Bug 30427 – Compilation error with liblockfile-1.03-r1 when trying to emerge nagios-1.1

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description bintut 2003-10-05 14:12:48 UTC]

Compilation error with liblockfile-1.03-r1 when trying to emerge nagios-1.1 on
my Ultra 2 Creator with the following information:

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>>> Install liblockfile-1.03-r1 into /var/tmp/portage/liblockfile-1.03-r1/image/
category net-libs
install -m 644 lockfile.h maillock.h
/var/tmp/portage/liblockfile-1.03-r1/image//usr/include
if [ "mail" != "" ]; then\
          install -g mail -m 2755 dotlockfile
/var/tmp/portage/liblockfile-1.03-r1/image//usr/bin;\
        else \
          install -g root -m 755 dotlockfile
/var/tmp/portage/liblockfile-1.03-r1/image//usr/bin; \
        fi
install: invalid group `mail'
make: *** [install_common] Error 1

!!! ERROR: net-libs/liblockfile-1.03-r1 failed.
!!! Function src_install, Line 39, Exitcode 2
!!! (no error message)

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Thank you.

Reproducible: Always
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[Comment 1 Joe Kallar (RETIRED) 2003-10-06 21:20:29 UTC]

Please provide the results of "emerge info".

[Comment 2 Jason Wever (RETIRED) 2003-10-07 17:23:23 UTC]

As the error message shows, the mail group did not exist.  As this exists
on a regular install of baselayout, I had the user add it.  The package then
sucessfully installed.  Marking resolve:fixed.