While using the Gentoo Linux Installer (GTK+) on the 2007.0 LiveCD installation process, a simple '404' resulted in a failed install. A "skip file" option should be available instead of stopping the installation completely. >>> No packages selected for removal by clean >>> Auto-cleaning packages... >>> No outdated packages were found on your system. * GNU info directory index is up-to-date. Calculating dependencies ..... done! >>> Emerging (1 of 1) app-arch/zip-2.31-r1 to / >>> Downloading 'http://distfiles.gentoo.org/distfiles/zip231.tar.gz' --06:05:39-- http://distfiles.gentoo.org/distfiles/zip231.tar.gz => `/usr/portage/distfiles/zip231.tar.gz' Resolving distfiles.gentoo.org... 64.50.236.52, 64.50.238.52, 156.56.247.195, ... Connecting to distfiles.gentoo.org|64.50.236.52|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found 06:05:40 ERROR 404: Not Found. >>> Downloading 'http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo/distfiles/zip231.tar.gz' --06:05:40-- http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo/distfiles/zip231.tar.gz => `/usr/portage/distfiles/zip231.tar.gz' Resolving distro.ibiblio.org... 152.46.7.109 Connecting to distro.ibiblio.org|152.46.7.109|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found 06:05:40 ERROR 404: Not Found. >>> Downloading 'ftp://ftp.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/src/zip231.tar.gz' --06:05:40-- ftp://ftp.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/src/zip231.tar.gz => `/usr/portage/distfiles/zip231.tar.gz' Resolving ftp.info-zip.org... 204.87.183.11 Connecting to ftp.info-zip.org|204.87.183.11|:21... connected. Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in! ==> SYST ... done. ==> PWD ... done. ==> TYPE I ... done. ==> CWD /anonymous/pub/infozip/src ... done. ==> PASV ... done. ==> RETR zip231.tar.gz ... No such file `zip231.tar.gz'. !!! Couldn't download 'zip231.tar.gz'. Aborting. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. wget http://distfiles.gentoo.org/distfiles/zip231.tar.gz Actual Results: 404 Not Found Expected Results: 200 OK A "skip file" option should be available instead of stopping the installation completely.
If you want to use GRP install, then don't select packages that are not available on the install media. Otherwise use a normal install with updated portage tree.
I uploaded compile_output.log.failed to web server. gentoo@livecd ~ $ wget http://distfiles.gentoo.org/distfiles/zip231.tar.gz --12:38:15-- http://distfiles.gentoo.org/distfiles/zip231.tar.gz => `zip231.tar.gz' Resolving distfiles.gentoo.org... 64.50.236.52, 64.50.238.52, 216.165.129.135, ... Connecting to distfiles.gentoo.org|64.50.236.52|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found 12:38:16 ERROR 404: Not Found. gentoo@livecd ~ $ emerge --info Portage 2.1.2.2 (default-linux/x86/2007.0/desktop, gcc-4.1.1, glibc-2.5-r0, 2.6.19-gentoo-r5 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.19-gentoo-r5 i686 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6400 @ 2.13GHz Gentoo Base System release 1.12.9 Timestamp of tree: Unknown distcc 2.18.3 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] ccache version 2.4 [disabled] dev-lang/python: 2.4.3-r4 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5 dev-util/ccache: 2.4-r6 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.17 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.61 sys-devel/automake: 1.9.6-r2, 1.10 sys-devel/binutils: 2.16.1-r3 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.14 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.22 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.17-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/splash /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages --filter=H_**/files/digest-*" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X acl acpi alsa arts berkdb bitmap-fonts cairo cdr cli cracklib crypt cups dbus dri dvd dvdr dvdread eds emboss encode esd evo fam firefox fortran gdbm gif gnome gpm gstreamer gtk hal iconv ipv6 isdnlog jpeg kde kerberos ldap libg++ mad midi mikmod mp3 mpeg ncurses nls nptl nptlonly ogg opengl oss pam pcre pdf perl png pppd python qt3 qt3support qt4 quicktime readline reflection sdl session spell spl ssl svg tcpd tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode vorbis win32codecs x86 xml xorg xv zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1 emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="apm ark ati chips cirrus cyrix dummy fbdev glint i128 i740 i810 imstt mga neomagic nsc nv rendition s3 s3virge savage siliconmotion sis sisusb tdfx tga trident tseng v4l vesa vga via vmware voodoo" Unset: CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, MAKEOPTS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY gentoo@livecd ~ $
(In reply to comment #1) > If you want to use GRP install, then don't select packages that are not > available on the install media. Otherwise use a normal install with updated > portage tree. > I have attached additional info (URL). This is a valid issue, why is it even an option to shoot yourself in the foot after a lengthy chain of compiles? -Wayne
Already said you above what you should do.