Re: [gentoo-user] sys-power/nut-2.4.3-r2 fails to compile driver

["Arttu V." <arttuv69@gmail.com>]

On 7/15/10, Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I'm trying to upgrade nut to the latest stable version.  I have the
> driver set in make.conf and according to the website, it is the correct
> driver.  I also while searching around noticed I need to make sure I
> have the driver in /lib/nut and sure enough, it is there.  In make.conf
> I have this:
>
> NUT_DRIVERS="cyberpower"
>
> This is the error I am getting:
>
> make[1]: Entering directory
> `/var/tmp/portage/sys-power/nut-2.4.3-r2/work/nut-2.4.3/drivers'
> make[1]: *** No rule to make target `cyberpower', needed by `all-am'.  Stop.
> make[1]: Leaving directory
> `/var/tmp/portage/sys-power/nut-2.4.3-r2/work/nut-2.4.3/drivers'
> make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
>   * ERROR: sys-power/nut-2.4.3-r2 failed:
>   *   emake failed
>   *
>   * Call stack:
>   *     ebuild.sh, line   48:  Called src_compile
>   *   environment, line 2904:  Called _eapi2_src_compile
>   *     ebuild.sh, line  640:  Called die
>   * The specific snippet of code:
>   *              emake || die "emake failed"
>   *
>   * If you need support, post the output of 'emerge --info
> =sys-power/nut-2.4.3-r2',
>   * the complete build log and the output of 'emerge -pqv
> =sys-power/nut-2.4.3-r2'.
>   * The complete build log is located at
> '/var/log/portage/elog/sys-power:nut-2.4.3-r2:20100715-034546.log'.
>   * The ebuild environment file is located at
> '/var/tmp/portage/sys-power/nut-2.4.3-r2/temp/environment'.
>   * S: '/var/tmp/portage/sys-power/nut-2.4.3-r2/work/nut-2.4.3'
>
>  >>> Failed to emerge sys-power/nut-2.4.3-r2, Log file:
>
>  >>>  '/var/log/portage/elog/sys-power:nut-2.4.3-r2:20100715-034546.log'
>   *
>   * The following package has failed to build or install:
>   *
>   *  ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-power/nut-2.4.3-r2', 'merge'), Log file:
>   *   '/var/log/portage/elog/sys-power:nut-2.4.3-r2:20100715-034546.log'
>   *
> root@smoker / #
>
> Any idea why it can't make my driver when it is the right one and is set
> in make.conf?  What am I missing?  Oh, this is connected to my serial
> port, NOT the USB port.

Wrong driver combined with outdated website info or other docs?

I have no idea of their driver model but a hunch from the basis of
cups and a quick grep would lead me to suggest that cyberpower driver
possibly no longer exists. It might have been replaced by powerpanel:

drivers/powerpanel.c: * powerpanel.c - Model specific routines for
CyberPower text/binary

-- 
Arttu V. -- Running Gentoo is like running with scissors