade another package because python-2
> support is enabled by default and the newer version of the package
> didn't support it.  The package didn't need python-2 - it was just
> responding to the profile defaults.  I just manually set the USE flags
> for that package to disable python-2 for it.  It probably wouldn't
> have hurt much to do the downgrade either, but that isn't ideal.
>
> I suspect we'll see this stuff continue to shuffle for a few more
> weeks and then as the old versions of python are banned/etc the issues
> will start to go away.  I think the main reason this is so
> user-visible is that the profiles were changed before all the packages
> supported the newer versions.
>
> --
> Rich
>
>

[gentoo-user] New Install

[Joachim Gwoke]

On 25 Sep 2016 12:19 a.m., "Dale"  wrote:
>
> J. Roeleveld wrote:
> > On September 24, 2016 10:54:56 PM GMT+02:00, Dale 
wrote:
> >> Well, you said you hadn't set up any users and their passwords.  That
> >> is
> >> part of the install process and is in the guide.  You are told to set
> >> up
> >> the root password in one section and to set up a user and its password
> >> in another section.  At the very least, you missed those two parts and
> >> that isn't a assumption, it's based on what you posted.  What else you
> >> missed I'm not sure and most likely, no one else is either.  Rich
> >> posted
> >> that he thinks you missed a whole section which may or may not be
> >> correct but we do know you missed at least a couple steps  Given enough
> >> information, someone may be able to figure it out tho.
> > Dale,
> >
> > You should know better. Please don't make it worse by top-posting even
more.
> >
> > >From what I understand from this nightmare of a messy thread, the OP
seems to be looking for an install-script/tool.
> > This does not exist other than the simple to follow handbook.
> >
> > --
> > Joost
> >
> >
>
> Well, as you know, I never top post unless it is a new person that
> starts it.  The only reason I do it then is because most likely the
> person on the other end has no choice but too.  It's likely why no one
> has mentioned this.  For all we know, he may be doing this with a
> limited cell phone.  Who knows.  For the normal situations tho, I bottom
> post as you know or do it inline.  I will be glad when he gets it sorted
> out and can actually set it up to be mailing list friendly.  Top
> posting, multiple threads and all makes it hard to follow.
>
> I'm beginning to think the same thing.  Here we thought he was further
> into the install and just missed a few steps/section and now I'm
> beginning to think he has only booted the install media and wants a
> installer command.  Maybe he will post something that will help us help
> him.  Maybe.  I thought I had a rough idea but based on a recent post,
> we may be all wrong on where he is in this process.
>
> Dale
>
> :-)  :-)
>

Apologies for starting the top posting,

I had earlier suggested using
http://www.tecmint.com/gentoo-linux-installation-guide/ and the Gentoo
handbook side by side.
The link provided has the option of using the LiveDVD. I do not know at
what stage the install failed but it might be easier to start over.

Regards
Joachim

[gentoo-user] New Install

[Joachim Gwoke]

There's always this
http://www.tecmint.com/gentoo-linux-installation-guide/ with side by side
reference to the Gentoo handbook.

Regards
Joachim

On 24 Sep 2016 6:19 p.m., "Rich Freeman"  wrote:

On Sat, Sep 24, 2016 at 8:13 AM, Christopher Robinson
 wrote:
> After the files compile on the Minimal Install CD, I get a command line
> prompt.
> I assume I need to enter a username and then a password to boot the
install,
> but I have not succeeded in creating those. What should I do?
>

The step you missed is this one:
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:AMD64/Installation/
System#Root_password

If you're at the command prompt inside the chroot then you're already
logged in as root. So, you just type "passwd" and enter a new root
password.  root is your username.  You can create additional users
using useradd:
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:AMD64/Installation/
Finalizing#Adding_a_user_for_daily_use

> Also, I read that it is possible to install Gentoo from the Live DVD.
> How do I do that?

The same way as from the minimal CD.  Just open a terminal and follow
the handbook.

--
Rich