Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Gerald Lutter <gerald@××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] unable to emerge anything...
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 08:06:19
Message-Id: 200801100905.30682.gerald@itzgrund.net
In Reply to: RE: [gentoo-user] unable to emerge anything... by Richard Torres
1 Hello Richard,
2
3 Am Donnerstag, 10. Januar 2008 schrieb Richard Torres:
4 > Thanks for the input.
5 >
6 > I tried it on both of my Gentoo boxes. One worked and the problematic one
7 > gave me the following output;
8 >
9 > # gcc test.c -o test
10 >
11 > gcc: installation problem, cannot exec `as': No such file or directory
12
13 this is because your binutils don't work. If your second machine has the same
14 architecture try to quickpkg your binutils on this machine and install it on
15 your problem box.
16
17 Gerald
18
19 >
20 >
21 > I'm going to try quickpkg again but this time from the working box. The
22 > first pkg came from an older livecd.
23 >
24 >
25 >
26 > If you think of anything please let me know. Thanks again.
27 >
28 >
29 >
30 > -Richard
31 >
32 >
33 >
34 > _____
35 >
36 > From: James Ausmus [mailto:james.ausmus@×××××.com]
37 > Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 12:22 PM
38 > To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
39 > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] unable to emerge anything...
40 >
41 >
42 >
43 >
44 >
45 > On Jan 9, 2008 9:13 AM, Richard Torres <rtorres827@×××××.com> wrote:
46 >
47 > It's all a blur. It was trying to re-emerge something related to gcc and
48 > python was blocking it so I unmerged it.
49 > I've got python back using quickpkg like you suggested. Now I'm working on
50 > getting gcc to work. I did a quickpkg on gcc but emerge still fails with a
51 > 'C compiler cannot create executables' error.
52 > I'm pretty sure I'm using a working version.
53 >
54 >
55 > It may not be the C compiler at all. To check this copy the following code
56 > into a file called test.c:
57 >
58 >
59 >
60 > #include <stdio.h>
61 >
62 > int main(void)
63 > {
64 > printf("Hello World!\n");
65 > return 0;
66 > }
67 >
68 >
69 > And then run the following commands:
70 >
71 > gcc test.c -o test
72 > ./test
73 >
74 > If you see a Hello World! output, then your C compiler is working fine. If
75 > this is the case, then you need to do as the original error message
76 > specifies - check the config.log file. It should be located at
77 > /var/tmp/portage/dev-lang/php- 5.2.5-r1/work/php-5.2.5/config.log
78 >
79 > config.log files can be a little confusing to read through if you're not
80 > used to them, but you'll just want to start at the bottom and work your way
81 > up, until you find any error messages - or, you can post your config.log
82 > file, and someone can help you out with it.
83 >
84 > HTH-
85 >
86 > James
87 >
88 >
89 >
90 >
91 >
92 >
93 >
94 >
95 >
96 > gcc-config -l
97 > [1] i686-pc-linux-gnu-3.3.4
98 >
99 > [2] i686-pc-linux-gnu-3.4.4 *
100 > [3] i686-pc-linux-gnu-3.4.4-hardened
101 > [4] i686-pc-linux-gnu-3.4.4-hardenednopie
102 > [5] i686-pc-linux-gnu-3.4.4-hardenednopiessp
103 > [6] i686-pc-linux-gnu-3.4.4-hardenednossp
104 >
105 > Thanks-a-bunch
106 >
107 >
108 > -----Original Message-----
109 > From: Alan McKinnon [mailto:alan.mckinnon@×××××.com ]
110 > Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 1:51 AM
111 > To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
112 >
113 > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] unable to emerge anything...
114 >
115 > On Saturday 05 January 2008, Richard Torres wrote:
116 > > Alan,
117 > > Thanks for that. It's funny you should mention python, I just
118 > > inadvertently unmerged it (doh...). I've got another gentoo box
119 > > running a newer version of gcc and a newer kernel. Do you think I can
120 > > get what I need out of it?
121 >
122 > Yes, you should be able to use that. Python is SLOTted, so even if your
123 > other box is using a different SLOT, you can emerge the version you
124 > need, quickpkg it, copy it over to the first machine and unpack it
125 > there.
126 >
127 > quickpkg's are just tarballs so you can even use good old tar and
128 > bunzip2 if you managed to go to the next step of dohness and unmerge
129 > portage as well :-)
130 >
131 > btw, how did you manage to unmerge python? That's in system and portage
132 > usually goes to great lengths to prevent you doing just that
133 >
134 > alan
135 >
136 > > Thanks for your help,
137 > > -Richard
138 > >
139 > > ----- Original Message ----
140 > > From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
141 > > To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
142 > > Sent: Saturday, January 5, 2008 2:25:52 AM
143 > > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] unable to emerge anything...
144 > >
145 > > On Saturday 05 January 2008, Richard Torres wrote:
146 > > > I'm getting pretty much the same error (C compiler cannot create
147 > > > executables). I'm pretty sure it's because gcc-3.3.4 is installed.
148 > > > I've tried upgrading gcc by emerging but get the same error
149 > > > (catch-22 situation). Here's the last part of the error log which
150 > > > is the same with anything I try to emerge.
151 > >
152 > > A quickpkg of gcc might help you out of this, it's about 7M or so so
153 > > small enough to mail to you. Perhaps some kind soul here with similar
154 > > settings to you can send their tbz2 of gcc-3.3.6.x
155 > >
156 > > Alternatively, you might be able to unpack a working gcc tarball from
157 > > a
158 > >
159 > > stage 3 onto your system and use that
160 > >
161 > > It doesn't help you right now, but I've managed to screw up enough
162 > > gentoo systems enough times that I now keep quickpkg copies of known
163 > > good working critical packages in $PKGDIR - minimally gcc, glibc,
164 > > python, portage, tar and a shell
165 > >
166 > > alan
167 > >
168 > > --
169 > > Alan McKinnon
170 > > alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
171 >
172 > --
173 > Alan McKinnon
174 > alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
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