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jinzougen
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 Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 6:43 pm Post subject: ARCH is not set (even after running eselect) |
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I'm trying to upgrade some software on a gentoo server. I'm new to gentoo so I read the relevant parts of the handbook, but things aren't working right. After running it tells me that there is a new version of portage and I should upgrade it. So I ran and learned that my profile is deprecated and I should update it. So I ran | Code: | | eselect profile list |
and | Code: | | eselect profile set 4 |
(which is the default x86 2008.0 server). But now when i run emerge -u portage it says "ARCH is not set".
/etc/make.profile is a symlink to /usr/portage/profiles/default/linux/x86/2008.0/server:
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# ls -l /etc/make.profile
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 53 Jul 6 13:24 /etc/make.profile -> /usr/portage/profiles/default/linux/x86/2008.0/server
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What do I need to do to get emerge working again?
** Before all this madness, my profile used to be /usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/x86/2007.0
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NeddySeagoon
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| Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 6:46 pm Post subject: |
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jinzougen,
Welcome to Gentoo.
You need to do | Code: | | source /etc/profile |
to make the new profile be used, or open a new shell.
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jinzougen
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| Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 6:50 pm Post subject: |
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I did that, but it didn't help.
First I logged out and back in, then after it didn't work I specifically ran "source /etc/profile". Still the same error. |
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timeBandit
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| Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 7:01 pm Post subject: |
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Did you update the environment variable settings first? | Code: | env-update
source /etc/profile |
If that is not the problem, please post the output of emerge --info (if it has more to say than "ARCH is not set").
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jinzougen
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| Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 7:03 pm Post subject: |
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Here is the output of "emerge --info"
| Code: | Portage 2.0.54-r2 (default/linux/x86/2008.0, gcc-3.3.6, glibc-2.3.6-r3, 2.6.16-gentoo-r6 i686)
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System uname: 2.6.16-gentoo-r6 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.20GHz
Gentoo Base System version 1.6.14
app-admin/eselect-compiler: [Not Present]
app-shells/bash: 3.1_p16
dev-java/java-config: 1.2.11-r1
dev-lang/python: 2.3.5, 2.4.2
dev-python/pycrypto: [Not Present]
dev-util/ccache: [Not Present]
dev-util/cmake: [Not Present]
dev-util/confcache: [Not Present]
sys-apps/baselayout: 1.11.14-r8
sys-apps/openrc: [Not Present]
sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.17
sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r7
sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r1
sys-devel/binutils: 2.16.1
sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.13-r2
sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.22
virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r2
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86"
CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium4 -pipe"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.4/env /usr/kde/3.4/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/shutdown /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d"
CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium4 -pipe"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="distlocks sandbox sfperms strict"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo"
MAKEOPTS="-j3"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="X alsa arts audiofile berkdb bzip2 cdr cracklib cups curl dvd dvdr eds emacs expat fam foomaticdb gdbm gif glut gpm idn java jpeg kde lcms libwww mad midi mikmod mng motif mysql ncurses nls ogg opengl pam pcre perl png ppds python qt qt3 readline sdl ssl tcl tcpd tiff tk truetype usb vorbis xml2 zlib apache2_modules_actions apache2_modules_alias apache2_modules_auth_basic apache2_modules_authn_alias apache2_modules_authn_anon apache2_modules_authn_dbm apache2_modules_authn_default apache2_modules_authn_file apache2_modules_authz_dbm apache2_modules_authz_default apache2_modules_authz_groupfile apache2_modules_authz_host apache2_modules_authz_owner apache2_modules_authz_user apache2_modules_autoindex apache2_modules_cache apache2_modules_dav apache2_modules_dav_fs apache2_modules_dav_lock apache2_modules_deflateapache2_modules_dir apache2_modules_disk_cache apache2_modules_env apache2_modules_expires apache2_modules_ext_filter apache2_modules_file_cache apache2_modules_filter apache2_modules_headers apache2_modules_include apache2_modules_info apache2_modules_log_config apache2_modules_logio apache2_modules_mem_cache apache2_modules_mime apache2_modules_mime_magic apache2_modules_negotiation apache2_modules_rewrite apache2_modules_setenvif apache2_modules_speling apache2_modules_status apache2_modules_unique_id apache2_modules_userdir apache2_modules_usertrack apache2_modules_vhost_alias input_devices_keyboard input_devices_mouse userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc alsa_pcm_plugins_adpcm alsa_pcm_plugins_alaw alsa_pcm_plugins_asym alsa_pcm_plugins_copy alsa_pcm_plugins_dmix alsa_pcm_plugins_dshare alsa_pcm_plugins_dsnoopalsa_pcm_plugins_empty alsa_pcm_plugins_extplug alsa_pcm_plugins_file alsa_pcm_plugins_hooks alsa_pcm_plugins_iec958 alsa_pcm_plugins_ioplug alsa_pcm_plugins_ladspa alsa_pcm_plugins_lfloat alsa_pcm_plugins_linear alsa_pcm_plugins_meter alsa_pcm_plugins_mmap_emul alsa_pcm_plugins_mulaw alsa_pcm_plugins_multi alsa_pcm_plugins_null alsa_pcm_plugins_plug alsa_pcm_plugins_rate alsa_pcm_plugins_route alsa_pcm_plugins_share alsa_pcm_plugins_shm alsa_pcm_plugins_softvol lcd_devices_bayrad lcd_devices_cfontz lcd_devices_cfontz633 lcd_devices_glk lcd_devices_hd44780 lcd_devices_lb216 lcd_devices_lcdm001 lcd_devices_mtxorb lcd_devices_ncurses lcd_devices_text"
Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, FFLAGS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
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NeddySeagoon
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| Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 7:42 pm Post subject: |
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jinzougen,
Your profile is set to | Code: | | default/linux/x86/2008.0 |
thats the bare metal 2008.0 profile with almost nothing preset for you.
Thats not wrong but you will have a to set most of your own USE flags.
Your profile looks to be set ok.
You have a very old install. Updating it will be an interesting intellectual challenge but will take longer then a new install.
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kallamej
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| Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 8:15 pm Post subject: |
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Please follow the manual update guide to get a modern portage version. Portage-2.1.6.13 is the current stable one, so use that instead of 2.1.1. Depending on how much you intend to update, the gcc upgrading guide is a recommended read. Then there's the whole expat-2 hell and probably a few other gotcha's. Loads of fun. 
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jinzougen
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| Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 8:21 pm Post subject: |
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*sigh*
So you guys recommend just a fresh install of the newest version? |
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timeBandit
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| Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 8:38 pm Post subject: |
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Since you're not too familiar with Gentoo yet, that would be the easier route. Some of the updates that await you are challenging for a novice--that is to say, much easier after you develop that "sixth sense" that warns of impending Gentoo doom, so that you notice where extra care is needed (before it's too late).
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kallamej
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Three years without updates is a very long time in Gentoo land. If you only want to update one or two packages, you may get away with just doing the manual update of portage and then carefully examining the dependicies of the packages you want to update to see if you can get away with using --nodeps.
There are stage3 tarballs built on a weekly basis on a mirror near you.
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jinzougen
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| Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 8:44 pm Post subject: |
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ok got it. Thanks.
Yeah this isn't my computer, it's a server that our research group has access to and I suddenly need, but never did before.
Thanks for all the help. I'll probaby just do a fresh install. |
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