When I try to emerge msp430-gdb, portage reports /usr/msp430/etc/make.profile is not a symlink and will probably prevent most merges then wants to build dev-embedded/msp430-gdb-7.2_p20111205 sys-libs/readline-6.2_p1 sys-libs/ncurses-5.9-r1 Contrary to what msp430-emerge says, /usr/msp430/etc/make.profile _is_ a symlink. Also, the 2 sys-libs packages _are_ installed on my amd64 workstation. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.run "msp430-emerge -auqvt msp430-gdb' 2. 3. Actual Results: ### msp430-emerge -aqv msp430-gdb ### !!! /usr/msp430/etc/make.profile is not a symlink and will probably prevent most merges. * IMPORTANT: 1 news items need reading for repository 'gentoo'. * Use eselect news to read news items. [ebuild N ] sys-libs/ncurses-5.9-r1 to /usr/msp430/ USE="cxx minimal -ada -debug -doc -gpm -profile -static-libs -trace -unicode" [ebuild N ] sys-libs/readline-6.2_p1 to /usr/msp430/ [ebuild N ] dev-embedded/msp430-gdb-7.2_p20111205 to /usr/msp430/ USE="-expat -multitarget -nls -python -test" Would you like to merge these packages? [Yes/No] >>> Verifying ebuild manifests >>> Running pre-merge checks for dev-embedded/msp430-gdb-7.2_p20111205 * ERROR: dev-embedded/msp430-gdb-7.2_p20111205 failed (pretend phase): * Only cross-compile builds are supported * * Call stack: * ebuild.sh, line 75: Called pkg_pretend * msp430-gdb-7.2_p20111205.ebuild, line 43: Called die * The specific snippet of code: * is_cross || die "Only cross-compile builds are supported" * * If you need support, post the output of 'emerge --info =dev-embedded/msp430-gdb-7.2_p20111205', * the complete build log and the output of 'emerge -pqv =dev-embedded/msp430-gdb-7.2_p20111205'. * The complete build log is located at '/usr/msp430/tmp/portage/dev-embedded/msp430-gdb-7.2_p20111205/temp/build.log'. * The ebuild environment file is located at '/usr/msp430/tmp/portage/dev-embedded/msp430-gdb-7.2_p20111205/temp/die.env'. * S: '/usr/msp430/tmp/portage/dev-embedded/msp430-gdb-7.2_p20111205/work/gdb-7.2' * Messages for package dev-embedded/msp430-gdb-7.2_p20111205 merged to /usr/msp430/: * ERROR: dev-embedded/msp430-gdb-7.2_p20111205 failed (pretend phase): * Only cross-compile builds are supported * * Call stack: * ebuild.sh, line 75: Called pkg_pretend * msp430-gdb-7.2_p20111205.ebuild, line 43: Called die * The specific snippet of code: * is_cross || die "Only cross-compile builds are supported" * * If you need support, post the output of 'emerge --info =dev-embedded/msp430-gdb-7.2_p20111205', * the complete build log and the output of 'emerge -pqv =dev-embedded/msp430-gdb-7.2_p20111205'. * The complete build log is located at '/usr/msp430/tmp/portage/dev-embedded/msp430-gdb-7.2_p20111205/temp/build.log'. * The ebuild environment file is located at '/usr/msp430/tmp/portage/dev-embedded/msp430-gdb-7.2_p20111205/temp/die.env'. * S: '/usr/msp430/tmp/portage/dev-embedded/msp430-gdb-7.2_p20111205/work/gdb-7.2' * IMPORTANT: 1 news items need reading for repository 'gentoo'. * Use eselect news to read news items. Expected Results: ### /usr/msp430/etc/make.profile _is_ a symlink ### root@osage ~ # ls -l /usr/msp430/etc total 4 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 30 Dec 21 22:12 make.profile -> /usr/portage/profiles/embedded drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Dec 24 13:32 portage ### readline-6.2_p1 _is_ installed ### root@osage ~ # eix -e readline [I] sys-libs/readline Available versions: (4) 4.3_p5 (5) 5.2_p14 (0) 6.1{tbz2} 6.1_p2{tbz2} ~6.2 6.2_p1{tbz2} Installed versions: 6.2_p1{tbz2}(08:24:24 AM 09/30/2011) Homepage: http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/php/chet/readline/rltop.html Description: Another cute console display library ### ncurses-5.9-r1 _is_ installed ### root@osage ~ # eix -e ncurses [I] sys-libs/ncurses Available versions: (5) 5.7-r7{tbz2} 5.9{tbz2} (~)5.9-r1{tbz2} {ada +cxx debug doc gpm minimal profile static-libs trace unicode} Installed versions: 5.9-r1(5){tbz2}(01:47:15 PM 12/24/2011)(cxx gpm unicode -ada -debug -doc -minimal -profile -static-libs -trace) Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/ncurses/ http://dickey.his.com/ncurses/ Description: console display library
problem solved by using crossdev.
