emerge throws the same error, over and over again

[Cubiac]

Hi,

sorry to bother you guys with such a (hopefully) simple thing. I tried to search the forum and used google, but it seems like I'm wether to stupid to use gentoo or google, who knows.. My problem is, I've tried to install a vmware server via emerge, but getting the same error message over and over again:

# emerge -av vmware-server
Usage: emerge [options]
emerge: error: no such option: --keep-going

same error when I'm doing this:
# emerge --version
Usage: emerge [options]
emerge: error: no such option: --keep-going


So, whatever I use as options for emerge, I'm getting the same message, doesn't matter if I'm using a Terminal under gdm or if I'm logged on as user, su or root. Funny thing is, it was working yesterday, all I did, reboot the pc, cause I needed some information from freaky-deaky-never-working-ram-eating Vista.

So thanks for reading this, hopefully there's a simple solution. My suggestion, I'm the goose...

Cub

[MaximeG]

Hi,

Looks like the --keep-going flag is enabled by default, but your portage doesn't seem to like it.

What's your portage version ?
Have you changed the portage features?

Regards,
Maxime
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[Cubiac]

Hi,

so, needed some time, as I sad or not, I'm a frustraded MS user and absolutely new in the Linux world, so it took me a while to figure out, where to get the version number of the portage...

Hope that it is the right number now, did following command to get it:
# grep 'VERSION' /usr/lib/portage/pym/*

and the result is:
/usr/lib/portage/pym/portage.py: VERSION="2.1.4.4

And, no, I think I didn't change a thing on the portage system, especially I don't know how

What I did today, I've changed the timezone, that's all. Ah, and I didn't have a working network connection on start-up.

regards,
Cubiac

[MaximeG]

Ok

Let's try to help you then. (Although Gentoo is a bold choice for a Linux beginner, congratulations ! )

Can you post the output of

[Cubiac]

Yep, I can post the output, still looks the same:

# emerge --info
Usage: emerge [options]
emerge: error: no such option: --keep-going

and I looked into the make.conf and found following information:

EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--usepkg --keep-going --jobs=3 --load-average=3.0"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS="--exclude=/sys-freebsd --exclude=/www-apps/mantisbt"

Maybe that is usefull...

[Cubiac]

when I remove the whole line EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS in make.conf it is working.

Then, the information for emerge --info is:

Portage 2.1.4.4 (default/linux/amd64/2008.0, gcc-4.1.2, glibc-2.6.1-r0, 2.6.25-gentoo-r7 x86_64)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.6.25-gentoo-r7 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU @ 2.40GHz
Timestamp of tree: Thu, 04 Jun 2009 01:45:01 +0000
app-shells/bash: 3.2_p33
dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.1.6
dev-lang/python: 2.4.4-r13, 2.5.2-r7
dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r6
sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.11.1
sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.18.1-r2
sys-devel/autoconf: 2.61-r2
sys-devel/automake: 1.10.1-r1
sys-devel/binutils: 2.18-r3
sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.0-r4
sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.26
virtual/os-headers: 2.6.23-r3

and so on...

[MaximeG]

Yep,

The problems come from the fact your portage version (2.1.4.*) isn't ready yet for those configuration lines (i.e setting up the --keep-going) flag.
Where did you get this file (make.conf) from anyway ?

If you either remove those lines from your make.conf or try to upgrade to the "unstable" portage 2.2.* version, portage will work again.

Regards,
Maxime
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Future is wide open.

[Cubiac]

now, several phonecalls later and one vista backup later...

Portage version now: 2.1.6.11

Might be ok? Or should I really change to 2.2?

First at all, thank you so much for quick help, now I can emerge like hell, that is so good. I've installed the os over the network, don't know who made these changes to the config files. But I think, I'll work my way through the manual of howto config gentoo and will try to find out, where to find what. Till now, I love it and there's no way I'll install a Vista again.

so again, thank you for your help,
Cubiac

[Hu]

Portage 2.1.6.11 is a fine version. There are some new features in 2.2, but you should be fine with 2.1.6.11 for now.

[Cubiac]

Once again, thank you guys for your help... but how can I close this thread as solved?

[Cubiac]

Ok, can't close this thing, there's the next thing I do not understand, now I'm getting another message, over and over again:

ERROR: net-misc/neon-0.28.4 failed.
Call stack:
ebuild.sh, line 48: Called src_compile
environment, line 3025: Called econf '--enable-static' '--enable-shared' '--without-gssapi' '--enable-nls' '--without-pakchois' '--without-socks' '--with-zlib' '--enable-threadsafe-ssl=posix' '--with-libxml2' '--with-ssl=openssl'
ebuild.sh, line 525: Called die
The specific snippet of code:
die "econf failed"
The die message:
econf failed


I've tried to find some informations about this message, but there are only specific answers and I'm getting this message all the time. I tried to emerge a vmware-server, update my ruby environment or some other smaller tools...

[MaximeG]

Hi,

When are you getting this message ?
Can you post everything from the very moment you entered your command ?

Regards,
Maxime
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[Cubiac]

Hi Maxime,

yep, here it is:

# emerge --update subversion
Calculating dependencies... done!
>>> Verifying ebuild manifests
>>> Starting parallel fetch
>>> Emerging (1 of 7) sys-libs/db-4.6.21_p4
>>> Emerging (2 of 7) net-misc/neon-0.28.4
>>> Emerging (3 of 7) dev-lang/ruby-1.9.1_p129-r1
>>> Failed to emerge sys-libs/db-4.6.21_p4, Log file:
>>> '/var/tmp/portage/sys-libs/db-4.6.21_p4/temp/build.log'
>>> Failed to emerge net-misc/neon-0.28.4, Log file:
>>> '/var/tmp/portage/net-misc/neon-0.28.4/temp/build.log'
>>> Failed to emerge dev-lang/ruby-1.9.1_p129-r1, Log file:
>>> '/var/tmp/portage/dev-lang/ruby-1.9.1_p129-r1/temp/build.log'
>>> Jobs: 0 of 7 complete, 3 failed Load avg: 0.81, 0.31, 0.12
*** Resuming merge...
Calculating dependencies... done!

* Messages for package sys-libs/db-4.6.21_p4:

*
* ERROR: sys-libs/db-4.6.21_p4 failed.
* Call stack:
* ebuild.sh, line 48: Called src_compile
* environment, line 4877: Called econf '--prefix=/usr' '--mandir=/usr/share/man' '--infodir=/usr/share/info' '--datadir=/usr/share' '--sysconfdir=/etc' '--localstatedir=/var/lib' '--libdir=/usr/lib64' '--enable-compat185' '--enable-o_direct' '--without-uniquename' '--enable-rpc' '--host=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu' '--with-mutex=x86/gcc-assembly' '--enable-cxx' '--disable-tcl' '--disable-java' '--build=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu' '--disable-test' ''
* ebuild.sh, line 525: Called die
* The specific snippet of code:
* die "econf failed"
* The die message:
* econf failed
*
* If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack if relevant.
* A complete build log is located at '/var/tmp/portage/sys-libs/db-4.6.21_p4/temp/build.log'.
* The ebuild environment file is located at '/var/tmp/portage/sys-libs/db-4.6.21_p4/temp/environment'.
*

* Messages for package net-misc/neon-0.28.4:

*
* ERROR: net-misc/neon-0.28.4 failed.
* Call stack:
* ebuild.sh, line 48: Called src_compile
* environment, line 3025: Called econf '--enable-static' '--enable-shared' '--without-gssapi' '--enable-nls' '--without-pakchois' '--without-socks' '--with-zlib' '--enable-threadsafe-ssl=posix' '--with-libxml2' '--with-ssl=openssl'
* ebuild.sh, line 525: Called die
* The specific snippet of code:
* die "econf failed"
* The die message:
* econf failed
*
* If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack if relevant.
* A complete build log is located at '/var/tmp/portage/net-misc/neon-0.28.4/temp/build.log'.
* The ebuild environment file is located at '/var/tmp/portage/net-misc/neon-0.28.4/temp/environment'.
*

* Messages for package dev-lang/ruby-1.9.1_p129-r1:

*
* It is highly recommended to install >=dev-ruby/rubygems-1.3.1-r30
* if you have Ruby 1.8 on this system installed, too.
*
*
* ERROR: dev-lang/ruby-1.9.1_p129-r1 failed.
* Call stack:
* ebuild.sh, line 48: Called src_configure
* environment, line 3348: Called econf '--program-suffix=19' '--enable-shared' '--enable-pthread' '--disable-socks' '--disable-install-doc' '--disable-ipv6' '--disable-debug' '--without-dbm' '--without-gdbm' '--with-openssl' '--without-tk' '--enable-option-checking=no'
* ebuild.sh, line 525: Called die
* The specific snippet of code:
* die "econf failed"
* The die message:
* econf failed
*
* If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack if relevant.
* A complete build log is located at '/var/tmp/portage/dev-lang/ruby-1.9.1_p129-r1/temp/build.log'.
* The ebuild environment file is located at '/var/tmp/portage/dev-lang/ruby-1.9.1_p129-r1/temp/environment'.
*
* One or more packages are either masked or have missing dependencies:
*
* virtual/acl pulled in by:
* ('installed', '/', 'sys-devel/gettext-0.17', 'nomerge')
*
* The resume list contains packages that are either masked or have
* unsatisfied dependencies. Please restart/continue the operation
* manually, or use --skipfirst to skip the first package in the list and
* any other packages that may be masked or have missing dependencies.
*
* The following 3 packages have failed to build or install:
*
* ('ebuild', '/', 'sys-libs/db-4.6.21_p4', 'merge')
* ('ebuild', '/', 'net-misc/neon-0.28.4', 'merge')
* ('ebuild', '/', 'dev-lang/ruby-1.9.1_p129-r1', 'merge')
*


so much to learn there is, not so much space my brain it has

regards,
Cub

[MaximeG]

Strange you have three failure, perhaps --keep-going is activated.

May I see your

[Cubiac]

Result of emerge --info

Portage 2.1.6.11 (default/linux/amd64/2008.0, gcc-4.1.2, glibc-2.6.1-r0, 2.6.25-gentoo-r7 x86_64)
=================================================================
System uname: Linux-2.6.25-gentoo-r7-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-2_Quad_CPU_@_2.40GHz-with-glibc2.2.5
Timestamp of tree: Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:05:01 +0000
app-shells/bash: 3.2_p33
dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.1.6
dev-lang/python: 2.4.4-r13, 2.5.2-r7
dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r6
sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.11.1
sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.18.1-r2
sys-devel/autoconf: 2.63
sys-devel/automake: 1.10.1-r1
sys-devel/binutils: 2.18-r3
sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.0-r4
sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.26
virtual/os-headers: 2.6.23-r3
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64"
CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-march=core2 -O2 -pipe"
CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/config"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/php/apache2-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php5/ext-active/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo /etc/udev/rules.d"
CXXFLAGS="-march=core2 -O2 -pipe"
DISTDIR="/tmp/distfiles"
FEATURES="buildpkg distlocks fixpackages parallel-fetch protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-orphans"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo"
LANG="de_DE.UTF-8"
LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1"
LINGUAS="de en"
MAKEOPTS="-j5"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS="--exclude=/sys-freebsd --exclude=/www-apps/mantisbt"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/mnt/software/Linux/inst/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/mnt/software/Linux/inst/portage_overlay"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="acl administrator amd64 apache2 artworkextra berkdb bzip2 caps cli cracklib crypt ctype cups dri fastcgi fortran gdbm gpm iconv isdnlog midi mmx mudflap multilib mysql mysqli ncurses nls nptl nptlonly openmp pam pcre perl pppd python query-browser readline reflection ruby samba session smp spl sse sse2 ssl subversion symlink sysfs tcpd threads unicode xcb xcomposite xinerama xorg zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias proxy proxy_connect proxy_http" APACHE2_MPMS="worker" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="de en" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia"
Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, FFLAGS, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS