Re: [gentoo-user] Nasty bugs in portage?

2005-09-13 Thread Frank Schafer
On Mon, 2005-09-12 at 18:31 -0400, Dave Nebinger wrote: If I get it right ``fix_libtool_files.sh'' corrects the settings for libtool according to the native compiler if gcc has changed. During a native install there isn't an older version of gcc. So this should be (and was) the wrong

Re: [gentoo-user] Nasty bugs in portage?

2005-09-13 Thread Andrew MacKenzie
what have you been smoking Neil? A stage 3 install just means you have a biggish tarball at the start and it installs a very basic working system ready to comile on. You still do your own kernel and you can EITHER use GRP packages OR compile them yourself. I know, but the quote you

Re: [gentoo-user] Nasty bugs in portage?

2005-09-13 Thread Nick Rout
On Mon, 12 Sep 2005 19:53:04 +0200 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: I installed successfully half a douzend gentoo boxes (1.0, 1.1, 1.1a, 1.4, 2004) and never were there any --emptytree And before sending my mails I looked into the handbook: no emptytree. It is not my fault, that there

Re: [gentoo-user] Nasty bugs in portage?

2005-09-12 Thread Frank Schafer
On Sun, 2005-09-11 at 18:38 +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: On Sunday 11 September 2005 08:33, Nick Rout wrote: On Sat, 2005-09-10 at 23:03 +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: On Saturday 10 September 2005 20:09, Frank Schafer wrote: ... or which distribution to install during less

Re: [gentoo-user] Nasty bugs in portage?

2005-09-12 Thread Frank Schafer
On Sun, 2005-09-11 at 19:12 +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: On Sunday 11 September 2005 18:58, Mark Shields wrote: From http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1chap=6: // start quote Building the System To start building the system, execute emerge

Re: [gentoo-user] Nasty bugs in portage?

2005-09-12 Thread Frank Schafer
On Sun, 2005-09-11 at 23:01 +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Sun, 11 Sep 2005 21:16:23 +0200, Holly Bostick wrote: No, Neil, this thread (or the original issue, at least), is occurring during the initial install process: Whoops, my mistake. This comes up so often it's easy to get the

Re: [gentoo-user] Nasty bugs in portage?

2005-09-12 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 12 Sep 2005 11:49:52 +1200, Nick Rout wrote: No, but they are on the GRP package CDs that accompany each release. yes, but there's no requirement to use grp packages with a stage-3. There is if you're using stage 3 as quoted above. what have you been smoking Neil? A

Re: [gentoo-user] Nasty bugs in portage?

2005-09-12 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 11 Sep 2005 19:59:14 -0500, John Jolet wrote: yes, but there's no requirement to use grp packages with a stage-3. There is if you're using stage 3 as quoted above. No, there isn't. This laptop was built with a stage 3 tarball, everything else was compiled from source. I know

Re: [gentoo-user] Nasty bugs in portage?

2005-09-12 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 12 Sep 2005 09:11:21 +0200, Frank Schafer wrote: Hasn't this already been covered early in the thread? Run fix_libtool.sh to fix the error then do emerge --resume to carry on. If I get it right ``fix_libtool_files.sh'' corrects the settings for libtool according to the native

Re: [gentoo-user] Nasty bugs in portage?

2005-09-12 Thread Frank Schafer
On Mon, 2005-09-12 at 08:33 +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote: If I get it right ``fix_libtool_files.sh'' corrects the settings for libtool according to the native compiler if gcc has changed. During a native install there isn't an older version of gcc. So this should be (and was) the wrong

Re: [gentoo-user] Nasty bugs in portage?

2005-09-12 Thread Michael Schreckenbauer
Am Montag, 12. September 2005 08:56 schrieb Frank Schafer: On Sun, 2005-09-11 at 18:38 +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: And in the 2005.1 handbook is no (!) --emptytree. LOL, LOL, LOL!! this is cut'n-pasted from the Gentoo Handbook 6d JUST NOW The 2005.1 Handbook, which Volker

Re: [gentoo-user] Nasty bugs in portage?

2005-09-12 Thread Frank Schafer
On Mon, 2005-09-12 at 11:12 +0200, Michael Schreckenbauer wrote: Am Montag, 12. September 2005 08:56 schrieb Frank Schafer: On Sun, 2005-09-11 at 18:38 +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: And in the 2005.1 handbook is no (!) --emptytree. LOL, LOL, LOL!! this is cut'n-pasted from the

Re: [gentoo-user] Nasty bugs in portage?

2005-09-11 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 11 Sep 2005 18:33:20 +1200, Nick Rout wrote: I imagine he read the install instructions, which are pretty clear about doing an emerge --emptytree system What makes you think this is wrong? http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1chap=6#doc_chap2 This is

Re: [gentoo-user] Nasty bugs in portage?

2005-09-11 Thread Hans-Werner Hilse
Hi, On Sat, 10 Sep 2005 20:09:29 +0200 Frank Schafer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When I returned home from work I found in the logs, that ``emerge --emptytree system'' failed at package 28 of 186 python-fcksum-1.7.1 i386-pc-linux-gnu-gcc bla...bla ^ | +- !

Re: [gentoo-user] Nasty bugs in portage?

2005-09-11 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Sunday 11 September 2005 08:33, Nick Rout wrote: On Sat, 2005-09-10 at 23:03 +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: On Saturday 10 September 2005 20:09, Frank Schafer wrote: ... or which distribution to install during less than 4 days? Hi list, as I wrote yesterday I planned to

Re: [gentoo-user] Nasty bugs in portage?

2005-09-11 Thread Mark Shields
From http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1chap=6: // start quote Building the System To start building the system, execute emerge --emptytree system. Then go do something to keep your mind busy, because this step takes a long time to complete. Code Listing 22:

Re: [gentoo-user] Nasty bugs in portage?

2005-09-11 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Sunday 11 September 2005 18:58, Mark Shields wrote: From http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1chap=6: // start quote Building the System To start building the system, execute emerge --emptytree system. Then go do something to keep your mind busy, because this

Re: [gentoo-user] Nasty bugs in portage?

2005-09-11 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 11 Sep 2005 12:58:19 -0400, Mark Shields wrote: // start quote Building the System To start building the system, execute emerge --emptytree system. // end quote So you see, it does tell you to do an emerge --emptytree system, When BUILDING THE SYSTEM. This thread was all

Re: [gentoo-user] Nasty bugs in portage?

2005-09-11 Thread Zac Medico
Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: On Sunday 11 September 2005 18:58, Mark Shields wrote: From http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1chap=6: [snip] So you see, it does tell you to do an emerge --emptytree system, unless you haven't changed the defalt CFLAGS/CXXFLAGS, in which

Re: [gentoo-user] Nasty bugs in portage?

2005-09-11 Thread Dave Nebinger
Note that the 2005.1 handbook mentions only the stage3 and not stage1 or stage2. Installation from the lower stages is more error prone and best avoided. Hardly. Starting from a stage 3 is like starting from any old binary distribution. Starting from stage 1 2 allows you to build a box

Re: [gentoo-user] Nasty bugs in portage?

2005-09-11 Thread Zac Medico
Dave Nebinger wrote: Note that the 2005.1 handbook mentions only the stage3 and not stage1 or stage2. Installation from the lower stages is more error prone and best avoided. Hardly. Starting from a stage 3 is like starting from any old binary distribution. Starting from stage 1 2

Re: [gentoo-user] Nasty bugs in portage?

2005-09-11 Thread Dave Nebinger
A stage3 install has most of the benefits of a stage1 or stage2. Portage gives you the ability to rebuild *every* single package if you choose. And like the binary distributions, it's targeted towards the generic 386, not the pentium class machines we're all using (at least it was the last

Re: [gentoo-user] Nasty bugs in portage?

2005-09-11 Thread John Jolet
On Sunday 11 September 2005 13:12, Dave Nebinger wrote: Note that the 2005.1 handbook mentions only the stage3 and not stage1 or stage2. Installation from the lower stages is more error prone and best avoided. Hardly. Starting from a stage 3 is like starting from any old binary

Re: [gentoo-user] Nasty bugs in portage?

2005-09-11 Thread Holly Bostick
Neil Bothwick schreef: On Sun, 11 Sep 2005 12:58:19 -0400, Mark Shields wrote: // start quote Building the System To start building the system, execute emerge --emptytree system. // end quote So you see, it does tell you to do an emerge --emptytree system, When BUILDING THE

Re: [gentoo-user] Nasty bugs in portage?

2005-09-11 Thread Dave Nebinger
Starting from stage 1 2 allows you to build a box customized from the ground up optimized for your hardware (assuming you've set the cflags correctly before beginning). IMHO, stage 3 is for those that don't want to take the lengthy build time for some of the larger packages, i.e. X and

Re: [gentoo-user] Nasty bugs in portage?

2005-09-11 Thread Zac Medico
Dave Nebinger wrote: A stage3 install has most of the benefits of a stage1 or stage2. Portage gives you the ability to rebuild *every* single package if you choose. And like the binary distributions, it's targeted towards the generic 386, not the pentium class machines we're all using

Re: [gentoo-user] Nasty bugs in portage?

2005-09-11 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 11 Sep 2005 14:30:45 -0400, Dave Nebinger wrote: And if you use a stage 3 and rebuild every package, it's not that different than starting from a stage 1 or 2, is it? There's one major difference, the system is available for use in around an hour. Rebuilding after the system is working

Re: [gentoo-user] Nasty bugs in portage?

2005-09-11 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 11 Sep 2005 14:15:46 -0500, John Jolet wrote: IMHO, stage 3 is for those that don't want to take the lengthy build time for some of the larger packages, i.e. X and kde/gnome, in order to have a basic working gentoo system in a short timeframe. I'm not sure where you get this from,

Re: [gentoo-user] Nasty bugs in portage?

2005-09-11 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 11 Sep 2005 21:16:23 +0200, Holly Bostick wrote: No, Neil, this thread (or the original issue, at least), is occurring during the initial install process: Whoops, my mistake. This comes up so often it's easy to get the threads muddled up :( So possibly we might consider using our

Re: [gentoo-user] Nasty bugs in portage?

2005-09-11 Thread John Jolet
On Sunday 11 September 2005 16:57, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Sun, 11 Sep 2005 14:15:46 -0500, John Jolet wrote: IMHO, stage 3 is for those that don't want to take the lengthy build time for some of the larger packages, i.e. X and kde/gnome, in order to have a basic working gentoo system in

Re: [gentoo-user] Nasty bugs in portage?

2005-09-11 Thread Nick Rout
On Sun, 11 Sep 2005 19:12:51 +0200 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: On Sunday 11 September 2005 18:58, Mark Shields wrote: From http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1chap=6: // start quote Building the System To start building the system, execute emerge

Re: [gentoo-user] Nasty bugs in portage?

2005-09-11 Thread Nick Rout
On Mon, 12 Sep 2005 00:15:58 +0100 Neil Bothwick wrote: No, but they are on the GRP package CDs that accompany each release. yes, but there's no requirement to use grp packages with a stage-3. There is if you're using stage 3 as quoted above. what have you been smoking Neil? A stage 3

Re: [gentoo-user] Nasty bugs in portage?

2005-09-11 Thread Nick Rout
On Sun, 11 Sep 2005 18:45:26 +0100 Neil Bothwick wrote: On Sun, 11 Sep 2005 12:58:19 -0400, Mark Shields wrote: // start quote Building the System To start building the system, execute emerge --emptytree system. // end quote So you see, it does tell you to do an emerge

Re: [gentoo-user] Nasty bugs in portage?

2005-09-11 Thread John Jolet
On Sunday 11 September 2005 18:15, Neil Bothwick wrote: yes, but there's no requirement to use grp packages with a stage-3. There is if you're using stage 3 as quoted above. No, there isn't. This laptop was built with a stage 3 tarball, everything else was compiled from source. I know

[gentoo-user] Nasty bugs in portage?

2005-09-10 Thread Frank Schafer
... or which distribution to install during less than 4 days? Hi list, as I wrote yesterday I planned to complete installation after work (started ``emerge --emptytree system'' in the morning). When I returned home from work I found in the logs, that ``emerge --emptytree system'' failed at

Re: [gentoo-user] Nasty bugs in portage?

2005-09-10 Thread Dave Nebinger
When I returned home from work I found in the logs, that ``emerge --emptytree system'' failed at package 28 of 186 python-fcksum-1.7.1 i386-pc-linux-gnu-gcc bla...bla ^ | +- ! gcc-config error: could not run/locate i386-pc-linux-gnu-gcc My guess is that during the

Re: [gentoo-user] Nasty bugs in portage?

2005-09-10 Thread Frank Schafer
On Sat, 2005-09-10 at 14:37 -0400, Dave Nebinger wrote: When I returned home from work I found in the logs, that ``emerge --emptytree system'' failed at package 28 of 186 python-fcksum-1.7.1 i386-pc-linux-gnu-gcc bla...bla ^ | +- ! gcc-config error:

Re: [gentoo-user] Nasty bugs in portage?

2005-09-10 Thread John Jolet
If you don't have the time to watch over the stage 1 build process, you can jump straight to a stage 3 then update packages from there. Well, that's the same ads installing Fedora (within 2 hours). With respect, that is NOT the same as installing fedora. This laptop has had fedora, suse,

Re: [gentoo-user] Nasty bugs in portage?

2005-09-10 Thread Frank Schafer
On Sat, 2005-09-10 at 14:26 -0500, John Jolet wrote: If you don't have the time to watch over the stage 1 build process, you can jump straight to a stage 3 then update packages from there. Well, that's the same ads installing Fedora (within 2 hours). With respect, that is NOT the same

Re: [gentoo-user] Nasty bugs in portage?

2005-09-10 Thread Dave Nebinger
I don't get You at this point. I'll have to start ''emerge --emptytree system'', wait until it crashes, run ''fix_libtool_files.sh'' and run ''emerge --emptytree system'' ones more, hoping that it won't crash this time? No, after the fix_libtool_files.sh run, you do the emerge --resume to have

Re: [gentoo-user] Nasty bugs in portage?

2005-09-10 Thread Justin Patrin
On 9/10/05, Frank Schafer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... or which distribution to install during less than 4 days? Hi list, as I wrote yesterday I planned to complete installation after work (started ``emerge --emptytree system'' in the morning). When I returned home from work I found in

Re: [gentoo-user] Nasty bugs in portage?

2005-09-10 Thread Frank Schafer
On Sat, 2005-09-10 at 12:42 -0700, Justin Patrin wrote: On 9/10/05, Frank Schafer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... or which distribution to install during less than 4 days? Hi list, as I wrote yesterday I planned to complete installation after work (started ``emerge --emptytree system''

Re: [gentoo-user] Nasty bugs in portage?

2005-09-10 Thread Frank Schafer
On Sat, 2005-09-10 at 15:39 -0400, Dave Nebinger wrote: I don't get You at this point. I'll have to start ''emerge --emptytree system'', wait until it crashes, run ''fix_libtool_files.sh'' and run ''emerge --emptytree system'' ones more, hoping that it won't crash this time? No, after

Re: [gentoo-user] Nasty bugs in portage?

2005-09-10 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 01 Jan 1988 00:18:00 +0100, Frank Schafer wrote: The good news is that you'll only need to do this during the beginning when the system is being built from scratch; once you're up and running you normally won't need to do this again. I don't get You at this point. I'll have to

Re: [gentoo-user] Nasty bugs in portage?

2005-09-10 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 10 Sep 2005 14:37:22 -0400, Dave Nebinger wrote: If you don't have the time to watch over the stage 1 build process, you can jump straight to a stage 3 then update packages from there. That's exactly what I did with my laptop. It arrived at 1pm and I needed it fully functional for the

Re: [gentoo-user] Nasty bugs in portage?

2005-09-10 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Saturday 10 September 2005 20:09, Frank Schafer wrote: ... or which distribution to install during less than 4 days? Hi list, as I wrote yesterday I planned to complete installation after work (started ``emerge --emptytree system'' in the morning). where did you get the idea that

Re: [gentoo-user] Nasty bugs in portage?

2005-09-10 Thread Zac Medico
Frank Schafer wrote: is better than Gentoo just now, ... because it's installable. I'd recommend a stage3 install. The lower stages are intended more as a means to create a stage3 than for anything else. Zac -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list