emerge -C glibc [closed]

cobralgato · Apprentice Joined: 14 Sep 2005 Posts: 228

Hi
I removed glibc

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Now my system is dead

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I kind of knew it could happen but thought i could emerge it again afterwards, but it didint work out this way.
i have another gentoo of same arch with same settings. can i copy glibc over from it?
What should i do ? :oops:

thanks
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didymos · Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 6:44 pm Post subject:

Sucks to be you.
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cobralgato · Apprentice Joined: 14 Sep 2005 Posts: 228

I have more linuxes running so i didnt bother too much, plus i like challenges.
It will work again

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nixnut · Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 7:30 pm Post subject:

run quickpkg glibc on your other gentoo system and use the resulting tarball to put glibc on your hosed system. Boot a livecd, mount your hosed root filesystem and extract the glibc binpkg you created with quickpkg onto it.
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Earthwings · Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 7:57 pm Post subject:

didymos · Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 8:40 pm Post subject:

cobralgato · Apprentice Joined: 14 Sep 2005 Posts: 228

hi there.
It boots

But it doesn't let me start any services... net.eth ... xdm ... nothing in /etc/init.d/

for example
/etc/init.d/net.lo
gives /sbin/runscript.sh line 76: /lib/rcscripts/sh/rc-services.sh no such file or directory... same error for rc-daemon.sh, net_service ...

I need to rebuild some packages i guess.

Now i want to emerge glibc-2.5-r4 (the one i just copied over) but portage won't let me because the last one i had installed was glibc-2.6 .. so how do i do this?

thanks
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didymos · Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 9:24 pm Post subject:

Well, since you don't actually have glibc-2.6 anymore, it should be safe to remove the /var/db/pkg/sys-libs/glibc-2.6 directory, then emerge the one you want after that. Not completely sure about that though.

[edit] Tested it with 'ebuild glibc-<blah> unpack'. Remove the directory and it will proceed. Or rename it, which is what I did.
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cobralgato · Apprentice Joined: 14 Sep 2005 Posts: 228

Hi there
Can't emerge glibc...

LoSeR_5150 · Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 6:11 am Post subject:

I'd imagine downgrading your glibc from 2.6 to 2.5-r4 is causing the problems. I would suggest searching for a quickpkg'd glibc 2.6. Whats your emerge --info
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jonnevers · Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 1:31 pm Post subject: Re: emerge -C glibc

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 2:39 pm Post subject:

Neddyseagoons' Rough Guide to Restoring Removed Key System Packages

This guide is written around glibc. The method works for gcc and any other 'showstopper' packages
glibc downgrades are not supported. You need a glibc-2.6 tarball from someone you trust if you cannot build one.

Given 10G of free space you can build your own. This is essentially a gentoo stage 3 install into a file.
edit - as /usr/portage is borrowed from the host, you can probably use much less

Boot a liveCD and mount a partition with >10G free space at /mnt/gentoo
Make a 10G empty file

Arfrever · Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 4:02 pm Post subject:

cobralgato · Apprentice Joined: 14 Sep 2005 Posts: 228

hi

ok somebody give me a glibc-2.6 tarball now

!!! for x86_64 please ! thanks please and thanks again

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Ken69267 · Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 9:18 pm Post subject:

cobralgato · Apprentice Joined: 14 Sep 2005 Posts: 228

CFLAGS="-march=k8 -O2 -pipe"
CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
MAKEOPTS="-j3"
CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"

:wink:

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didymos · Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 11:35 pm Post subject:

Maybe there ought to be some sort of official source for core package tarballs, updated regularly as glibc,gcc,binutils, etc. get updated. Always compiled for the most generic -march for that ARCH. Or even some unofficial spot where people can upload quickpkg's along with specs on how they were built. The latter would obviously require some sort of vetting or a big "At your own damn risk, pal" warning all over the place.
Preferably both.
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NeddySeagoon · Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 10:36 am Post subject:

didymos,

There is tinderbox but I have no idea how often its updated, what it contains or even the USE flags the packages are built with. As its not widely publicised, I guess its still experimental.
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cobralgato · Apprentice Joined: 14 Sep 2005 Posts: 228

Hi there!
Got glibc-2.6 from the chroot as suggested by NeddySeagoon.
Extracted it and tried to emerge glibc but got the same error

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 8:28 pm Post subject:

cobralgato,

The stage tarball does not contain glibc-2.6
You need to emerge glibc inside the chroot in a file before you quickpkg it.

I think glibc supplies the sizeof function.

Did that error come from a build within the chroot ?
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cobralgato · Apprentice Joined: 14 Sep 2005 Posts: 228

Hi there
I know the stage tarball does not contain glibc-2.6...i did chroot and emerged glibc-2.6 inside the chroot and quickpkg glibc-2.6 and then copied it over to the root of the comatose gentoo system and then extracted it ... and then using the comatose system i tried to emerge glibc-2.6 and got that error.

Thanks
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NeddySeagoon · Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 10:30 pm Post subject:

cobralgato,

quickpkg will gave packaged all the glibcs in the chroot.
Are you sure you got the right one ?
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cobralgato · Apprentice Joined: 14 Sep 2005 Posts: 228

Hi

yes NeddySeagoon

:-)

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2007 12:51 pm Post subject:

cobralgato,

Can you post the config.log please ?
It will be in /var/tmp/portage .... somewhere
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