Re: [gentoo-user] Re: !!!!

[Dale]

walt wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Aug 2015 15:52:53 -0400
> Alan Grimes <ALONZOTG@×××××××.net> wrote:
>
>> Like a stupid dumbfuck, I tried to update my machine today....
>>
>> tortoise ~ # revdep-rebuild
>> /bin/bash: error while loading shared libraries: libtinfo.so.5: cannot
>> open shared object file: No such file or directory
>> tortoise ~ # ufed
>> sh: error while loading shared libraries: libtinfo.so.5: cannot open
>> shared object file: No such file or directory
>> sh: error while loading shared libraries: libtinfo.so.5: cannot open
>> shared object file: No such file or directory
>> sh: error while loading shared libraries: libtinfo.so.5: cannot open
>> shared object file: No such file or directory
>> sh: error while loading shared libraries: libtinfo.so.5: cannot open
>> shared object file: No such file or directory
>> sh: error while loading shared libraries: libtinfo.so.5: cannot open
>> shared object file: No such file or directory
>> sh: error while loading shared libraries: libtinfo.so.5: cannot open
>> shared object file: No such file or directory
>>
>> Couldn't determine EPREFIX and PORTDIR from Portage
>> INIT failed--call queue aborted.
>> tortoise ~ #
>>
>> !!!!
>>
>> GOOD JOB, PENGUINS!!!
>> I won't even be able to reboot my machine!!!
> In addition to the suggestions already made by other posters, it's good
> to keep busybox in mind.  Depending on how you boot your machine, there
> is usually a way you can pass 'init=/bin/bb' to the kernel at boot time.
>
> You can do wonderful stuff with busybox when you're in a bind.
>
>

And for the future, this could be very handy.

FEATURES="buildpkg" 

That goes in or added to the current line in make.conf.  That little
thing has saved my bacon more than once. 

Dale

:-)  :-)