Gentoo Archives: gentoo-osx

From: Grobian <grobian@g.o>
To: gentoo-osx@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-osx] Starting on OS X...
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 05:34:03
Message-Id: 20060914053400.GA1524@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-osx] Starting on OS X... by Nathan
1 On 13-09-2006 15:11:27 -0600, Nathan wrote:
2 > <><><><>
3 >
4 > Ok, so I started on http://gentoo-wiki.com/Portage-prefix at the very
5 > top of the page. I downloaded
6 > http://dev.gentoo.org/~kito/distfiles/portage-prefix-latest.tar.bz2
7 > and then configured and installed portage in ~/gentoo, and then the
8 > page sort of drops off.
9 >
10 > Running ~/gentoo/usr/bin/emerge gives:
11 >
12 > >>>//Users/nathan/gentoo/tmp doesn't exist, creating it...
13 > >>>//Users/nathan/gentoo/var/tmp doesn't exist, creating it...
14 > >>>//Users/nathan/gentoo/var/lib doesn't exist, creating it...
15 > !!! Problem with sandbox binary. Disabling...
16 >
17 > --- 'profiles/updates' is empty or not available. Empty portage tree?
18 > emerge: wheel group use is being deprecated. Please update group and passwd
19 > to
20 > include the portage user as noted above, and then use group portage.
21 > !!! ARCH is not set... Are you missing the /etc/make.profile symlink?
22 > !!! Is the symlink correct? Is your portage tree complete?
23 >
24 > <><><><>
25
26 Ok, I'd suggest to use the bootstrap script instead: :)
27
28 > Then, further down on the page there's an "OSX quick bootstrap
29 > (experimental)" section. It starts off with "First, find the
30 > bootstrap script and let it install portage."
31 >
32 > Elsewhere on the page it says "Bootstrapping is done using a bootstrap
33 > script in ${PORTDIR}/scripts/bootstrap-prefix.sh." <-- but theres no
34 > bootstrap-prefix.sh anywhere in my ~/gentoo
35
36 A bit stupid, but it's in the latest prefix-tree snapshot. Download it,
37 unpack it and run the script. It downloads a snapshot again and
38 everything necessary for a first bootstrap.
39
40 See if you can get to start the bootstrap script.
41
42 Thanks for trying
43
44
45 --
46 Fabian Groffen
47 Gentoo on a different level
48 --
49 gentoo-osx@g.o mailing list

Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-osx] Starting on OS X... Kurt Hindenburg <kurt.hindenburg@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-osx] Starting on OS X... Nathan <nathan.stocks@×××××.com>