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Bug 46203

Summary: groff configuration tests fail during bootstrap, working C++ compiler not found
Product: Gentoo Linux Reporter: dareynol <dareynol>
Component: [OLD] Core systemAssignee: Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: blocker    
Priority: High    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
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Runtime testing required: ---

Description dareynol 2004-03-29 22:27:36 UTC
After following the installation guide up to the section "Bootstrapping the System" and running the bootstrap.sh script, I get the following error:

checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... no
checking whether g++ accepts -g... no
checking that C++ compiler can compile simple program... no
configure: error: a working C++ compiler is required

!!! ERROR: sys-apps/groff-1.18.1-r4 failed.
!!! Function src_compile, Line 82, Exitcode 1
!!! (no error message)


Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.boot from LiveCD
2.install from stage 1 tarball
3.bootstrap

Actual Results:  
bootstrap failed


using stage1-x86-20040218.tar.bz2
Comment 1 Riyad Kalla 2004-03-30 08:22:30 UTC
This is the same problem here:
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=46208
Comment 2 Martin Holzer (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2004-03-30 12:30:47 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 46208 ***