in the documentation for setting up the prefix, there probably should be some mention of setting up the LD_LIBRARY_PATH. I was at code listing 1.14 of the macos guide and python blew up saying it couldnt find its libpython2.4.so.1.0 library.
On what platform is this? LD_LIBRARY_PATH is considered harmful, and hence should never be set. Are you sure you set your LDFLAGS correctly? It is more than vital to set them correctly.
bash-3.1$ env LDFLAGS=-L/home/jolexa/portage/linux-32/usr/lib -L/home/jolexa/portage/linux-32/lib CPPFLAGS=-I/home/jolexa/portage/linux-32/usr/include OLDPWD=/home/jolexa PATH=/home/jolexa/portage/linux-32/usr/bin:/home/jolexa/portage/linux-32/bin:/home/jolexa/portage/linux-32/tmp/usr/bin:/home/jolexa/portage/linux-32/tmp/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/sbin CURR_OS_PATH=/home/jolexa/compile/linux/bin EPREFIX=/home/jolexa/portage/linux-32 PWD=/home/jolexa/portage/linux-32 SHLVL=1 _=/home/jolexa/portage/linux-32/usr/bin/env bash-3.1$ emerge --info !!! Problem with sandbox binary. Disabling... Portage 2.2.00.7595-prefix (default-prefix/linux/x86, gcc-3.4.3, unavailable, 2.6.9-11.ELsmp i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.9-11.ELsmp i686 Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 2.40GHz Unknown Host Operating System Timestamp of tree: Unknown dev-lang/python: 2.4.4-r04.2 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.61-r1 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.24 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/gconf /etc/terminfo" DISTDIR="/home/jolexa/portage/linux-32/usr/portage/distfiles" EPREFIX="/home/jolexa/portage/linux-32" FEATURES="collision-protect distlocks metadata-transfer sfperms strict unmerge-orphans userfetch" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo" LDFLAGS="-L/home/jolexa/portage/linux-32/usr/lib -L/home/jolexa/portage/linux-32/lib" PKGDIR="/home/jolexa/portage/linux-32/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages --filter=H_**/files/digest-*" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/home/jolexa/portage/linux-32/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/home/jolexa/portage/linux-32/usr/portage" SYNC="svn+http://overlays.gentoo.org/svn/proj/alt/trunk/prefix-overlay" USE="cracklib iconv midi mudflap ncurses openmp prefix readline ssl x86 zlib" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" USERLAND="GNU" Unset: CFLAGS, CTARGET, CXXFLAGS, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LINGUAS, MAKEOPTS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY bash-3.1$ usr/bin/python2.4 -V usr/bin/python2.4: error while loading shared libraries: libpython2.4.so.1.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory In order for the merging to complete, LD_LIBRARY_PATH will need to be setup or maybe another solution?
We should have this fixed in python-2.5.1-r1 already - try that version.
python, as usual, is completely broken building wise. 2.5.x last time I checked too.
(In reply to comment #2) > bash-3.1$ env > LDFLAGS=-L/home/jolexa/portage/linux-32/usr/lib > -L/home/jolexa/portage/linux-32/lib Your LDFLAGS lack the -R flags that solve this issue.
check code listing 1.4, it has both -L and -R for lib and usr/lib Wait, that reminds me... we don't have a linux bootstrap guide!
I consider this fixed unless I hear otherwise.
