Bug 459618 – sys-apps/which and other packages stop emerge builds - When `ar ...` gets executed - ERROR: no command given - Usage: start_ar.rb <command> <options> -- <application options>

• Status: RESOLVED INVALID
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Martin 2013-02-27 22:38:21 UTC]

At the last three days, Ibecome som problems.

First I wont to update the installation of sonar with a error like this:

ar cru libtilde.a tilde.o shell.o 
ERROR: no command given

Usage: start_ar.rb <command> <options> -- <application options>

then I want to update my ssem and it Crasch at Packets like Cups

now I tried to refresch my system with Emmerge -e @system and it also crashes.

I search in the forum in the buglist and ask @the IRC chanel. but noboddy has an answer for me.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.emerge -e @system

Actual Results:  
It crash at the step to remerge Which

Expected Results:  
emerge the full packate

I try to delete rubygems and installed them new. but it dose not help.

[Comment 1 Tom Wijsman (TomWij) (RETIRED) 2013-02-27 23:32:25 UTC]

Created attachment 340426 [details]
emerge --info

[Comment 2 Tom Wijsman (TomWij) (RETIRED) 2013-02-27 23:33:31 UTC]

Created attachment 340428 [details]
build.log

[Comment 3 Tom Wijsman (TomWij) (RETIRED) 2013-02-27 23:33:43 UTC]

Created attachment 340430 [details]
environment

[Comment 4 Tom Wijsman (TomWij) (RETIRED) 2013-02-27 23:39:54 UTC]

Attached the files for you. Whereas we didn't get this resolved on chat, the mantainers of which and binutils (which contains ar) probably have more expertise on this; we already checked up the symlink which resolves the PATH correctly, so we had no clue where it gets start_ar.rb from. Hopefully one of the maintainers knows what is going on and perhaps we can then turn this bug into something that will prevent this kind of behavior in the future.

[Comment 5 SpanKY 2013-02-28 08:20:41 UTC]

google says `start_ar.rb` is a random ruby file from something called "auto_response"