Re: [gentoo-user] glibc-2.24-r2 failed (install phase)

[Mike Gilbert]

On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 1:10 PM,  <tuxic@××××××.de> wrote:
> On 06/21 05:38, Alexander Kapshuk wrote:
>> On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 7:43 PM,  <tuxic@××××××.de> wrote:
>> > On 06/19 11:55, Alexander Kapshuk wrote:
>> >> On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 6:21 AM,  <tuxic@××××××.de> wrote:
>> >> > On 06/15 05:56, tuxic@××××××.de wrote:
>> >> >> Hi,
>> >> >>
>> >> >> While updateing glibc-2.24-r2 failed to install.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> These are the last few lines of that process:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> ....
>> >> >> al/execinfo.c.texi /var/tmp/portage/sys-libs/glibc-2.24-r2/work/build-amd64-x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-nptl/manual/add.c.texi /var/tmp/portage/sys-libs/glibc-2.24-r2/work/build-amd64-x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-nptl/manual/summary.texi /var/tmp/portage/sys-libs/glibc-2.24-r2/work/build-amd64-x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-nptl/manual/pkgvers.texi | sort;                                            \
>> >> >>  echo "@end direntry") > /var/tmp/portage/sys-libs/glibc-2.24-r2/work/build-amd64-x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-nptl/manual/dir-add.texi.new
>> >> >> mv -f /var/tmp/portage/sys-libs/glibc-2.24-r2/work/build-amd64-x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-nptl/manual/dir-add.texi.new /var/tmp/portage/sys-libs/glibc-2.24-r2/work/build-amd64-x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-nptl/manual/dir-add.texi
>> >> >> LANGUAGE=C LC_ALL=C makeinfo -P /var/tmp/portage/sys-libs/glibc-2.24-r2/work/build-amd64-x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-nptl/manual/ --output=/var/tmp/portage/sys-libs/glibc-2.24-r2/work/build-amd64-x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-nptl/manual/libc.info libc.texinfo
>> >> >> libc.texinfo:6: warning: @codequotebacktick should only appear at the beginning of a line
>> >> >> libc.texinfo:6: warning: @codequoteundirected should only appear at the beginning of a line
>> >> >> libc.texinfo:6: warning: @codequoteundirected should not appear in @codequotebacktick
>> >> >> libc.texinfo:6: expected @codequoteundirected on or off, not `on' require'
>> >> >> libc.texinfo:6: superfluous argument to @codequotebacktick
>> >> >> libc.texinfo:6: expected @codequotebacktick on or off, not `on' and ''
>> >> >> make[2]: *** [Makefile:144: /var/tmp/portage/sys-libs/glibc-2.24-r2/work/build-amd64-x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-nptl/manual/libc.info] Error 1
>> >> >> make[2]: Leaving directory '/var/tmp/portage/sys-libs/glibc-2.24-r2/work/glibc-2.24/manual'
>> >> >> make[1]: *** [Makefile:215: manual/subdir_install] Error 2
>> >> >> make[1]: Leaving directory '/var/tmp/portage/sys-libs/glibc-2.24-r2/work/glibc-2.24'
>> >> >> make: *** [Makefile:12: install] Error 2
>> >> >>  * ERROR: sys-libs/glibc-2.24-r2::gentoo failed (install phase):
>> >> >>  *   emake failed
>> >> >>  *
>> >> >>
>> >> >> If anything more is wanted, I will be happy to post the wanted logs.
>> >> >> But I want to prevent to logbomnb the mailinglist in beforehand... ;)
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Cheers
>> >> >> Meino
>> >> >>
>> >> >
>> >> > Hi,
>> >> >
>> >> > Is there any solution for this problem ?
>> >> > Does anyone else has the same or similiar problems with this system
>> >> > update?
>> >> >
>> >> > Cheers
>> >> > Meino
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> What is the version of your gcc compiler?
>> >> The ebuild has this info on the version of gcc:
>> >> https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/plain/sys-libs/glibc/glibc-2.24-r2.ebuild
>> >> src_prepare() {
>> >> ...
>> >>
>> >> case $(gcc-fullversion) in
>> >> 4.8.[0-3]|4.9.0)
>> >> eerror "You need to switch to a newer compiler; gcc-4.8.[0-3] and
>> >> gcc-4.9.0 miscompile"
>> >> eerror "glibc.  See https://bugs.gentoo.org/547420 for details."
>> >> die "need to switch compilers #547420"
>> >> ;;
>> >> esac
>> >> ...
>> >> }
>> >>
>> >
>> > The gcc on my system says:
>> >
>> > gcc (Gentoo 5.4.0-r3 p1.3, pie-0.6.5) 5.4.0
>> > Copyright (C) 2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
>> > This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
>> > warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
>> >
>> > if asked...
>> >
>> > Cheers
>> > mcc
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>> See if this post [1] helps:
>> [1]. https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-789652-start-0.html
>>
> "My" problem seem to be related to the syntax-fu of texinfo (see above) and seem
> to not gcc related, since compilation itsself runs fine.
>
> How can I fix it instead of watching it over and over at each
> suncing...

Right, something is broken with your makeinfo command from texinfo.

As a workaround, you could uninstall texinfo, and then upgrade glibc.
If the makeinfo command is not found, it will simply skip that build
step and leave you without a "libc.info" documentation file.