Bug 389685 – sys-boot/grub-9999 grub.info: No such file or directory

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Dave F 2011-11-06 00:18:26 UTC]

Whenever I try to emerge Grub2, it fails during the install phase.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Ensure sys-boot/grub:2 is unmasked.
2. At a console prompt, type (as root) "emerge sys-boot/grub:2"

Actual Results:  
When I perform the steps above, the emerge stops during the install phase of sys-boot/grub:2 with the error message referenced above.

Expected Results:  
sys-boot/grub:2 should install with no errors.

=== emerge -pqv output ===
[ebuild  NS   ] sys-boot/grub-9999 [0.97-r10] USE="nls sdl truetype -custom-cflags -debug -device-mapper -efiemu -static" GRUB_PLATFORMS="-coreboot -efi-32 -efi-64 -emu -ieee1275 -loongson -multiboot -pc -qemu -qemu-mips"

[Comment 1 Dave F 2011-11-06 00:19:15 UTC]

Created attachment 291789 [details]
Output of "emerge --info"

[Comment 2 Dave F 2011-11-06 00:19:40 UTC]

Created attachment 291791 [details]
Complete build log

[Comment 3 Mike Gilbert 2011-11-08 02:54:13 UTC]

Dave: You are trying to install a "live" ebuild, which is not recommended unless you know what you are doing and can actually troubleshoot build errors. Try grub-1.99-r2 instead; just remove the "**" from package.keywords.


Anyway, here is the error:

mv: cannot stat `/tmp/portage/sys-boot/grub-9999/image//usr/share/info/grub.info': No such file or directory

floppym@naomi ~ % ls -l /tmp/portage/sys-boot/grub-9999/image//usr/share/info
total 96
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   614 Nov  7 21:48 dir
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 85429 Nov  7 21:48 grub-dev.info

[Comment 4 Tomáš Chvátal (RETIRED) 2011-11-11 13:30:11 UTC]

@Diego:
could this be due to your patch?

[Comment 5 Diego Elio Pettenò (RETIRED) 2011-11-11 13:37:51 UTC]

Ah more than likely, will fix it.

[Comment 6 Diego Elio Pettenò (RETIRED) 2011-11-11 13:42:00 UTC]

Fixed.