Re: [gentoo-alt] Gentoo Prefix bootstrap fails on Stage 3 due to circular dependencies (dev-lang/python-3.7.7-r2 pulls virtual/libcrypt-1-r1:0/1::gentoo)

[Sam Pfeiffer]

Hello Jeff,


> > Alternatively you could use an already bootstrapped prefix
> > from https://github.com/awesomebytes/gentoo_prefix_ci#try-gentoo-prefix
> > from a couple of weeks ago.
>
> Thanks for providing these. These seem to have been built at
> /tmp/gentoo. You suggest that they should just work at (more or less)
> any new path.
>

Yeah, it has worked to me on any system thanks to a different trick as
shown here:
https://github.com/awesomebytes/gentoo_prefix_ci/blob/master/package_stage/startprefix

Instead of relocating the binaries (which failed in a system I had) I
create a softlink in /tmp/gentoo to wherever the Gentoo Prefix is extracted
when executing 'startprefix'.
This makes it work anywhere, as far as I've tried.


>
> The FAQ says:
>
> If the dynamic loader is prefixified, it should be found at runtime.
>
> Install elfutils on the hosting operating system. See for example:
> $ ldd ${EPREFIX}/bin/bash
> $ readelf --relocs ${EPREFIX}/bin/bash
> $ readelf --all ${EPREFIX}/bin/bash
>
> Under what circumstances do you have to do the ldd and readelf stuff above?
>
> Regards
>
> Jeff
>
> [1]
>
> https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Prefix/FAQ#Can_I_move_binaries_to_another_host.3F
>
>

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*Sammy Pfeiffer*
PhD Candidate at The Magic Lab within UTS.