I have follwed through the install documentation and when I reached step 9.b I ran the "emerge --usepkg grub" command. It replied withthe following error below. I also tried "emerge --update grub" and I sucessfully did an "emerge binutils" and tried an "emerge grub" again all with the same results. When I try to run "emerge grub" it fails after listing the following. >>> Source unpacked. /usr/sbin/ebuild.sh: line 61: aclocal: command not found !!! ERROR: sys-boot/grub-0.94-r1 failed. !!! Function src_compile, Line 61, Exitcode 127 !!! (no error message) Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. type emerge grub 2. receive error 3. Actual Results: >>> emerge (1 of 1) sys-boot/grub-0.94-r1 to / >>> md5 src_uri ;-) grub-0.94.tar.gz >>> md5 src_uri ;-) grub-0.94-splash.patch.bz2 >>> Unpacking source... >>> Unpacking grub-0.94.tar.gz to /var/tmp/portage/grub-0.94-r1/work >>> Unpacking grub-0.94-spalsh.patch.bz2 to /var/tmp/portage/grub-0.94-r1/work * Applying grub-0.94-splash.patch... >>> Source unpacked /usr/sbin/ebuild.sh: line 61: aclocal: command not found !!! ERROR: sys-boot/grub-0.94-r1 failed. !!! Function src_compile, Line 61, Exitcode 127 !!! (no error message) Expected Results: emerged grub This is a new install. I tried changing my CFLAGS from CFLAGS="-02 -mcpu=i686 -fomit-frame-pointer" to CFLAGS="" I also verified that I have an aclocal in /usr/share
Upset and tired at the whole install, I am wiping out my hard drive and restarting from scratch. I will let you know if I run into the same hang up.
You need to emerge automake before installing grub.
The issue shouldn't come up (read: automake should be installed before grub is, and if not it should be marked as a dependency). This is no documentation bug, but instead of reassigning I'm tempted to mark this one as WORKSFORME (because it works for me :) Thom: got any luck with the reinstall?
No (documentation)bug afaik.
