Re: [gentoo-alt] Problem installing Gentoo Prefix

[Johan Hattne]

On Jul 14, 2014, at 8:20, Anders Bo Rasmussen <abr@×××××××.com> wrote:

> Hi.
>
> I tried to install Gentoo prefix on Centos 5.9. The installation runs fine for a long time, but then ends with:
>
> >>> Installing (19 of 19) dev-python/python-exec-10000.1
>  * checking 0 files for package collisions
> >>> Merging dev-python/python-exec-10000.1 to /
> >>> dev-python/python-exec-10000.1 merged.
> rm: cannot remove ‘/home/abr/gentoo/var/tmp/portage/dev-python/python-exec-10000.1/temp’: Directory not empty

[snip]

> >>> No outdated packages were found on your system.
>
>  * IMPORTANT: 2 config files in '/home/abr/gentoo/etc' need updating.
>  * See the CONFIGURATION FILES section of the emerge
>  * man page to learn how to update config files.
>
>  * IMPORTANT: 6 news items need reading for repository 'gentoo_prefix'.
>  * Use eselect news to read news items.
>
> rm: cannot remove ‘/home/abr/gentoo/tmp/usr/bin’: Directory not empty
>
> Hmmmm, I was already afraid of this to happen.  Running
>   /home/abr/gentoo/bin/bash ./bootstrap-prefix.sh "/home/abr/gentoo" stage3
> somewhere failed :(  Details might be found in the build log:
>   (no build logs found?!?)
> I have no clue, really.  Please find friendly folks in #gentoo-prefix on
> irc.gentoo.org, gentoo-alt@l.g.o mailing list, or file a bug
> at bugs.gentoo.org under Gentoo/Alt, Prefix Support.  This is most
> inconvenient, and it crushed my ego.  Sorry, I give up.
>
>
> Any hint on what I can do to get rid of this problem?

I’ve only ever seen this error when I’ve got PORTAGE_TMPDIR on NFS.  If this is indeed the case (you’d have one or more .nfsXXX files left over in your PORTAGE_TMPDIR, /home/abr/gentoo/var/tmp in your case), you may be able to work around it by setting PORTAGE_TMPDIR to something non-networked in etc/portage/make.conf, e.g. PORTAGE_TMPDIR=/tmp.

I’m guessing this due to a race in the code, but I’ve never actually tried to sort it out.

// Johan