A new installation of Gentoo (emerge e2fsprogs) fails, because libffi fails to emerge: root@sysresccd:/usr/src/linux(39)# emerge -v1 e2fsprogs * IMPORTANT: 2 news items need reading for repository 'gentoo'. * Use eselect news to read news items. These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild N ] dev-libs/libffi-3.0.11 USE="-debug -static-libs {-test}" 0 kB [ebuild N ] virtual/libffi-3.0.11 0 kB [ebuild N ] dev-util/gtk-doc-am-1.18 0 kB [ebuild N ] dev-libs/glib-2.32.4-r1:2 USE="-debug (-fam) (-selinux) -static-libs -systemtap {-test} -utils -xattr" 0 kB [ebuild N ] dev-util/pkgconfig-0.27.1 USE="-hardened -internal-glib" 0 kB [ebuild N ] virtual/pkgconfig-0 0 kB [ebuild N ] x11-misc/shared-mime-info-1.0 0 kB [ebuild N ] sys-libs/e2fsprogs-libs-1.42 USE="nls -static-libs" 0 kB [ebuild N ] sys-fs/e2fsprogs-1.42 USE="nls -static-libs" 0 kB Total: 9 packages (9 new), Size of downloads: 0 kB >>> Verifying ebuild manifests >>> Starting parallel fetch >>> Emerging (1 of 9) dev-libs/libffi-3.0.11 openpty failed: 'out of pty devices' * libffi-3.0.11.tar.gz SHA256 SHA512 WHIRLPOOL size ;-) ... [ ok ] * The linker reported linking against -lffi to be working while it shouldn't have. * This is wrong and you should find and delete the old copy of libffi before continuing. * ERROR: dev-libs/libffi-3.0.11 failed (setup phase): * The system is in inconsistent state with unknown libffi installed. Reproducible: Always root@sysresccd:/usr/src/linux(40)# emerge --info '=dev-libs/libffi-3.0.11' Portage 2.1.11.31 (default/linux/x86/10.0, gcc-4.5.4, unavailable, 3.2.33-std311-i586 i686) ================================================================= System Settings ================================================================= System uname: Linux-3.2.33-std311-i586-i686-AMD_Athlon-tm-_Processor-with-gentoo-2.1 Timestamp of tree: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 00:45:01 +0000 ld GNU ld (GNU Binutils) 2.22 app-shells/bash: 4.2_p37 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.68 sys-devel/automake: 1.11.6 sys-devel/libtool: 2.4-r1 sys-kernel/linux-headers: 3.6 (virtual/os-headers) Repositories: gentoo ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt /usr/share/openvpn/easy-rsa" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/language.dat.d /etc/texmf/language.def.d /etc/texmf/updmap.d /etc/texmf/web2c" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -pipe" FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs config-protect-if-modified distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles merge-sync news parallel-fetch protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch" FFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -pipe" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org" LANG="en_US.UTF-8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --human-readable --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="acl berkdb bzip2 cli cracklib crypt cups cxx device-mapper dri fortran gdbm gpm iconv ipv6 modules mudflap ncurses nls nptl openmp pam pcre pppd readline session ssl tcpd unicode x86 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 mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="authn_core authz_core socache_shmcb unixd actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="kexi words flow plan sheets stage tables krita karbon braindump" CAMERAS="ptp2" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ubx" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LIBREOFFICE_EXTENSIONS="presenter-console presenter-minimizer" PHP_TARGETS="php5-3" PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python2_7" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_2" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby18 ruby19" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="fbdev glint intel mach64 mga nouveau nv r128 radeon savage sis tdfx trident vesa via vmware dummy v4l" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, LINGUAS, MAKEOPTS, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, USE_PYTHON root@sysresccd:/usr/src/linux(41)# emerge -pqv '=dev-libs/libffi-3.0.11' [ebuild N ] dev-libs/libffi-3.0.11 USE="-debug -static-libs {-test}"
Created attachment 331330 [details] /var/tmp/portage/dev-libs/libffi-3.0.11/temp/build.log
Created attachment 331332 [details] /var/tmp/portage/dev-libs/libffi-3.0.11/temp/die.env
So where did you get your cope of libffi.so from, if not from the libffi ebuild? And if it's from sys-devel/gcc, then with what version and which USE flags you used to emerge it? Bootstrapping gcc or something? Stage1...2? Is eclass/ directory in your PORTDIR up-to-date? The code that removes the gcc's copy of libffi is from an eclass
The stage3 you used obviously includes a sys-devel/gcc which installs libffi. Does it help to update the system target before emerging e2fsprogs? The Handbook omits that step, oddly enough.
To Comment 4: 'emerge -uvND system' fails with: root@sysresccd:/usr/src/linux(49)# emerge -vuND system * IMPORTANT: 2 news items need reading for repository 'gentoo'. * Use eselect news to read news items. These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [nomerge ] virtual/package-manager-0 [nomerge ] sys-apps/portage-2.1.11.31 USE="(ipc) -build -doc -epydoc (-pypy1_9) -python2 -python3 (-selinux) -xattr" LINGUAS="-pl" [nomerge ] dev-lang/python-3.2.3:3.2 USE="gdbm ipv6 ncurses readline ssl threads (wide-unicode) xml -build -doc -examples -sqlite -tk -wininst" [ebuild N ] app-admin/python-updater-0.10 10 kB [ebuild N ] dev-lang/python-3.2.3:3.2 USE="gdbm ipv6 ncurses readline ssl threads (wide-unicode) xml -build -doc -examples -sqlite -tk -wininst" 8,775 kB [ebuild N ] virtual/package-manager-0 0 kB [ebuild N ] sys-apps/portage-2.1.11.31 USE="(ipc) -build -doc -epydoc (-pypy1_9) -python2 -python3 (-selinux) -xattr" LINGUAS="-pl" 829 kB [ebuild N ] virtual/ssh-0 USE="-minimal" 0 kB [ebuild N ] sys-apps/busybox-1.20.2 USE="ipv6 pam static -livecd -make-symlinks -math -mdev -savedconfig (-selinux) -sep-usr -systemd" 2,136 kB [nomerge ] virtual/ssh-0 USE="-minimal" [ebuild N ] net-misc/openssh-5.9_p1-r4 USE="hpn pam tcpd -X -X509 -bindist -kerberos -ldap -libedit (-selinux) -skey -static" 1,106 kB [ebuild N ] virtual/shadow-0 0 kB [ebuild N ] sys-apps/shadow-4.1.4.3 USE="cracklib nls pam -audit (-selinux) -skey" 1,762 kB [nomerge ] sys-apps/baselayout-2.1-r1 USE="-build" [ebuild N ] sys-apps/openrc-0.11.5 USE="ncurses pam unicode -debug -newnet (-prefix) (-selinux) -static-libs" 171 kB [nomerge ] sys-apps/shadow-4.1.4.3 USE="cracklib nls pam -audit (-selinux) -skey" [ebuild N ] virtual/pam-0 0 kB [ebuild N ] sys-libs/pam-1.1.5 USE="berkdb cracklib nls -audit -debug -nis (-selinux) {-test} -vim-syntax" 1,584 kB [ebuild N ] sys-auth/pambase-20101024-r2 USE="cracklib sha512 -consolekit -debug -gnome-keyring -minimal -mktemp -pam_krb5 -pam_ssh -passwdqc (-selinux)" 4 kB [ebuild N ] virtual/libc-0 0 kB [nomerge ] dev-lang/python-3.2.3:3.2 USE="gdbm ipv6 ncurses readline ssl threads (wide-unicode) xml -build -doc -examples -sqlite -tk -wininst" [ebuild N ] app-admin/eselect-python-20100321 6 kB [ebuild N ] sys-devel/gcc-4.5.4:4.5 USE="cxx fortran mudflap nls nptl openmp (-altivec) -bootstrap -build -doc (-fixed-point) -gcj -graphite -gtk (-hardened) (-libssp) -lto (-multilib) -multislot -nopie -nossp -objc -objc++ -objc-gc {-test} -vanilla" 64,910 kB [ebuild N ] sys-libs/glibc-2.15-r3:2.2 USE="-debug -gd (-hardened) (-multilib) -profile (-selinux) -vanilla" 10,568 kB Total: 17 packages (17 new), Size of downloads: 91,855 kB * Error: circular dependencies: (sys-libs/glibc-2.15-r3::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) depends on (sys-devel/gcc-4.5.4::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) (buildtime) (sys-libs/glibc-2.15-r3::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) (buildtime) * Note that circular dependencies can often be avoided by temporarily * disabling USE flags that trigger optional dependencies. If I try to emerge only gcc ('emerge -v1 gcc'), it fails with the same circular dependency.
All is my fault. Forgive me the trouble, the /var filesystem was not mounted.
It still isn't a blocker.
