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07-20-2009, 01:45 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jul 2009
Posts: 3
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Emerge fails almost 50% of the time
Hi
I'm newish to Linux in general, and very new to Gentoo. I have followed the guide and have gotten to the part where we install the GUI, I'm gong with gnome. But when I ran
I get an econf failed error.
the build.log:
Code:
>>> Unpacking source...
>>> Unpacking gnome-common-2.24.0.tar.bz2 to /var/tmp/portage/gnome-base/gnome-common-2.24.0/work
tar: gnome-common-2.24.0/missing: time stamp 2008-09-22 18:27:39 is 37252506.232340348 s in the future
tar: gnome-common-2.24.0/ChangeLog: time stamp 2008-09-22 18:28:59 is 37252586.228022928 s in the future
tar: gnome-common-2.24.0/install-sh: time stamp 2008-09-22 18:27:39 is 37252506.222108748 s in the future
tar: gnome-common-2.24.0/aclocal.m4: time stamp 2008-09-22 18:27:20 is 37252487.218129492 s in the future
tar: gnome-common-2.24.0/doc: time stamp 2008-09-22 18:29:03 is 37252590.217316556 s in the future
tar: gnome-common-2.24.0/configure: time stamp 2008-09-22 18:27:20 is 37252487.199637665 s in the future
tar: gnome-common-2.24.0/gnome-common.spec: time stamp 2008-09-22 18:27:41 is 37252508.199150634 s in the future
tar: gnome-common-2.24.0/macros2/gnome-autogen.sh: time stamp 2008-09-22 18:26:08 is 37252415.194792686 s in the future
tar: gnome-common-2.24.0/macros2/Makefile.in: time stamp 2008-09-22 18:27:39 is 37252506.190112559 s in the future
tar: gnome-common-2.24.0/macros2: time stamp 2008-09-22 18:29:03 is 37252590.189869284 s in the future
tar: gnome-common-2.24.0/configure.in: time stamp 2008-09-22 18:26:29 is 37252436.188720289 s in the future
tar: gnome-common-2.24.0/doc-build/Makefile.in: time stamp 2008-09-22 18:27:39 is 37252506.182393023 s in the future
tar: gnome-common-2.24.0/doc-build: time stamp 2008-09-22 18:29:03 is 37252590.182142803 s in the future
tar: gnome-common-2.24.0/Makefile.am: time stamp 2008-09-22 18:26:36 is 37252443.181676739 s in the future
tar: gnome-common-2.24.0/Makefile.in: time stamp 2008-09-22 18:27:39 is 37252506.177857057 s in the future
tar: gnome-common-2.24.0: time stamp 2008-09-22 18:29:03 is 37252590.176383882 s in the future
>>> Source unpacked in /var/tmp/portage/gnome-base/gnome-common-2.24.0/work
>>> Compiling source in /var/tmp/portage/gnome-base/gnome-common-2.24.0/work/gnome-common-2.24.0 ...
./configure --prefix=/usr --build=i686-pc-linux-gnu --host=i686-pc-linux-gnu --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --datadir=/usr/share --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var/lib
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... configure: error: newly created file is older than distributed files!
Check your system clock
!!! Please attach the following file when seeking support:
!!! /var/tmp/portage/gnome-base/gnome-common-2.24.0/work/gnome-common-2.24.0/config.log
[31;01m*[0m
[31;01m*[0m ERROR: gnome-base/gnome-common-2.24.0 failed.
[31;01m*[0m Call stack:
[31;01m*[0m ebuild.sh, line 49: Called src_compile
[31;01m*[0m environment, line 1305: Called gnome2_src_compile
[31;01m*[0m environment, line 1074: Called gnome2_src_configure
[31;01m*[0m environment, line 1088: Called econf
[31;01m*[0m ebuild.sh, line 534: Called die
[31;01m*[0m The specific snippet of code:
[31;01m*[0m die "econf failed"
[31;01m*[0m The die message:
[31;01m*[0m econf failed
[31;01m*[0m
[31;01m*[0m If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack if relevant.
[31;01m*[0m A complete build log is located at '/var/tmp/portage/gnome-base/gnome-common-2.24.0/temp/build.log'.
[31;01m*[0m The ebuild environment file is located at '/var/tmp/portage/gnome-base/gnome-common-2.24.0/temp/environment'.
[31;01m*[0m
When searching for a possible solution I came across a post where there was a similar problem, but with different package. the first package that fails for me is gnome-common-2.24.0.
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...failed-623446/
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated, I can supply any other information that is required just ask. |
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07-20-2009, 05:48 AM
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Member
Registered: Oct 2007
Location: MI
Distribution: Debian Slackware
Posts: 527
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Did you add gnome to your USE flags?
You will need to setup your x-server if you haven't already, X-SERVER
Here is the Gentoo GNOME installation guide. |
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07-20-2009, 06:43 AM
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Member
Registered: Dec 2002
Location: IL
Distribution: NetBSD, Slackware, Gentoo, Debian, FreeBSD
Posts: 444
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Check the clock.
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07-20-2009, 05:13 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jul 2009
Posts: 3
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mrrangerman
Did you add gnome to your USE flags?
You will need to setup your x-server if you haven't already, X-SERVER
Here is the Gentoo GNOME installation guide. |
Ok I tried to emerge and or configure x-server as you suggested, thanks for the link, but it also failed to emerge because of an econf died error.
Last edited by Connery; 07-20-2009 at 05:26 PM.
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07-21-2009, 06:04 PM
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Member
Registered: Dec 2002
Location: IL
Distribution: NetBSD, Slackware, Gentoo, Debian, FreeBSD
Posts: 444
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Wow, the error message tells you at least 20 times that your clock is wrong. Don't think I have ever seen an error message so clear in my life.
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07-23-2009, 10:05 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jul 2009
Posts: 3
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Well, this is embarrassing, turns out a 2 year clock skew has very negative effects. my only defence is that in searching for help from someone I know, I was informed that this was most likely not the issue, and the two seemed rather unrelated. all in all problem fixed and its emerging seamlessly with the exception of another error, but I'm sure ill figure that out in time.
Thank you all for your help.
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