Bug 23338

Summary:	Recent PPC releases unable to bootstrap
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Marc Doughty <mdoughty>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	PPC Porters <ppc>
Status:	VERIFIED LATER
Severity:	blocker
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	PPC
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Marc Doughty 2003-06-23 12:09:59 UTC

I don't know if this is just a problem I had, but I downloaded rc6,7, and 8 and
they all exhibited it:

followed ppc install instructions on my B&W G3, when running
"scripts/bootstrap.sh" got "could not run/locate gcc!" and compilation failed.

running GCC at command prompt at this point also gave me the error.

I had to resolve by adding "/usr/powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/3.2" to the
END of the PATH line in /usr/sbin/ebuild.sh, delete /usr/bin/gcc, run
bootstrap.sh again, ^Z the bootstrap after portage emerged (while next package
was downloading) and add the path AGAIN in /usr/sbin/ebuild.sh, then I ran 'fg'
to go back to the bootstrap. Everything worked fine after that.

It seems that /usr/bin/gcc in the stage1 tarball is borked, or the profile is
missing or something.

This effectively makes the PPC port uninstallable for anyone without some
serious time to waste and a decent linux knowledgebase.

Could this also be caused by documentation bitrot on the PPC side of the fence?

Comment 1 Lars Weiler (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-06-27 07:04:49 UTC

On some releases you have to run 'gcc-config' first.

But the next CD release, outcoming next week, will solve this problem.

Nevertheless thanks for reminding us to this bug!

Comment 2 Lars Weiler (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-02-15 15:01:43 UTC

Should be fixed.