Usr is on a separate partition, but is mounted OK. I'm running an Alpha LX164 if that matters (so I'm starting with the rc1_alpha tarball). I never got this error when I just created a chroot from an existing linux install, but this is fresh empty disk. /var/tmp does exist. Any ideas?
Ted
-----ERROR LOG FOLLOWS-------
[32;01mGentoo Linux; [34;01mhttp://www.gentoo.org/[0m Copyright 2001-2003 Gentoo Technologies, Inc.; Distributed under the GPL
[32;01m*[0m Starting Bootstrap of base system ...
Using >=sys-apps/baselayout-1.8.3 Using >=sys-apps/portage-2.0.36 Using >=sys-devel/binutils-2.13.90.0.4 Using >=sys-devel/gcc-3.2 Using sys-devel/gettext Using >=sys-libs/glibc-2.2.5-r7 Using >=sys-apps/texinfo-4.2-r5 Using sys-libs/zlib Using >=sys-libs/ncurses-5.2.20020511-r2
exporting PROXY=
[31;01mportage: 'portage' user or group missing. Please update baselayout[0m
[31;01m and merge portage user(250) and group(250) into your passwd[0m
[31;01m and group files. Non-root compilation is disabled until then.[0m
Also note that non-root/wheel users will need to be added to
the portage group to do portage commands.
For the defaults, line 1 goes into passwd, and 2 into group. [32;01m portage:x:250:250:portage:/var/tmp/portage:/bin/false[0m [32;01m portage::250:portage[0m
portage: the directory specified in your PORTAGE_TMPDIR variable, "
[31;01mportage: 'portage' user or group missing. Please update baselayout[0m
[31;01m and merge portage user(250) and group(250) into your passwd[0m
[31;01m and group files. Non-root compilation is disabled until then.[0m
Also note that non-root/wheel users will need to be added to
the portage group to do portage commands.
For the defaults, line 1 goes into passwd, and 2 into group. [32;01m portage:x:250:250:portage:/var/tmp/portage:/bin/false[0m [32;01m portage::250:portage[0m
/var/tmp,"
does not exist. Please create this directory or correct your PORTAGE_TMPDIR setting.
exporting HTTP_PROXY=
[31;01mportage: 'portage' user or group missing. Please update baselayout[0m
[31;01m and merge portage user(250) and group(250) into your passwd[0m
[31;01m and group files. Non-root compilation is disabled until then.[0m
Also note that non-root/wheel users will need to be added to
the portage group to do portage commands.
For the defaults, line 1 goes into passwd, and 2 into group. [32;01m portage:x:250:250:portage:/var/tmp/portage:/bin/false[0m [32;01m portage::250:portage[0m
portage: the directory specified in your PORTAGE_TMPDIR variable, "
[31;01mportage: 'portage' user or group missing. Please update baselayout[0m
[31;01m and merge portage user(250) and group(250) into your passwd[0m
[31;01m and group files. Non-root compilation is disabled until then.[0m
Also note that non-root/wheel users will need to be added to
the portage group to do portage commands.
For the defaults, line 1 goes into passwd, and 2 into group. [32;01m portage:x:250:250:portage:/var/tmp/portage:/bin/false[0m [32;01m portage::250:portage[0m
/var/tmp,"
does not exist. Please create this directory or correct your PORTAGE_TMPDIR setting.
exporting FTP_PROXY=
[31;01mportage: 'portage' user or group missing. Please update baselayout[0m
[31;01m and merge portage user(250) and group(250) into your passwd[0m
[31;01m and group files. Non-root compilation is disabled until then.[0m
Also note that non-root/wheel users will need to be added to
the portage group to do portage commands.
For the defaults, line 1 goes into passwd, and 2 into group. [32;01m portage:x:250:250:portage:/var/tmp/portage:/bin/false[0m [32;01m portage::250:portage[0m
portage: the directory specified in your PORTAGE_TMPDIR variable, "
[31;01mportage: 'portage' user or group missing. Please update baselayout[0m
[31;01m and merge portage user(250) and group(250) into your passwd[0m
[31;01m and group files. Non-root compilation is disabled until then.[0m
Also note that non-root/wheel users will need to be added to
the portage group to do portage commands.
For the defaults, line 1 goes into passwd, and 2 into group. [32;01m portage:x:250:250:portage:/var/tmp/portage:/bin/false[0m [32;01m portage::250:portage[0m
/var/tmp,"
does not exist. Please create this directory or correct your PORTAGE_TMPDIR setting.
[31;01mportage: 'portage' user or group missing. Please update baselayout[0m
[31;01m and merge portage user(250) and group(250) into your passwd[0m
[31;01m and group files. Non-root compilation is disabled until then.[0m
Also note that non-root/wheel users will need to be added to
the portage group to do portage commands.
For the defaults, line 1 goes into passwd, and 2 into group. [32;01m portage:x:250:250:portage:/var/tmp/portage:/bin/false[0m [32;01m portage::250:portage[0m
portage: the directory specified in your PORTAGE_TMPDIR variable, "
[31;01mportage: 'portage' user or group missing. Please update baselayout[0m
[31;01m and merge portage user(250) and group(250) into your passwd[0m
[31;01m and group files. Non-root compilation is disabled until then.[0m
Also note that non-root/wheel users will need to be added to
the portage group to do portage commands.
For the defaults, line 1 goes into passwd, and 2 into group. [32;01m portage:x:250:250:portage:/var/tmp/portage:/bin/false[0m [32;01m portage::250:portage[0m
/var/tmp,"
does not exist. Please create this directory or correct your PORTAGE_TMPDIR setting.
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