Re: [gentoo-dev] db fails to build during cd install

[scott worley]

On Sun, 23 Dec 2001 20:35:25 -0600
Daniel Robbins <drobbins@g.o> wrote:

> On Sun, Dec 23, 2001 at 05:38:54PM -0800, scott worley wrote:
>
> > I did check my USE flags and 'boot' was not present.
>
> That's "build", not "boot".
>
> > Started over and used the default set of USE flags and everything
built.  One
> > or more of the flags I added, (gtkhtml, pdflib, java, tcltk, etc.)
required
> > db-3.2.3h-r4 to be built during the bootstrap.  With the default USE
flags
> > this didn't happen.  Actually, I observed db-3.2.3h-r4 being built
> > successfully when I emerge'd the kernel source.
>
> > Did encounter another problem.  Baselayout seems to be missing
several
> > utilities such as mount and ps.  When I finished setting up grub and
> > rebooting the system halts because it can't find ps.  There were a
few
> > other errors on the screen such as random number generator setup
failed
> > and for some reason filesystem corruption on / which is xfs.  I made
> > sure to emerge xfsprogs & xfsdump and to compile the kernel with xfs
> > support(not module) before exiting chroot.  Also unmounted
everything
> > after exiting chroot and before rebooting.  This is my first
experience
> > with xfs, is this normal on the first boot of an xfs filesystem?
>
> It sounds like you didn't "emerge system" as indicated in the
instructions.
> mount is in the standard "util-linux" package, and "ps" in in
"procps".  Both
> would have been merged if you had done an emerge system.
>
> Best Regards,
>
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> Daniel Robbins                                  <drobbins@g.o>
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Yes I am an idiot.  did not emerge system!!!!