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From: Fabian Groffen <grobian@g.o>
To: gentoo-alt@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-alt] [bootstrapping ubuntu] emerge -e system (Code Listing 1.16)
Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2008 07:25:00
Message-Id: 20080204072451.GO27255@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-alt] [bootstrapping ubuntu] emerge -e system (Code Listing 1.16) by Brandon Lewis
1 On 03-02-2008 20:33:02 -0800, Brandon Lewis wrote:
2 > Okay, I re-downloaded the bootstrap script from the website, from the link
3 > in the linux bootstrap instructions:
4 >
5 > http://overlays.gentoo.org/proj/alt/browser/trunk/prefix-overlay/scripts/bootstrap-prefix.sh?format=txt,
6 >
7 > and tried two separate installations. Both failed on listing 1.8:
8 >
9 > Code Listing 1.8:
10 > emerge --oneshot bash
11 >
12 > build-aux/missing: line 54: help2man: command not found
13 > WARNING: `help2man' is missing on your system. You should only need it
14 > ....
15 >
16 > This definitely seems like a different error than I was getting before, but
17 > perhaps I did not download the new script from the correct location. Where
18 > should I have obtained it? If it was not a problem with the script, should
19 > I have had this package installed on my host system? Should I have emerged
20 > it before trying to emerge bash? Or is this a new issue?
21
22 This is an annoying problem caused by changed dependencies. Please try
23 to follow
24 http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/gentoo-alt/prefix/bootstrap-macos.xml
25 from step 1.6
26
27
28 --
29 Fabian Groffen
30 Gentoo on a different level
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Re: [gentoo-alt] [bootstrapping ubuntu] emerge -e system (Code Listing 1.16) Brandon Lewis <brandon_lewis@××××××××.edu>