The current-stage3-amd64+nomultilib autobuild doesn't include bc, a binary required to compile the linux kernel. Attempting to compile the kerenel will show: BC kernel/timeconst.h /bin/sh: bc: command not found make[1]: *** [kernel/timeconst.h] Error 127 make: *** [kernel] Error 2
Which kernel package did you install? It should be defined as RDEPEND of ETYPE=sources kernel packages in kernel-2.eclass line 425 [1]. I'd vote for inclusion in either stage3 or base system personally. [1] http://sources.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/gentoo-x86/eclass/kernel-2.eclass?revision=1.287&view=markup
This is not a release issue, but at most, a dependency issue.
I forgot to mention this is an old stage (I'll fix the specs so we get a newer stage).
Hmm, not sure what the kernel team can do here; why is this our problem and what action do you expect us to take? I wonder if this is an actual bug, since emerging a package like sys-devel/gentoo-sources should bring in sys-devel/bc; so, why is it missing? As xmw pointed out, this dependency was added some time ago to kernel-2.eclass. I think this should be re-assigned to the maintainers of stage3 or base system; if in doubt or there's no agreement, I'd suggest starting a small gentoo-dev ML thread. If I remember correctly I recall from the comment at least for the @system change it is required to do so. Though, I think it may be more appropriate to only add this to stage3 as there are also users using binary kernels and therefore it is not required to have bc as part of the base of their system.
`emerge [gentoo/vanilla]-sources'[1] should get you sys-devel/bc UNLESS you have USE=build, which you shouldn't have. build - !!internal use only!! DO NOT SET THIS FLAG YOURSELF!, used for creating build images and the first half of bootstrapping [make stage1] [1] http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=7#doc_chap1 *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 461848 ***
