[gentoo-alt] problem installing gentoo prefix on debian buster

[Michael Fothergill <michael.fothergill@gmail.com>]

Dear All,

I tried to install gentoo prefix an amd64 box running debian buster.

I am using gcc 8.

It failed as follows:

> wctype.h-t && \
mv wctype.h-t wctype.h
make  all-am
make[3]: Entering directory '/home/mikef/gentoo/var/tmp/m4-1.4.15/m4-1.4.15/lib'
gcc  -I.     -g -O2 -MT gl_avltree_oset.o -MD -MP -MF
.deps/gl_avltree_oset.Tpo -c -o gl_avltree_oset.o gl_avltree_oset.c
gcc  -I.     -g -O2 -MT c-ctype.o -MD -MP -MF .deps/c-ctype.Tpo -c -o
c-ctype.o c-ctype.c
gcc  -I.     -g -O2 -MT c-stack.o -MD -MP -MF .deps/c-stack.Tpo -c -o
c-stack.o c-stack.c
mv -f .deps/c-ctype.Tpo .deps/c-ctype.Po
mv -f .deps/c-stack.Tpo .deps/c-stack.Po
gcc  -I.     -g -O2 -MT clean-temp.o -MD -MP -MF .deps/clean-temp.Tpo
-c -o clean-temp.o clean-temp.c
gcc  -I.     -g -O2 -MT execute.o -MD -MP -MF .deps/execute.Tpo -c -o
execute.o execute.c
In file included from clean-temp.h:22,
                 from clean-temp.c:23:
./stdio.h:456:1: error: 'gets' undeclared here (not in a function);
did you mean 'fgets'?
 _GL_WARN_ON_USE (gets, "gets is a security hole - use fgets instead");
 ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
make[3]: *** [Makefile:1279: clean-temp.o] Error 1
make[3]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
mv -f .deps/execute.Tpo .deps/execute.Po
mv -f .deps/gl_avltree_oset.Tpo .deps/gl_avltree_oset.Po
make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/mikef/gentoo/var/tmp/m4-1.4.15/m4-1.4.15/lib'
make[2]: *** [Makefile:1083: all] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/mikef/gentoo/var/tmp/m4-1.4.15/m4-1.4.15/lib'
make[1]: *** [Makefile:1023: all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/mikef/gentoo/var/tmp/m4-1.4.15/m4-1.4.15'
make: *** [Makefile:976: all] Error 2

I tried running
  bootstrap_stage1_log
but that failed :(  I have no clue, really.  Please find friendly folks
in #gentoo-prefix on irc.gentoo.org, gentoo-alt@lists.gentoo.org mailing list,
or file a bug at bugs.gentoo.org under Gentoo/Alt, Prefix Support.
Sorry that I have failed you master.  I shall now return to my humble cave.
You can find a log of what happened in /home/mikef/gentoo/stage1.log
mikef@fart:~$

I filed a bug report on gentoo bugzilla Bug 687286 and posted the problem here:

https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-1097582.html

Comments appreciated

Regards

Michael Fothergill