416051 – www-client/firefox-12.0: cannot emerge unless root has a working Gnome environment

Bug 416051 - www-client/firefox-12.0: cannot emerge unless root has a working Gnome environment

Summary: www-client/firefox-12.0: cannot emerge unless root has a working Gnome enviro...

Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 397527

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal minor (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers

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Reported:	2012-05-15 09:43 UTC by Gergely POLONKAI
Modified:	2012-05-16 02:56 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Gergely POLONKAI 2012-05-15 09:43:56 UTC

When I tried to emerge www-client/firefox-12.0 on a freshly installed Gentoo system, it crashed. According to the output, it tried to create a directory /root/.gnome2. After this I have created a fully working gnome environment in the /root folder, and the test phase ran happily. With FEATURES="-test", the problem disappeared.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
Remove /root/.gnome2 and/or /root/.gnome2_private, set FEATURES="test" in make.conf, and emerge www-client/firefox-12.0
Actual Results:  
Firefox build stopped with the message Failed to create /root/.gnome2: Permission denied.

Expected Results:  
Firefox should have been successfully emerged, or at least a more clear message should have been reported that make test failed.

Comment 1 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2012-05-16 02:56:44 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 397527 ***