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

[Fabian Groffen]

On 26-06-2019 10:40:49 +0100, Michael Fothergill wrote:
> Many thanks for the suggestions and advice again.
>
> Chromium has emerged and has been installed.
>
> I added the video card and input device entries to the gentoo prefix make.conf
> file.
>
> I ran the source and env updates.
>
> Then I emerged x11-base/xorg-server.
>
> It chuntered away through 15 of the 23 packages grumbling about there being no
> kernel in /usr/src/linux which I ignored.
>
> It then failed trying to emerge the input device package dev-libs/input:
>
> * Messages for package dev-libs/libinput-1.13.2:
>
>  * ERROR: dev-libs/libinput-1.13.2::gentoo failed:
>  *   Aborting due to QA concerns: there are files installed outside the prefix

It would help if we'd know which files are installed out of the prefix.

Since this package uses meson.ebuild, it seems this one may not be aware
of Prefix.  In particular, my guess meson.eclass should use
"${EPREFIX}/$(get_libdir)" in it's mesonargs in meson_src_configure.

Fabian

>  *
>  * Call stack:
>  *   misc-functions.sh, line 586:  Called install_qa_check
>  *   misc-functions.sh, line 132:  Called source 'install_symlink_html_docs'
>  *            05prefix, line 114:  Called install_qa_check_prefix
>  *            05prefix, line  27:  Called die
>  * The specific snippet of code:
>  *                      die "Aborting due to QA concerns: there are files
> installed outside the prefix"
>  *
>  * If you need support, post the output of `emerge --info
> '=dev-libs/libinput-1.13.2::gentoo'`,
>  * the complete build log and the output of `emerge -pqv
> '=dev-libs/libinput-1.13.2::gentoo'`.
>  * The complete build log is located at
> '/home/mikef/gentoo/var/tmp/portage/dev-libs/libinput-1.13.2/temp/build.log'.
>  * The ebuild environment file is located at
> '/home/mikef/gentoo/var/tmp/portage/dev-libs/libinput-1.13.2/temp/environment'.
>  * Working directory:
> '/home/mikef/gentoo/var/tmp/portage/dev-libs/libinput-1.13.2/image/home/mikef/gentoo'
>  * S:
> '/home/mikef/gentoo/var/tmp/portage/dev-libs/libinput-1.13.2/work/libinput-1.13.2'
>
>  * GNU info directory index is up-to-date.
> mikef@fart ~/gentoo/etc/portage $ ^C
> mikef@fart ~/gentoo/etc/portage $ 
>
> ************************
>
> Suggestions on a cure here would be appreciated.
>
> Regards
>
> MF
>
> On Wed, 26 Jun 2019 at 02:37, Sam Pfeiffer <[1]sammypfeiffer@×××××.com> wrote:
>
> > In my experience graphics stuff can work on Prefix. At least without drivers
> > on the way... I've used the 3D graphics visualizer Rviz from my prefix.
>
> > On Wed, Jun 26, 2019, 03:53 Fabian Groffen <[2]grobian@g.o wrote:
>
> >> On 25-06-2019 17:37:16 +0100, Michael Fothergill wrote:
> >> > MAny thanks again.
> >> >
> >> > node js 9999999 has compiled and now chromium is slowly compiling.
> >> >
> >> > I should have turned on the jumbo-build flag..........
> >> >
> >> > I have a conventional gentoo install on this machine alongside
> >> debian/gentoo
> >> > prefix.
> >> >
> >> > If I would take e.g. the video card settings etc from the make.conf from
> >> the
> >> > ordinary gentoo install and put them in
> >> >
> >> > the gentoo prefix make.conf would that help me configure xorg-server to
> >> work
> >> > properly when I come to emerge it?
>
> >> You can try this, I don't know how much will work (videocards and stuff
> >> sounds like things which won't work unprivileged).
>
> >> > Suggestions on the way forward here are welcome.
>
> >> Try it, see where you hit problems.
>
> >> Fabian
> >> >
> >> > Regards
> >> >
> >> > MF
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > read_char: errno==EILSEQ; invalid byte sequence for UTF-8:
> >> --
> >> Fabian Groffen
> >> Gentoo on a different level
>
>
>
>  References:
>    1. mailto:sammypfeiffer@×××××.com
>    2. mailto:grobian@g.o
>
> read_char: errno==EILSEQ; invalid byte sequence for UTF-8:
-- 
Fabian Groffen
Gentoo on a different level