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Bug 67246 - genkernel ebuild should depend on e2fsprogs otherwise making initrd fails
Summary: genkernel ebuild should depend on e2fsprogs otherwise making initrd fails
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Hosted Projects
Classification: Unclassified
Component: genkernel (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High major (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Genkernel Maintainers
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Reported: 2004-10-12 10:31 UTC by Ben XO
Modified: 2004-11-30 11:42 UTC (History)
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Description Ben XO 2004-10-12 10:31:03 UTC 
When following the installation summary on www.gentoo.org, building the kernel fails with:

/usr/bin/genkernel: line 9: mke2fs: command not found
* ERROR: Could not format initrd-2.6.8-gentoo-r7!

this is because i haven't installed e2fsprogs yet, but surely they should have been installed as a dependency of genkernel's if it requires them? Either that or genkernel should check for mke2fs' availability, or disable initrd's when e2fsprogs is not available, or whatever. Easiest fix would be to make e2fsprogs a dependency of genkernel's.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Follow gentoo "recommended" installation instructions from scratch ;)
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Comment 1 Ben XO 2004-10-12 11:03:21 UTC 
ack, looks like the reason it failed is because "emerge system" didnt finish (for some reason)

But it should still be a depend, even an optional one...
Comment 2 Tim Yamin (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2004-11-30 11:42:34 UTC 
Ok, fixed with genkernel-3.0.2c, it should reach rsync shortly. Please reopen this bug if you have any problems. Thanks!