Bug 6583

Summary:	Use of newbin and newexe results in install freeze with high cpu usage.
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	M3Dlor <gentoo>
Component:	[OLD] Core system	Assignee:	Daniel Robbins (RETIRED) <drobbins>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	major	CC:	gentoo
Priority:	High
Version:	1.2
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description M3Dlor 2002-08-16 05:30:32 UTC

I tried to install several packages eg vi, xfree,.. via emerge.
Install freezes with high cpu load during "make install". I checked
the /usr/lib/portage/bin/new* files and foudn out that there is
no linefeed at last line and assume thats the problem.

In fact a "nano/vi file" and write does solve this problem !

PS.: Had this problem with stage1 and stage 3 on an athlon K6-500.
My athlon K7-900 doesnt have this problems though.

Comment 1 Daniel Robbins (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2002-08-16 22:56:27 UTC

Um, those new* commands don't get called during a package's "make install", so I
seriously doubt that the "no linefeed" problem is the cause of what you experienced.