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From: Jacob Todd <jaketodd422@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Error emergin mkinitrd
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:32:01
Message-Id: 20090911173139.GA7332@zoidberg.hsd1.mi.comcast.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: Error emergin mkinitrd by walt
1 On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 12:23:23PM -0700, walt wrote:
2 > On 09/11/2009 08:58 AM, Massimiliano Ziccardi wrote:
3 > > Hi all.
4 > >
5 > > I've a problem trying to emerge mkinitrd.
6 > >
7 > > Everytime I try, I get:
8 > >
9 > > * ERROR: sys-apps/mkinitrd-3.5.7-r3 failed.
10 > > * Call stack:
11 > > * ebuild.sh, line 49: Called src_compile
12 > > * environment, line 2212: Called die
13 > > * The specific snippet of code:
14 > > * emake || die "nash compile failed.";
15 >
16 > A search at bugs.gentoo.org turned up this bug report,
17 > filed in June and solved almost a month ago:
18 >
19 > http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=268285
20 >
21 > So why is package still broken? Good question. Why are
22 > more people not complaining? Dunno. I don't use that
23 > package and it seems that very few others do. Just out
24 > of curiosity, why are you trying to install mkinitrd?
25 >
26 >
27
28 Because making a initrd is a pain in the ass, and he probably doesn't want to
29 use genkernel.
30
31 --
32 Jake Todd
33 // If it isn't broke, tweak it!

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Error emergin mkinitrd Massimiliano Ziccardi <massimiliano.ziccardi@×××××.com>