I can't install anything that requires kernel version detection. Portage ALWAYS FAILS to find the f*cking kernel version, although I checked all the possible causes: -- the kernel sources are installed -- the kernel I'm running is built from them -- I didn't remove the compiled stuff generated during the build process -- /usr/src/linux points to the right dir -- /usr/src/linux/Makefile exists and is correct. -- /usr/src/linux/include/linux/version.h exists and is correct. uname -r ALWAYS returns the right kernel version but Portage fails to take advantage of that and probably uses some obscure implementation to do that that fails huge time. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge any package that is built against the kernel (nvidia-kernel, hal, bestcrypt, whatever) 2. 3. Actual Results: * Determining the location of the kernel source code * Found kernel source directory: * /usr/src/linux * Could not detect kernel version. * Please ensure that /usr/src/linux points to a complete set of Linux sources. !!! ERROR: media-video/nvidia-kernel-1.0.7676 failed. !!! Function linux-info_pkg_setup, Line 526, Exitcode 1 !!! Unable to calculate Linux Kernel version !!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, NOT this status message. Expected Results: It should install without any problem. Alex src # emerge info Portage 2.0.52-r1 (default-linux/x86/2005.1, gcc-3.4.4, glibc-2.3.5-r1, 2.6.13.1-nitro1 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.13.1-nitro1 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1800+ Gentoo Base System version 1.12.0_pre8 ccache version 2.4 [enabled] dev-lang/python: 2.3.5, 2.4.1-r1 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.13 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r7 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6 sys-devel/binutils: 2.16.1 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.20 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -ffast-math -momit-leaf-frame-pointer -ftracer -fforce-addr" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /etc/conf.d /etc/firehol /etc/modules.autoload.d /etc/samba /etc/ssh /etc/syslog-ng /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/env /usr/kde/3.4/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/splash /etc/terminfo /usr/X11R6/bin/startx /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -ffast-math -momit-leaf-frame-pointer -ftracer -fforce-addr -fvisibility-inlines-hidden" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://ftp.proxad.net/pub/Distributions_Linux/Gentoo http://gentoo.osuosl.org http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/mnt/shared/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.ro.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="3dnow 3dnowext X acl acpi alsa apache2 apm arts avi bash-completion berkdb bitmap-fonts bluetooth bzip2 cdr crypt cups dbus dio divx4linux dlloader dvd dvdr eds emboss encode fam fbcon font-server foomaticdb ftp gdbm gif gpm hal imagemagick imlib ithreads java jpeg kde kdexdeltas libg++ libwww lirc lm_sensors mad mikmod mmx mmxext mp3 mpeg nas ncurses nls nptl nptlonly nvidia ogg oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png posix ppds python qt quicktime readline samba scanner sdl spell sse ssl svg sysvipc tcpd tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode usb userlocales v4l vorbis win32codecs wmf x86 xine xml2 xv xvid yahoo zlib userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc" Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LINGUAS P.S.: Don't tell it's because of my CFLAGS/Reiser4/GCC/nitro-sources because it's not. It worked with these when I installed my Gentoo. P.P.S.: I can attach the error messages if needed but I doubt it is useful since they all say the same thing, and 40% of the time Portage doesn't return an error message, it just stops.
CFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -ffast-math -momit-leaf-frame-pointer -ftracer -fforce-addr" CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -ffast-math -momit-leaf-frame-pointer -ftracer -fforce-addr -fvisibility-inlines-hidden" "and 40% of the time Portage doesn't return an error message, it just stops." hmmm ... do I sense a pattern there?
So what do you suggest ? How can you explain that I managed to build my system entirely with these CFLAGS without an error and now suddenly it doesn't work ? Don't think so ....
(In reply to comment #2) > So what do you suggest ? Stop ricing. And BTW, nitro sources are not supported. Closing.
(In reply to comment #3) > (In reply to comment #2) > > So what do you suggest ? > > Stop ricing. And BTW, nitro sources are not supported. > > Closing. The gentoo-sources do the same wonderfull job. This clearly is NOT kernel-related. If you don't want to help at lease tell me where can I find Portage's function that finds the kernel version.
The point is that your set of compiler flags definitely breaks code. We don't work for ricers and every developer is fine to close their bug reports without a second look. When _you_ found the functionality that does the kernel detection, write a patch, attach it and reopen. In this case the kernel guys may decide to include it.
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