Bug 907488 – should virtual/perl-Test-Harness or perl-core/File-Temp require app-arch/zstd?

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED INVALID

[Description Martin Mokrejš 2023-05-31 13:09:12 UTC]

Hi,
  when installing Gentoo:Prefix instance I received:

>>> Installing (39 of 95) virtual/perl-Test-Harness-3.440.0::gentoo
Warning: File compression unsupported zstd. Missing package: app-arch/zstd
Warning: File compression unsupported zstd. Missing package: app-arch/zstd
 * checking 0 files for package collisions
>>> Merging virtual/perl-Test-Harness-3.440.0 to /
>>> virtual/perl-Test-Harness-3.440.0 merged.
Warning: File compression unsupported zstd. Missing package: app-arch/zstd
rm: cannot remove '/auto/vestec1-elixir/projects/biocev/gentoo/tmp/var/tmp/portage/virtual/perl-Test-Harness-3.440.0/temp': Directory not empty

>>> Emerging (40 of 95) perl-core/File-Temp-0.231.100::gentoo
Warning: File compression unsupported zstd. Missing package: app-arch/zstd
 * File-Temp-0.2311.tar.gz BLAKE2B SHA512 size ;-) ...                   [ ok ]
>>> Unpacking source...
>>> Unpacking File-Temp-0.2311.tar.gz to /auto/vestec1-elixir/projects/biocev/gentoo/tmp/var/tmp/portage/perl-core/File-Temp-0.231.100/work
>>> Source unpacked in /auto/vestec1-elixir/projects/biocev/gentoo/tmp/var/tmp/portage/perl-core/File-Temp-0.231.100/work
>>> Preparing source in /auto/vestec1-elixir/projects/biocev/gentoo/tmp/var/tmp/portage/perl-core/File-Temp-0.231.100/work/File-Temp-0.2311 ...
 * Applying File-Temp-0.230.0-symlink-safety.patch ...
 [ ok ]
>>> Source prepared.


I am not sure if depending on app-arch/zstd wouldn't be advisable. Otherwise, why do the perl packages complain about missing app-arch/zstd at all?

[Comment 1 Sam James 2023-05-31 23:14:00 UTC]

Please include emerge --info.

[Comment 2 Sam James 2023-06-01 03:19:45 UTC]

This is a harmless message from Portage itself. Such messages are normal during prefix *bootstrap* (rather than normal use).