Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Need coaching with emerge failure logs (Understanting the problem)

2017-03-01 Thread Miroslav Rovis
I must not abbreviate this time... On 170228-20:07-0500, Harry Putnam wrote: > Miroslav Rovis writes: > > > On 170226-09:42-0500, Harry Putnam wrote: > >> Stroller writes: > > ... > >> > >> > Example at the beginning: [32;01m * >

[gentoo-user] Re: Need coaching with emerge failure logs (Understanting the problem)

2017-02-28 Thread Harry Putnam
Peter Humphrey writes: > On Monday 27 Feb 2017 10:09:34 Harry Putnam wrote: Harry wrote: >> I guess I'll try this once more... Its still a big log but I cleaned >> up the escapes ... it is a fresh try at building >> xf86-video-virtualbox-5.1.14 [...] Peter replied: >

[gentoo-user] Re: Need coaching with emerge failure logs (Understanting the problem)

2017-02-28 Thread Harry Putnam
Miroslav Rovis writes: > On 170226-09:42-0500, Harry Putnam wrote: >> Stroller writes: > ... >> >> > Example at the beginning: [32;01m * >> > Example from the end: * >> > >> > Output to the terminal these would show the text in

[gentoo-user] Re: Need coaching with emerge failure logs (Understanting the problem)

2017-02-28 Thread Harry Putnam
Stroller writes: [...] > I would be looking primarily at the next point the word "error" comes up > properly, which is here: > > from >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Need coaching with emerge failure logs (Understanting the problem)

2017-02-27 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Monday 27 Feb 2017 10:09:34 Harry Putnam wrote: > I guess I'll try this once more... Its still a big log but I cleaned > up the escapes ... it is a fresh try at building > xf86-video-virtualbox-5.1.14 > > Still failing in the same way and still not seeing clues in the > log... probably my

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Need coaching with emerge failure logs (Understanting the problem)

2017-02-27 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Monday 27 Feb 2017 10:09:34 Harry Putnam wrote: > I guess I'll try this once more... Its still a big log but I cleaned > up the escapes ... it is a fresh try at building > xf86-video-virtualbox-5.1.14 > > Still failing in the same way and still not seeing clues in the > log... probably my

[gentoo-user] Re: Need coaching with emerge failure logs (Understanting the problem)

2017-02-27 Thread Harry Putnam
Stroller writes: >> On 25 Feb 2017, at 14:19, Harry Putnam wrote: >> >> I've attached a hefty log of some 4000 lines and hope someone will be >> patient enough to try to identify what is causing the problem. > > I took a look at this, but

[gentoo-user] Re: Need coaching with emerge failure logs (Understanting the problem)

2017-02-27 Thread Harry Putnam
Dale writes: > Harry Putnam wrote: >> >> Just so you know... I did try that. [--color n] The resulting log >> looked exactly the same. I posted that fact in an earlier request for >> help a week or so ago in which I remarked how using the no-color >> emerge option didn't

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Need coaching with emerge failure logs (Understanting the problem)

2017-02-27 Thread Miroslav Rovis
On 170226-09:42-0500, Harry Putnam wrote: > Stroller writes: ... > > > Example at the beginning: [32;01m * > > Example from the end: * > > > > Output to the terminal these would show the text in different colours, > > but the output was redirected to a

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Need coaching with emerge failure logs (Understanting the problem)

2017-02-26 Thread Dale
Harry Putnam wrote: > > Just so you know... I did try that. [--color n] The resulting log > looked exactly the same. I posted that fact in an earlier request for > help a week or so ago in which I remarked how using the no-color > emerge option didn't seem to make a bit of difference. I don't

[gentoo-user] Re: Need coaching with emerge failure logs (Understanting the problem)

2017-02-26 Thread Harry Putnam
Miroslav Rovis writes: > On 170225-09:19-0500, Harry Putnam wrote: >> Setup: VBox vm running gentoo(amd64) guest on a win-10 (64bit) host >> Hardware: HP xw8600 - 2x Xeon CPU X5450 @ 3.00GHz - 32 GB ram >> > [ some cca. 80k text cut here ] > > Go for the guides,

[gentoo-user] Re: Need coaching with emerge failure logs (Understanting the problem)

2017-02-26 Thread Harry Putnam
Stroller writes: >> On 25 Feb 2017, at 14:19, Harry Putnam wrote: >> >> I've attached a hefty log of some 4000 lines and hope someone will be >> patient enough to try to identify what is causing the problem. > > I took a look at this, but