[gentoo-dev] install failure

[gentoo-dev] install failure

[Jim Bonnet]

I am installing from the build CD, have been following the isntructions and have found
a couple trouble areas for myself.

I am building from the bootstrap-20010804.packages file. I got errors building
diffutils, and sharutils. The error in diffutils was fixed by rerunning
emerge system, and the error in sharutils was fixed by bringing over makeinfo
from another box, but I stopped there because I didn't want to build a broken
mess..

Has anyone else come across this problem? Right now Im building the previous version.
This is my first attempt with building the distro so maybe it's just me.

Thanks.

Jim Bonnet

Re: [gentoo-dev] install failure

[Daniel Robbins]

On Tue, Aug 07, 2001 at 02:27:27PM -0700, Jim Bonnet wrote:
> I am installing from the build CD, have been following the isntructions and have found
> a couple trouble areas for myself.
> 
> I am building from the bootstrap-20010804.packages file. I got errors building
> diffutils, and sharutils. The error in diffutils was fixed by rerunning
> emerge system, and the error in sharutils was fixed by bringing over makeinfo
> from another box, but I stopped there because I didn't want to build a broken
> mess..

The bootstrap-20010804.packages file is brand-new and was almost certainly created
by Alkaline (Pete Gavin), who is building a new build image as we speak.  That means
that you may certainly find problems with the packages listed therein, at least until
Pete finishes his work and gets all the ebuilds working perfectly.  In the mean time,
you may want to try to use the next-most-recent bootstrap file for setting up your
Gentoo Linux system.

Best Regards,

-- 
Daniel Robbins					<drobbins@gentoo.org>
Chief Architect/President			http://www.gentoo.org 
Gentoo Technologies, Inc.			

Re: [gentoo-dev] install failure

[Jim Bonnet]

Thanks.. I'm going that as we speak.. 

Jim

> On Tue, Aug 07, 2001 at 02:27:27PM -0700, Jim Bonnet wrote:
> > I am installing from the build CD, have been following the isntructions and have found
> > a couple trouble areas for myself.
> > 
> > I am building from the bootstrap-20010804.packages file. I got errors building
> > diffutils, and sharutils. The error in diffutils was fixed by rerunning
> > emerge system, and the error in sharutils was fixed by bringing over makeinfo
> > from another box, but I stopped there because I didn't want to build a broken
> > mess..

> The bootstrap-20010804.packages file is brand-new and was almost certainly created
> by Alkaline (Pete Gavin), who is building a new build image as we speak.  That means
> that you may certainly find problems with the packages listed therein, at least until
> Pete finishes his work and gets all the ebuilds working perfectly.  In the mean time,
> you may want to try to use the next-most-recent bootstrap file for setting up your
> Gentoo Linux system.