Re: [gentoo-user] audacity-2.0.5 failed to compile

[Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com>]

On 03/09/2015 15:06, Alec Ten Harmsel wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 02, 2015 at 02:25:47PM -0600, thelma@sys-concept.com wrote:
>> I've tried to post a "log" file to the http://pastebin.com/ you
>> suggested but I can only paste the limited size file (not upload it).
>> Since the txt file is 7.4Mb in size, I can not paste it.
>> Though, I have compress the file as tar.gz (so it is only 267kB)
>> here is the link:
>>
>> http://www.sysconcept.ca/audacity_error.tar.gz
>>
>> If somebody whats to look at it, I appreciate it.
>> Meanwhile, I'll be following other folks suggestion and see if I can get
>> a positive result to this error.
>>
>> Thelma
> 
> I tried to download it but got a 403 Forbidden HTTP error.
> 
> This might be a bad suggestion, but if you have a lot of time, it might
> be easier to uninstall audacity and any other packages that have been
> giving you problems, then `emerge -uDN --with-bdeps=y @world`, then
> `emerge --depclean', and then install all the stuff you need.
> 
> I believe someone else mentioned checking /var/lib/portage/world and
> making sure that it doesn't contain any virtuals - it might also be good
> to remove from it any software that you do not directly need.


Even better - Thelma should just post the entire /var/lib/portage/world
file so we can advise what to take out.

Most newbies clutter up their world needlessly, it takes a bit of
practice to grok what should be in their


-- 
Alan McKinnon
alan.mckinnon@gmail.com