I know! I know! 2.0.5 isn't supposed to have this problem. Let me explain, I've got a brand new install of 2007.0, a fresh copy of portage, and this as my spec file:
subarch: amd64 version_stamp: 2008.taco target: livecd-stage1 rel_type: default profile: default-linux/amd64/2007.0 snapshot: snapshot source_subpath: stage3-amd64-2007.0 livecd/use: -X -gtk -gtk2 -kde -arts -alsa -avi -cdr -cups -esd gphoto2 acpi -dvd -dvdr -emacs -ethereal f77 -fbcon -ginac -odbc -plotutils -ppds -samba -sse usb -wmf -xml -xosd -gnome -opengl -oss -sdl -spell -truetype livecd/packages: baselayout module-init-tools hotplug syslog-ng pciutils strace nfs-utils usbutils e2fsprogs reiserfsprogs nano less openssh dhcpcd mingetty screen iputils tcptraceroute ethtool libusb grub gentoolkit But when I run catalyst -a -v -f testmini.spec (said specfile from above), catalyst crashes out and gives me: [blocks B ] sys-apps/setarch (is blocking sys-apps/util-linux-2.13-r2) Total: 38 packages (11 upgrades, 27 new, 1 block), Size of downloads: 15,885 kB !!! Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be installed !!! at the same time on the same system. For more information about Blocked Packages, please refer to the following section of the Gentoo Linux x86 Handbook (architecture is irrelevant): http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?full=1#blocked !!! catalyst: Error in attempt to build packages Traceback (most recent call last): File "modules/generic_stage_target.py", line 1200, in build_packages " build_packages "+mypack,"Error in attempt to build packages",env=self.env) File "/usr/lib/catalyst/modules/catalyst_support.py", line 486, in cmd raise CatalystError,myexc CatalystError: <unprintable instance object> None !!! catalyst: livecdbuild aborting due to error. !!! catalyst: Error encountered during run of target livecd-stage1 Catalyst aborting.... lockfile does not exist '/var/tmp/catalyst/tmp/default/livecd-stage1-amd64-2008.taco/.catalyst_lock' I've read in numerous places how to fix this if its breaking portage on a live system, they say to just unmerge setarch, so I went ahead and did that, but it still hates me. Does anyone have any tips? Any help would be most appreciated! Thanks! -- gentoo-catalyst@lists.gentoo.org mailing list