[gentoo-user] Re: emerge failed for sys-devel/binutils-2.23.2

[walt]

On 01/11/2014 02:32 PM, Tom Wijsman wrote:
> On Sat, 11 Jan 2014 17:16:36 -0500
> Andrew Penhorwood <andrew@××××××××.com> wrote:
>
>>   * ERROR: sys-devel/binutils-2.23.2::gentoo failed (compile phase):
>>   *   emake failed
>>   *
>>   * Call stack:
>>   *     ebuild.sh, line   93:  Called src_compile
>>   *   environment, line 2823:  Called toolchain-binutils_src_compile
>>   *   environment, line 3514:  Called die
>>   * The specific snippet of code:
>>   *       emake all || die "emake failed";
>>   *
>>   * If you need support, post the output of `emerge --info
>> '=sys-devel/binutils-2.23.2::gentoo'`,
>>   * the complete build log and the output of `emerge -pqv
>> '=sys-devel/binutils-2.23.2::gentoo'`.
>>   * The complete build log is located at
>> '/var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/binutils-2.23.2/temp/build.log'.
>>   * The ebuild environment file is located at
>> '/var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/binutils-2.23.2/temp/environment'.
>>   * Working directory:
>> '/var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/binutils-2.23.2/work/build'
>>   * S:
>> '/var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/binutils-2.23.2/work/binutils-2.23.2'
>
> Can you please file a bug about this at https://bugs.gentoo.org and
> attach all the requested information? At the very least comment with
> the output of `emerge --info` and attach the complete build.log.

I was about to reply to Andrew that running an emerge with -j1 can make
the build log easier to scan for errors, and can sometimes even prevent
build errors in certain packages.

[OT]
Tom, I very rudely forgot to thank you for your reply to my recent post
about layman.  So...thank you!

As a group we tend to be tough on devs who actually answer questions here
even though we really are harmless.  No, really, we are, honest, just ask
us.