Bug 102338 – cannot run python after booting with 2005.1 x86 minimal

• Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
• Product: Gentoo Release Media

[Description Paul Malherbe 2005-08-13 01:23:28 UTC]

When trying to run python after booting with the 2005.1 x86 minimal cd it
complains that libstdc++.so.5 is missing.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.Boot with 2005.1 x86 minimal cd
2.enter python
3.

Actual Results:  
python: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.5: cannot open shared
object file: No such file or directory

Expected Results:  
run python

[Comment 1 Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) 2005-08-15 06:45:49 UTC]

I am aware of this, as python is not designed to be usable on the CD.

[Comment 2 Paul Malherbe 2005-08-15 11:44:29 UTC]

This seems to be inconsistant as python was available and did work on 2005.0
In fact, based on this, we wrote installation scripts in python which now will
not execute.

[Comment 3 Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) 2005-08-15 11:53:09 UTC]

...OK

I have no intention on making it work on the InstallCD images, as it is not
required for doing a normal Gentoo installation.  The minimal InstallCD is
exactly that.  Python being functional in 2005.0 was probably more of an
accident than anything else.  If you require a complete and working python
environment, then I would suggest using the LiveCD image instead, as it is
designed for this purpose.