Re: [gentoo-user] another old box to update

[Tomas Mozes]

On 2015-01-07 12:52, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:
> I am in the process of upgrading an old (~2010) gentoo server.
> The customer never wanted updates ... and now he wants ... *sigh*
>
> I managed to compile basic stuff already ... portage, gcc etc
>
> Now I get errors at emerging packages which is bad.
>
> Still no openrc installed and the udev-upgrade also is still pending.
>
> gcc-4.8.3
>
> When I try to emerge "grep" for example, the config.log says:
>
> configure:4451: $? = 0
> configure:4440: i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -v >&5
> Using built-in specs.
> COLLECT_GCC=/usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/4.8.3/i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc
> COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/libexec/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.8.3/lto-wrapper
> Target: i686-pc-linux-gnu
> Configured with:
> /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/gcc-4.8.3/work/gcc-4.8.3/configure
> --host=i686-pc-linux-gnu --build=i686-pc-linux-gnu --prefix=/usr
> --bindir=/usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/4.8.3
> --includedir=/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.8.3/include
> --datadir=/usr/share/gcc-data/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.8.3
> --mandir=/usr/share/gcc-data/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.8.3/man
> --infodir=/usr/share/gcc-data/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.8.3/info
> --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.8.3/include/g++-v4
> --with-python-dir=/share/gcc-data/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.8.3/python
> --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran --enable-obsolete --enable-secureplt
> --disable-werror --with-system-zlib --enable-nls
> --without-included-gettext --enable-checking=release
> --with-bugurl=https://bugs.gentoo.org/ --with-pkgversion='Gentoo 4.8.3
> p1.1, pie-0.5.9' --enable-libstdcxx-time --enable-shared
> --enable-threads=posix --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-clocale=gnu
> --disable-multilib --disable-altivec --disable-fixed-point
> --with-arch=i686 --enable-targets=all --disable-libgcj --enable-libgomp
> --disable-libmudflap --disable-libssp --enable-lto --without-cloog
> --enable-libsanitizer
> Thread model: posix
> gcc version 4.8.3 (Gentoo 4.8.3 p1.1, pie-0.5.9)
> configure:4451: $? = 0
> configure:4440: i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -V >&5
> i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc: error: unrecognized command line option '-V'
> i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc: fatal error: no input files
> compilation terminated.
> configure:4451: $? = 1
> configure:4440: i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -qversion >&5
> i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc: error: unrecognized command line option
> '-qversion'
> i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc: fatal error: no input files
> compilation terminated.
> configure:4451: $? = 1
> configure:4440: i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -version >&5
> i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc: error: unrecognized command line option
> '-version'
> i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc: fatal error: no input files
> compilation terminated.
> configure:4451: $? = 1
> configure:4471: checking whether the C compiler works
> configure:4493: i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -O2 -march=prescott -pipe
> -fomit-frame-pointer   conftest.c  >&5
> i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc: error trying to exec 'as': execvp: No such file
> or directory
> configure:4497: $? = 2
> configure:4535: result: no
>
>
>
> I understand that "configure" is called with "wrong" parameters ...
> where do they come from?
>
> -->
>
> For reference:
>
> $ emerge --info
> Portage 2.2.14 (python 2.7.9-final-0, default/linux/x86/13.0,
> gcc-4.8.3,
> glibc-2.11.2-r3, 2.6.36-gentoo-r5 i686)
> =================================================================
> System uname:
> Linux-2.6.36-gentoo-r5-i686-Intel-R-_Xeon-R-_CPU_X3430_@_2.40GHz-with-gentoo-2.2
> KiB Mem:     2065232 total,    944892 free
> KiB Swap:    1044216 total,   1044104 free
> Timestamp of tree: Fri, 02 Jan 2015 17:30:01 +0000
> ccache version 2.4 [disabled]
> app-shells/bash:          4.2_p53
> dev-lang/perl:            5.12.3-r1
> dev-lang/python:          2.6.4-r1, 2.7.9-r1, 3.3.5-r1
> dev-util/ccache:          2.4-r9
> dev-util/cmake:           2.6.4-r3
> dev-util/pkgconfig:       0.28-r1
> sys-apps/baselayout:      2.2
> sys-apps/sandbox:         2.6-r1
> sys-devel/autoconf:       2.69
> sys-devel/automake:       1.9.6-r2::<unknown repository>, 1.11.1,
> 1.13.4
> sys-devel/binutils:       2.24-r3
> sys-devel/gcc:            4.3.4, 4.4.4-r2, 4.8.3
> sys-devel/gcc-config:     1.7.3
> sys-devel/libtool:        2.4.2-r1
> sys-devel/make:           4.0-r1
> sys-kernel/linux-headers: 3.16 (virtual/os-headers)
> sys-libs/glibc:           2.11.2-r3
> Repositories: gentoo local_overlay
> ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86"
> ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA"
> CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
> CFLAGS="-O2 -march=prescott -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer"
> CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
> CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc"
> CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d
> /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release
> /etc/php/apache2-php5.3/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5.3/ext-active/
> /etc/php/cli-php5.3/ext-active/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d
> /etc/terminfo"
> CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=prescott -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer"
> DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
> FCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -pipe"
> FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs config-protect-if-modified
> distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles merge-sync news parallel-fetch
> preserve-libs protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict
> unknown-features-warn
> unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch userpriv usersandbox usersync"
> FFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -pipe"
> GENTOO_MIRRORS="   http://gentoo.osuosl.org/
> http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo/
> http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/gentoo
> http://ftp.ucsb.edu/pub/mirrors/linux/gentoo/
> http://gentoo.seren.com/gentoo   http://gentoo.chem.wisc.edu/gentoo/
> http://cudlug.cudenver.edu/gentoo/   http://gentoo.mirrors.pair.com/
> http://gentoo.mirrors.tds.net/gentoo   http://gentoo.netnitco.net
> http://mirror.espri.arizona.edu/gentoo/
> http://mirrors.acm.cs.rpi.edu/gentoo/   http://gentoo.llarian.net/
> http://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo   http://gentoo.cs.lewisu.edu/gentoo/
>   http://prometheus.cs.wmich.edu/gentoo
> http://mirror.usu.edu/mirrors/gentoo/
> http://mirror.phy.olemiss.edu/mirror/gentoo
> http://mirror.mcs.anl.gov/pub/gentoo/
> http://gentoo.cites.uiuc.edu/pub/gentoo/
> http://mirror.clarkson.edu/pub/distributions/gentoo/
> http://www.las.ic.unicamp.br/pub/gentoo/"
> LANG="de_DE.UTF-8"
> LC_ALL="de_DE.UTF-8"
> LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed"
> MAKEOPTS="-j5"
> PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
> PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/"
> PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times
> --omit-dir-times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats
> --human-readable --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local
> --exclude=/packages"
> PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
> PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
> PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage"
> USE="acl acpi apache2 berkdb bzip2 cli cracklib crypt cups cxx dri
> fortran gdbm iconv imagemagick mcal modules ncurses nls nptl openmp pam
> pcre php readline samba session sse ssl tcpd unicode x86 xml2 zlib"
> ABI_X86="32" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x
> ca0106 cmipci emu10k1 emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801
> hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx
> via82xx-modem ymfpci" APACHE2_MODULES="authn_core authz_core
> socache_shmcb unixd actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon
> authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default
> authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi
> cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter
> file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime
> mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id
> userdir
> usertrack vhost_alias" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="kexi words flow plan sheets
> stage tables krita karbon braindump author" CAMERAS="ptp2"
> COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog"
> ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18
> garmin garmintxt gpsclock itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver
> oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf superstar2 timing tsip
> tripmate
> tnt ublox ubx" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev" KERNEL="linux"
> LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb
> ncurses text" LIBREOFFICE_EXTENSIONS="presenter-console
> presenter-minimizer" OFFICE_IMPLEMENTATION="libreoffice"
> PHP_TARGETS="php5-5" PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python2_7"
> PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_3" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby19 ruby20"
> USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="fbdev glint intel mach64 mga nouveau nv
> r128
> radeon savage sis tdfx trident vesa via vmware dummy v4l"
> XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p
> iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark
> ipmark
> dhcpmac delude chaos account"
> Unset:  CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK,
> PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS,
> PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, SYNC, USE_PYTHON
>
>
> Thanks for any pointers!
>
> best, Stefan

Try to fetch some older portage snapshots 
http://dev.gentoo.org/~swift/snapshots/ and update in steps, not as a 4 
year giant leap. Try to fetch snapshot 2011, then upgrade, then 2012, 
upgrade... It takes more time, but it should work.