rpm-4.2.1 compiles but has a linking error during install. The error is as follows: mkdir /var/tmp/portage/rpm-4.2.1/image/var/lib mkdir /var/tmp/portage/rpm-4.2.1/image/var/lib/rpm ln: creating symbolic link `/var/tmp/portage/rpm-4.2.1/image//usr/lib64/rpm/rpmt ' to `rpmb': No such file or directory make[2]: *** [install-data-local] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/rpm-4.2.1/work/rpm-4.2.1' make[1]: *** [install-am] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/rpm-4.2.1/work/rpm-4.2.1' make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1 I'm using the new 64ul/power5 profile. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3.
Created attachment 66606 [details] complete emerge log
4.2.1 was found not to compile on ppc64. So I marked -ppc64 and then marked 4.2-r1 stable, which does compile.
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