[gentoo-alt] Re: simple question about installing chromium browser for use in debian OS using gentoo prefix..

[Michael Fothergill]

PS

I have gone and tried to install the chromium browser using gentoo prefix.

I have run into the bug discussed here:

https://bugs.gentoo.org/647740

The package net-libs/nghttp2-1.39.1
fails to compile

See here
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-8346068.html#8346068

and the appropriate log file pastes therein.

I tried adding the local use flag asio to the make.conf file:

mikef@fart ~ $ !229
more /home/mikef/gentoo/etc/portage/make.conf
# Added by bootstrap-prefix.sh for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
USE="asio unicode nls icu ssl"
CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -O2 -pipe"
CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
MAKEOPTS="-j3"
CONFIG_SHELL="/home/mikef/gentoo/bin/bash"
# sandbox does not work well on Prefix, bug 490246
FEATURES="${FEATURES} -usersandbox -sandbox"

and ran

source /home/mikef/gentoo/etc/profile

to update the system to let it see the new flag.

I reran emerge chromium and it failed again for the same reason as before.

Suggestions on a workaround are appreciated.

Regards

MF

PS

The bug discussion by Gabor Vida says "After debugging the configure
script, I ended up that if configure gets --with-boost=${EPREFIX},
then it properly finds Boost::ASIO, as it can set BOOST_ROOT and
BOOST_LDFLAGS." amongst other things.

What does this refer to and if it would help where does this script live?

Can I edit e.g. with emacs and add this extra line somewhere and it
would then fix the problem?

Comments appreciated.

Regards

MF






















On Fri, 21 Jun 2019 at 17:09, Michael Fothergill
<michael.fothergill@×××××.com> wrote:
>
> Dear All,
>
> I notice from looking at a recent post on the debian user list that
> the current versions of the chromium browser available in debian
> stretch and buster are rather old and are missing quite a few security
> updates.
>
> The user was requesting a newer version of chromium be made available
> in debian to solve the problem.
>
> It occurred to me that I could use gentoo prefix to install the latest
> version of chromium from the gentoo repositories.
>
> That ought to be more recent.
>
> If I would do that, would the installed version of chromium be seen by
> the debian OS window manager (e.g. LXDE or GNOME or can you only run
> the browser from inside the gentoo prefix directory after starting it
> up and specifying path to the browser ie something like
> /usr/bin/chromium <return> etc?
>
> What exactly is the offset used by gentoo prefix?
>
> Is it some kind of chroot environment?
>
> What is the correct way to copy files in an out of it from the debian
> OS environment?
>
> Regards
>
> Michael Fothergill