there are problems with other distros too. sure, like with every os.
but specific portage and dependency problems are for long time known now. more or less recognized help is available through other package managers in development (like paludius) but the current standard state can still break too ...

Hi Mike,

thanks for the tips. I also tried some of them already (iE env-update && source /etc/profile) know how gcc-config -l or binutils-config should look like and think my toying with portage-2.2 and the possibly missing update on the portage-utils may have lead to the problems.

anyway, ill ...

Hi Mike,

thanks for your suggestions. Lets see

what does gcc-config -l ; binutils-config -l return?

here is the sad output:

dindin build # gcc-config -l
shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: No such file or directory
/usr/bin/gcc-config ...

Hi,

after a rant in gentoo-chat about "the most annoying things in gentoo" i thought ill give it a try and sort all hangs and blockers.. :-)
It turned out that it was easiest to turn on the whole system to ~amd64 and half of the blockers disappeared.

i let it work on emerge -uDv the whole night to ...

The thing I don't understand about this topic is the reason for the subject, and the reason for posting your intent to leave.
Why should anyone care?
Have fun wherever you go.

It's about time someone said this!!


its funny, i remember similar statements back in 1996 echomails when elitist ...

I don't like how long things take to enter the stable branch. Lets all keep using firefox2!

i second that. especially for amd64 its still - or again, if you like - a joke especially for security sensitive applications. It would be interesting to have a distro chart showing how long it takes (per ...

thanks for the hint stp_1993.

trying to reduce cflags showed that even with a lonely -O2 the same problem occured.
Before trying about a unicode relation, i found it dependant on the fvisibility-inlines-hidden CXXFLAG. (sorry for not mentioning it in the CFLAG listing, but i actually forgot that i ...

thanks for the bug link nixnut

i use -O2, but in addition with some O3 related optimizations that do not extend the binary footprint.
I will try later to check which flag exactly creates the problem.

CFLAGS="-march=k8 -O2 -msse3 -pipe -fweb -ftree-vectorize -frename-registers -fomit-frame-pointer ...

hi all,

running daily eix-sync && emerge -uDv world
resulting in:
Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild NS ] x11-libs/wxGTK-2.8.7.1-r1 USE="X gnome gstreamer opengl sdl -debug -doc -odbc -pch" 0 kB
[ebuild NS ] dev-python/wxpython-2.8.7.1 USE="opengl" 0 kB


i ran into following problem ...

regarding truecrpyt 5 release i have two questions, maybe someone knows the answer

1) is there a speed difference to cryptsetup/dmcrypt ? (under comparable algorythm)
2) did anyone made experiences already using TC 5.0 under amd64 systems ? Curremtly its ~amd64 only enabled, so im gonna wait for a ...

actually besides my discussion around page 19 in this thread i still did not moved away from gentoo (although around April 2007 i was sure i would) - first because i had no time to backup all private stuff to make the move ready, than because i
started to be quite satisfied with the ebuild and ...

that was the problem-maker..

emerge --update --newuse mailbase

emerge -uDva world
Virtual package in package.provided: virtual/x11-6.8
See portage(5) for correct package.provided usage.

These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

Calculating world dependencies... done!

Total: 0 ...

most interesting i just tried an

emerge -pv --depclean and the output was
.......

Calculating dependencies... done!

Dependencies could not be completely resolved due to
the following required packages not being installed:

>=sys-libs/pam-0.78 required by net-mail/mailbase-1

mailbase-1 requires ...

Hi,

after the hassle with PAM 0.99 upgrading, i checked if i actually require PAM for private use and the answer for me was: no.
So i started to check and quickly found this guide:
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Remove_PAM

i followed it
1) added -pam to make.conf
2) performed:
# emerge -C pam pam ...

ok well that was simple..

dindin etc # cat /proc/crypto

Hi,

i messed some weeks ago with crypt setup.
All storage data is moved on it, im just not sure anymore if i used
es-lrw-benbi or aes-cbc-essiv:sha256, or just simple AES.
Can i see what kind of cipher was used ?

thought luksDump may be an option, but i did not used luks extension, so mcuh is sure ...

thank you !

Hi,

i remeber the topic was already covered once, but i did not managed to find it with the search.

mounting external hd with
mount -t vfat /dev/sde1 /mnt/usbhd -o codepage=850

results in ok mounted drive, but i can use it properly only as root.
can someone remember how to address this ?
target ...

ok after updating the previous error was gone, but every repository returned an error.

after a little forum browsing i could resolve it with

revdep-rebuild -X --library libexpat.so.0

rebuilding the libexpat.
now it is back running. thanks for the support.

sorry for the answer delay, was on a biz-trip.

my layman verision is as follows:

[ebuild R ] app-portage/layman-1.0.10 0 kB

i have up to date etc-config status also

i see that 1.1.1 is available with ~amd64 flag, so i will check if upgrading will solve it

Hi,

since the last " eix-sync && layman -s ALL && emerge -uDva world"
i receive following problem on "emerge -uDva"

dindin nirax # layman -a gnome-experimental
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/layman", line 23, in <module>
from layman.config import Config
ImportError: No module ...

> late alpha , heavy beta

acutally its either alpha or beta.
alpha -> features are still beeing added
beta -> feature complete, debugging.

@jonnevers

I think it's an insult to the developers Gentoo *does* have to make such a comment without completely qualifying it with non-anecdotal evidence. I just don't see how this comment is timely, perhaps several weeks ago when the real trouble was actually happening but not now.

exatly what ...

@Aniruddha from Amsterdam . Btw congratulations to live in such fine town. I hit Amsterdam quite often lately, but the route only leads to WTC building. At least the view is great from there. (But always to the wrong side if you ask me :-)

Thanks for appreciating some of my feedback on that matter ...

@erm67 somewhere in italy:


Clear product definition : no wrong assumption / expectations

Well I do not want to seem ironical but the idea of installing Gentoo at work never crossed my mind. Anyway some did and some were disappointed, as you told in your other post, what do they pretend? that a ...