Re: [gentoo-user] Problems building www-client/uzbl-9999

[Alan McKinnon]

On 25/09/2013 09:33, Walter Dnes wrote:
>   Since this is a 9999 ebuild, I'm not filing a bugzilla bug.  Note that
> www-client/uxbl-2012.05.14 built OK.  Apparently, the latest git sources
> have some features I really want, that are not in any of the other
> ebuilds.  So I'm trying to build it.  The 9999 build first pulled down
> and installed git, so that it could then pull the latest uzbl source.
> The compile seems to have gone OK, but the final install process ran
> into permission problems creating a directory.  Here's the part with the
> error...
>
>> running build_scripts
>> running install_lib
>> creating /usr/lib64/python3.2/site-packages/uzbl
>>  * ACCESS DENIED:  mkdir:        /usr/lib64/python3.2/site-packages/uzbl
>> error: could not create '/usr/lib64/python3.2/site-packages/uzbl': Permission denied
>> make: *** [install-event-manager] Error 1
>>  * ERROR: www-client/uzbl-9999 failed (install phase):
>>  *   emake failed
>
>   I'm attaching the full log.  The system is a Dell Intel i5, with
> pure 64-bit mode (no multilib), and the basic workstation profile, cut
> down even more by starting USE with "-*" and adding the flags I need for
> a "custom profile".
>
>   This is the first time I've tried a "9999" ebuild, so I may be missing
> something obvious.  /usr/lib64/python3.2/site-packages/ is user:group
> root:root
>


That looks like a horrible bug in the ebuild - it's trying to install to
the live filesystem.  ebuilds install to the work directory in
/var/tmp/portage/ and the merge phase moves the files over to /usr.

You can either file a bug at b.g.o. or contact the ebuild maintainer
directly.

I don't see that a -9999 ebuild makes any difference, once the code has
been checked out and a working copy made, the ebuild works like any
other ebuild - no special magic



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Alan McKinnon
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