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hi everyone
i'm trying to install gnome to my new funtoo but when i get to recode it stops,this is what i get:
Quote:
# emerge gnome
* IMPORTANT: 3 news items need reading for repository 'gentoo'.
* Use eselect news to read news items.
Calculating dependencies... done!
>>> Verifying ebuild manifests
>>> Running pre-merge checks for net-misc/networkmanager-0.9.4.0-r2
openpty failed: 'out of pty devices'
* Determining the location of the kernel source code
* Found kernel source directory:
* /usr/src/linux
* Found sources for kernel version:
* 3.0.21-sysrescue-std302
* Checking for SYSFS_DEPRECATED support ... [ ok ]
>>> Running pre-merge checks for gnome-base/gnome-core-libs-3.2.1
* See http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/deskto....2-upgrade.xml
* for the Gentoo GNOME 3.2 upgrade guide.
>>> Starting parallel fetch
>>> Emerging (1 of 232) app-text/recode-3.6_p17-r2
* recode-3.6.tar.gz RMD160 SHA1 SHA256 size ;-) ... [ ok ]
* recode_3.6-17.diff.gz RMD160 SHA1 SHA256 size ;-) ... [ ok ]
>>> Unpacking source...
>>> Unpacking recode-3.6.tar.gz to /var/tmp/portage/app-text/recode-3.6_p17-r2/work
>>> Unpacking recode_3.6-17.diff.gz to /var/tmp/portage/app-text/recode-3.6_p17-r2/work
>>> Source unpacked in /var/tmp/portage/app-text/recode-3.6_p17-r2/work
>>> Preparing source in /var/tmp/portage/app-text/recode-3.6_p17-r2/work/recode-3.6 ...
* QA Notice: The 'hasq' function is deprecated (replaced by 'has')
* Applying recode-3.6-gettextfix.diff ... [ ok ]
* Applying recode-3.6-as-if.patch ... [ ok ]
* Applying recode_3.6-17.diff ... [ ok ]
* Running eautoreconf in '/var/tmp/portage/app-text/recode-3.6_p17-r2/work/recode-3.6' ...
* Running libtoolize --install --copy --force --automake ... [ ok ]
* Running aclocal -I m4 ... [ !! ]
* Failed Running aclocal !
*
* Include in your bugreport the contents of:
*
* /var/tmp/portage/app-text/recode-3.6_p17-r2/temp/aclocal.out
* ERROR: app-text/recode-3.6_p17-r2 failed (prepare phase):
* Failed Running aclocal !
*
* Call stack:
* ebuild.sh, line 85: Called src_prepare
* environment, line 3104: Called eautoreconf
* environment, line 890: Called eaclocal
* environment, line 797: Called autotools_run_tool '--at-m4flags' 'aclocal' '-I' 'm4'
* environment, line 667: Called die
* The specific snippet of code:
* die "Failed Running $1 !";
*
* If you need support, post the output of `emerge --info '=app-text/recode-3.6_p17-r2'`,
* the complete build log and the output of `emerge -pqv '=app-text/recode-3.6_p17-r2'`.
/usr/lib64/portage/bin/isolated-functions.sh: line 214: wait: `Failed Running aclocal !': not a pid or valid job spec
* The complete build log is located at '/var/tmp/portage/app-text/recode-3.6_p17-r2/temp/build.log'.
* The ebuild environment file is located at '/var/tmp/portage/app-text/recode-3.6_p17-r2/temp/environment'.
* Working directory: '/var/tmp/portage/app-text/recode-3.6_p17-r2/work/recode-3.6'
* S: '/var/tmp/portage/app-text/recode-3.6_p17-r2/work/recode-3.6'
>>> Failed to emerge app-text/recode-3.6_p17-r2, Log file:
* Messages for package app-text/recode-3.6_p17-r2:
* Failed Running aclocal !
*
* Include in your bugreport the contents of:
*
* /var/tmp/portage/app-text/recode-3.6_p17-r2/temp/aclocal.out
* ERROR: app-text/recode-3.6_p17-r2 failed (prepare phase):
* Failed Running aclocal !
*
* Call stack:
* ebuild.sh, line 85: Called src_prepare
* environment, line 3104: Called eautoreconf
* environment, line 890: Called eaclocal
* environment, line 797: Called autotools_run_tool '--at-m4flags' 'aclocal' '-I' 'm4'
* environment, line 667: Called die
* The specific snippet of code:
* die "Failed Running $1 !";
*
* If you need support, post the output of `emerge --info '=app-text/recode-3.6_p17-r2'`,
* the complete build log and the output of `emerge -pqv '=app-text/recode-3.6_p17-r2'`.
* The complete build log is located at '/var/tmp/portage/app-text/recode-3.6_p17-r2/temp/build.log'.
* The ebuild environment file is located at '/var/tmp/portage/app-text/recode-3.6_p17-r2/temp/environment'.
* Working directory: '/var/tmp/portage/app-text/recode-3.6_p17-r2/work/recode-3.6'
* S: '/var/tmp/portage/app-text/recode-3.6_p17-r2/work/recode-3.6'
little bit of help will be greatly appreciated
thanx
That's an invasive workaround. Other ebuilds will want an upper version. The proper fix would be forcing the right automake version in the ebuild. They are slotted, so you can have many.
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