Summary: | Section 5.d /etc/make.conf - some settings cause installation failure | ||
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Product: | [OLD] Docs on www.gentoo.org | Reporter: | dmw |
Component: | Installation Handbook | Assignee: | Docs Team <docs-team> |
Status: | RESOLVED WONTFIX | ||
Severity: | minor | CC: | dev-portage |
Priority: | High | ||
Version: | unspecified | ||
Hardware: | All | ||
OS: | Linux | ||
Whiteboard: | |||
Package list: | Runtime testing required: | --- |
Description
dmw
2007-10-07 05:30:58 UTC
(In reply to comment #0) > It looks like it's saying that the minimum amount of work you need to do in > /etc/make.conf is to set CFLAGS, CXXFLAGS, and MAKEOPTS, Actually you don't have to set them, there are sane defaults in that file. > and that there is no > maximum amount of work (i.e. you could configure anything mentioned in > /etc/make.conf.example, but you don't need to do all that right away). Correct. > In fact, after going through several install attempts, it looks like > configuring more than CFLAGS, CXXFLAGS, and MAKEOPTS can actually cause install > failures. Well, I see your point, but on the other hand, you can screw up pretty badly even with any of the three variables you've mentioned. > E.G. setting PORTAGE_ELOG_SYSTEM="mail_summary" causes the next > thing you emerge to fail with: > > !!! An error occured while trying to send logmail: > (553, '5.5.4 <portage>... Domain name required for sender address portage', > 'portage') Perhaps we should add a note to the make.conf.example saying that you have to configure your MSA prior to using any mail features of portage. Portage folks, comments? > - setting (some? any?) USE flags appears to cause the initial emerge --sync > to think that portage needs to be upgraded, Which doesn't harm. > which then fails because it thinks > that /usr/lib/libgpg-error.a is in > /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.1/../../..//.libs/libgpg-error.a . Another bug, please. If it doesn't work and you have followed the handbook and didn't screw up by some manual tweak, it should be fixed. (In reply to comment #1) > (In reply to comment #0) > > E.G. setting PORTAGE_ELOG_SYSTEM="mail_summary" causes the next > > thing you emerge to fail with: > > > > !!! An error occured while trying to send logmail: > > (553, '5.5.4 <portage>... Domain name required for sender address portage', > > 'portage') > > Perhaps we should add a note to the make.conf.example saying that you have to > configure your MSA prior to using any mail features of portage. Portage folks, > comments? That looks like bug 150443. OK, closing per previous comments. |