checking "how to check if pid exists"... configure: error: Could not find the right ps switches. Which OS is this ?. See the Installation chapter in the Reference Manual. !!! Please attach the config.log to your bug report: !!! /var/tmp/portage/mysql-4.1.19/work/mysql/config.log !!! ERROR: dev-db/mysql-4.1.19 failed. !!! Function econf, Line 495, Exitcode 0 !!! econf failed !!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, NOT this status message. emerge info Portage 2.0.54-r2 (uclibc/x86/hardened, gcc-3.4.5-vanilla, uclibc-0.9.28-r0, 2.6.16-gentoo-r1 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.16-gentoo-r1 i686 unknown Gentoo Base System version 1.12.0_pre17 ccache version 2.3 [disabled] dev-lang/python: 2.3.4-r1, 2.4.2 dev-python/pycrypto: [Not Present] dev-util/ccache: 2.3 dev-util/confcache: [Not Present] sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.12 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-r1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.16.1 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.22 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i386-gentoo-linux-uclibc" CFLAGS=" -O3 -ggdb" CHOST="i386-gentoo-linux-uclibc" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/env /usr/kde/3.4/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/shutdown /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/eselect/compiler /etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O3 -ggdb" DISTDIR="/usr/local/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig distlocks keeptemp nodoc noinfo noman nostrip sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 bitmap-fonts bzip2 cli dri expat hardened livecd multicall ncurses pcre pic python readline reflection session slang spl ssl truetype-fonts type1-fonts uclibc udev usb xorg zlib userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_uclibc" Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, MAKEOPTS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS
Created attachment 86817 [details] config.log
it's the exact same error I get when compiling mysql into a chroot and forgot to mount "/proc", may be related ?
Mounting /proc in the chroot solves the problem. Francesco thx for the hint and sorry for filing the bug a bit prematurely.