Bug 313239 – Bootstrapping fails when trying to use usr/bin/python

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo/Alt

[Description Rabbe Fogelholm 2010-04-05 14:35:18 UTC]

Platform is SUSE Enterprise 10.2. Bootstrapping fails at the `emerge --oneshot --nodeps file' stage:

make[2]: Entering directory `/local/scratch/portage/sys-apps/file-5.04/work/file-5.04'
make[2]: Nothing to be done for `all-am'.
make[2]: Leaving directory `/local/scratch/portage/sys-apps/file-5.04/work/file-5.04'
make[1]: Leaving directory `/local/scratch/portage/sys-apps/file-5.04/work/file-5.04'
 * '/local/tmp/k/usr/bin/python' is not valid symlink.
 * Use `eselect python set ${python_interpreter}` to fix this problem.
 * ERROR: sys-apps/file-5.04 failed:
 *   '/local/tmp/k/usr/bin/python' is not valid symlink

This problem has occurred since 2010-03-26 and possibly earlier; I haven't had the time to follow up.

[Comment 1 Jeremy Olexa (darkside) (RETIRED) 2010-04-05 14:37:16 UTC]

We should add USE=-python to the bootstrapping docs. And drop the "this is for linux only" line such that every arch does it.

[Comment 2 Jeremy Olexa (darkside) (RETIRED) 2010-04-05 18:10:38 UTC]

fixed in docs.

[Comment 3 Rabbe Fogelholm 2010-04-06 06:29:08 UTC]

Verified, bootstrapping on Linux works for me now, using http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/gentoo-alt/prefix/bootstrap-solaris.xml