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Bug 694338

Summary: sys-kernel/genkernel-4.0.0_beta17 refuses to build kernel if boot is not mounted
Product: Gentoo Hosted Projects Reporter: gordon
Component: genkernelAssignee: Gentoo Genkernel Maintainers <genkernel>
Status: RESOLVED INVALID    
Severity: normal    
Priority: Normal    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
Whiteboard:
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Runtime testing required: ---

Description gordon 2019-09-14 07:54:10 UTC 
I do not have /boot partition and previously genkernel was absolutely happy to build and install new kernel with MOUNTBOOT="no" in config. With recent genkernel it refuses to build kernel.



Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. genkernel all
Actual Results:  
* Gentoo Linux Genkernel; Version 4.0.0_beta17
* Using genkernel configuration from '/etc/genkernel.conf' ...
* Running with options: all

* Working with Linux kernel 5.2.14-gentoo-x86_64 for x86_64
* Using kernel config file '/usr/share/genkernel/arch/x86_64/generated-config' ...
*
* Note: The version above is subject to change (depends on config and status of kernel sources).
* ERROR: Boot partition is not mounted on '/boot' and I am not allowed to mount due to set --no-mountboot option!
* Please consult '/var/log/genkernel.log' for more information and any
* errors that were reported above.
*
* Report any genkernel bugs to bugs.gentoo.org and
* assign your bug to genkernel@gentoo.org. Please include
* as much information as you can in your bug report; attaching
* '/var/log/genkernel.log' so that your issue can be dealt with effectively.
*
* Please do *not* report kernel compilation failures as genkernel bugs!
*


Expected Results:  
Kernel built and installed into /boot, modules built and installed into /lib and initrd built and installed into /boot.

As a workaround you can do mount -o bind /boot /boot which seems to satisfy genkernel.

Portage 2.3.76 (python 3.6.9-final-0, default/linux/amd64/17.0/hardened, gcc-9.2.0, glibc-2.29-r5, 5.2.0-gentoo x86_64)
=================================================================
                         System Settings
=================================================================
System uname: Linux-5.2.0-gentoo-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-_i7-2600_CPU_@_3.40GHz-with-gentoo-2.6
KiB Mem:    32842232 total,  16757176 free
KiB Swap:          0 total,         0 free
Timestamp of repository gentoo: Fri, 13 Sep 2019 09:30:01 +0000
Head commit of repository gentoo: 5f872de8c71813f26dca4593dbe3331f1cd5d0c0
Timestamp of repository poly-c: Fri, 13 Sep 2019 06:24:06 +0000
sh bash 5.0_p11
ld GNU ld (Gentoo 2.32 p2) 2.32.0
ccache version 3.7.4 [disabled]
app-shells/bash:          5.0_p11::gentoo
dev-java/java-config:     2.2.0-r4::gentoo
dev-lang/perl:            5.30.0::gentoo
dev-lang/python:          2.7.16::gentoo, 3.6.9::gentoo
dev-util/ccache:          3.7.4::gentoo
dev-util/cmake:           3.15.3::gentoo
dev-util/pkgconfig:       0.29.2::gentoo
sys-apps/baselayout:      2.6-r1::gentoo
sys-apps/openrc:          0.42.1::gentoo
sys-apps/sandbox:         2.18::gentoo
sys-devel/autoconf:       2.13-r1::gentoo, 2.69-r4::gentoo
sys-devel/automake:       1.16.1-r1::gentoo
sys-devel/binutils:       2.32-r1::gentoo
sys-devel/gcc:            7.4.0-r2::gentoo, 8.3.0-r1::gentoo, 9.2.0::gentoo
sys-devel/gcc-config:     2.1::gentoo
sys-devel/libtool:        2.4.6-r5::gentoo
sys-devel/make:           4.2.1-r4::gentoo
sys-kernel/linux-headers: 5.2::gentoo (virtual/os-headers)
sys-libs/glibc:           2.29-r5::gentoo
Repositories:

gentoo
    location: /usr/portage
    sync-type: rsync
    sync-uri: rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage
    priority: -1000
    sync-rsync-verify-metamanifest: yes
    sync-rsync-verify-jobs: 1
    sync-rsync-extra-opts:
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my_local_overlay
    location: /usr/local/portage
    masters: gentoo
    priority: 40

booboo
    location: /var/lib/layman/booboo
    masters: gentoo
    priority: 50

haarp
    location: /var/lib/layman/haarp
    masters: gentoo
    priority: 50

haskell
    location: /var/lib/layman/haskell
    masters: gentoo
    priority: 50

palemoon
    location: /var/lib/layman/palemoon
    masters: gentoo
    priority: 50

pentoo
    location: /var/lib/layman/pentoo
    masters: gentoo
    priority: 50

pixlra
    location: /var/lib/layman/pixlra
    masters: gentoo
    priority: 50

poly-c
    location: /var/lib/layman/poly-c
    masters: gentoo
    priority: 50

rion
    location: /var/lib/layman/rion
    masters: gentoo
    priority: 50

science
    location: /var/lib/layman/science
    masters: gentoo
    priority: 50

yarik-overlay
    location: /var/lib/layman/yarik-overlay
    masters: gentoo
    priority: 50

zugaina
    location: /var/lib/layman/zugaina
    masters: gentoo
    priority: 50

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ACCEPT_LICENSE="@FREE fairuse free-noncomm GPL freedist"
CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-pipe -O2 -march=core2 -mtune=core2 -mmmx -mno-3dnow -msse -msse2 -msse3 -mssse3 -mno-sse4a -mcx16 -msahf -mno-movbe -mno-aes -mno-sha -mno-pclmul -mno-popcnt -mno-abm -mno-lwp -mno-fma -mno-fma4 -mno-xop -mno-bmi -mno-bmi2 -mno-tbm -msse4 -msse4.1 -mno-lzcnt -mno-rtm -mno-hle -mno-rdrnd -mno-f16c -mno-fsgsbase -mno-rdseed -mno-prfchw -mno-adx -mfxsr -mno-xsave -mno-xsaveopt -mno-prefetchwt1"
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CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/dconf /etc/env.d /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo"
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FCFLAGS="-O2 -pipe"
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PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
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=================================================================
                        Package Settings
=================================================================

sys-kernel/genkernel-4.0.0_beta17::gentoo was built with the following:
USE="firmware (-ibm)" ABI_X86="(64)"
CFLAGS="-pipe -O2 -march=core2 -mtune=core2 -mmmx -mno-3dnow -msse -msse2 -msse3 -mssse3 -mno-sse4a -mcx16 -msahf -mno-movbe -mno-aes -mno-sha -mno-pclmul -mno-popcnt -mno-abm -mno-lwp -mno-fma -mno-fma4 -mno-xop -mno-bmi -mno-bmi2 -mno-tbm -mno-avx -mno-avx2 -msse4 -msse4.1 -mno-sse4.2 -mno-lzcnt -mno-rtm -mno-hle -mno-rdrnd -mno-f16c -mno-fsgsbase -mno-rdseed -mno-prfchw -mno-adx -mfxsr -mno-xsave -mno-xsaveopt -mno-avx512f -mno-avx512er -mno-avx512cd -mno-avx512pf -mno-prefetchwt1 -mno-avx512dq -mno-avx512f -mno-avx512pf -mno-avx512er -mno-avx512cd -mno-avx512vl -mno-avx512bw -mno-avx512dq -mno-avx512ifma -mno-avx512vbmi -mno-sse2avx -mno-avx512vpopcntdq -mno-avx5124fmaps -mno-avx256-split-unaligned-load -mno-avx256-split-unaligned-store"
CXXFLAGS="-pipe -O2 -march=core2 -mtune=core2 -mmmx -mno-3dnow -msse -msse2 -msse3 -mssse3 -mno-sse4a -mcx16 -msahf -mno-movbe -mno-aes -mno-sha -mno-pclmul -mno-popcnt -mno-abm -mno-lwp -mno-fma -mno-fma4 -mno-xop -mno-bmi -mno-bmi2 -mno-tbm -mno-avx -mno-avx2 -msse4 -msse4.1 -mno-sse4.2 -mno-lzcnt -mno-rtm -mno-hle -mno-rdrnd -mno-f16c -mno-fsgsbase -mno-rdseed -mno-prfchw -mno-adx -mfxsr -mno-xsave -mno-xsaveopt -mno-avx512f -mno-avx512er -mno-avx512cd -mno-avx512pf -mno-prefetchwt1 -mno-avx512dq -mno-avx512f -mno-avx512pf -mno-avx512er -mno-avx512cd -mno-avx512vl -mno-avx512bw -mno-avx512dq -mno-avx512ifma -mno-avx512vbmi -mno-sse2avx -mno-avx512vpopcntdq -mno-avx5124fmaps -mno-avx256-split-unaligned-load -mno-avx256-split-unaligned-store"
Comment 1 Thomas Deutschmann (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2019-09-14 10:33:39 UTC 
It looks like you are using "--install" which tells genkernel to install something into /boot. But according to your comment you don't have a separate /boot partition which would OK...

You can only get the messaged you showed, see
However code in https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/genkernel.git/tree/gen_funcs.sh?h=v4.0.0_beta17#n1785, when

> [ -n "${fstabstate}" ] && [ -z "${procstate}" ]

is true. In other words: You have $BOOTDIR in /etc/fstab but not in /proc/mounts.

So please explain your setup. If you don't have separate $BOOTDIR, why do you have $BOOTDIR in /etc/fstab?
Comment 2 gordon 2019-09-14 10:39:48 UTC 
You are absolutely correct, I had an old line in /etc/fstab with /boot noauto, after I deleted it genkernel is happy to compile the kernel again.

This is not a bug then, sorry to bother you.
Comment 3 Thomas Deutschmann (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2019-09-14 12:28:37 UTC 
Glad we found the problem. Closing as invalid.