gentoo stage 2 question

[Collins Richey]

On 26 Jul 2003 19:18:26 -0500
Tom Jandl <tom at jandlnet.com> wrote:

> On Sat, 2003-07-26 at 10:32, Net Llama! wrote:
> > I finally bit the bullet, and decided to give Gentoo a whirl.  I
> > opted to build everything from scratch.  Stage1 went fine, however
> > Stage2 completed 1 with one error, however I can't figure out what
> > that error is.  As a result, I don't know if its safe to continue. 
> > I'm also puzzled how something that is completely built from the
> > software that Gentoo provides can have any build errors?
> Try "emerge rsync" to include the latest changes to the packages list.
> I have seen bad packages slip through that are updated within day or
> two. Then "emerge portage" to insure you are using the latest and
> greatest version.
> Next "emerge -p system" which will check for missing/outdated packages
> in the basic system and print a list of any that are missing or need
> to be updated.
> If any packages are listed in the above step, run "emerge system" to
> finish stage 2. Once finished with this you are ready to emerge
> whatever software you wish to add to the basic system.
> 

If the error was just an error updating the info files, you can probably
ignore it, and it may disappear after one or more emerges, but Tom's
recommendation is a gould failsafe procedure.

You can also try emerge -v .... to up the verbosity level.

As noted above, gentoo ebuilds are damn good, but not always perfect. 
When installing linux software, there are an amazing number of
interdependancies, so the problem ebuild might not have been tested with
your particular combination of packages.  If you can actually get an
error message, track it down on the gentoo bugzilla, and then report the
error if it's not already reported. The wait 2 days approach works as
well. The gentoo developers are incredibly responsive in most cases.

Enjoy.

-- 
Collins Richey - Denver Area
if you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the 
worries of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for.