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On 09/09/2014 22:38, Mick wrote: |
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> On Tuesday 09 Sep 2014 20:15:09 Joseph wrote: |
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>> On 09/09/14 14:46, Todd Goodman wrote: |
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>>> * Joseph <syscon780@×××××.com> [140909 14:37]: |
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>>>> I was installing an application gimp and all of a sudden I got an error: |
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>>> [SNIP] |
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>>> |
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>>>> configure: error: in |
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>>>> `/var/tmp/portage/media-gfx/gimp-2.8.10-r1/work/gimp-2.8.10': |
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>>>> configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables |
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>>>> See `config.log' for more details |
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>>> |
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>>> What does 'gcc-config -l' show? |
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>> I tried to set blindly gcc to active one: "gcc-config 1" but I get the same |
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>> error |
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>> |
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>> * gcc-config: Could not get portage CHOST! |
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>> * gcc-config: You should verify that CHOST is set in one of these places: |
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>> * gcc-config: - //etc/portage/make.conf |
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>> * gcc-config: - active environment |
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>> |
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>> It is a new installation on SSD and it is broken. |
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>> I can't proceed with gcc upgrade/setting, in fact my system is currently |
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>> broken. |
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> |
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> You do not have an /etc/portage/make.conf file, or you have not configured the |
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> default with the correct settings? |
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This is not pertinent to the matter at hand. Even if make.conf cannot be |
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sourced, CHOST will be sourced from the profile and portage is perfectly |
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capable of functioning. |
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There is no need for a user to define CHOST. At best, it is a no-op and, |
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at worst, the user may screw up and define it in such a way that it is |
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at odds with the profile. |
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The error message from gcc-config isn't particularly helpful because it |
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falsely implies that make.conf or the "active environment" - as opposed |
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to portage's environment - are the only valid sources. |
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--Kerin |
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