Can't compile on NSLU2 "no package digest" [solved]

Unclethommy · Guru Joined: 24 Jul 2006 Posts: 407

Hi there,

I am one of the latest people to try to install gentoo with my nlsu2. I have read all the doucmentation and have successfully flashed slugos to the NSLUS2 and have got to the stage where I can chroot and sync my portage tree. But then when it comes to installing anything I keep getting messages like this:

!!! No package digest file found: /usr/portage/dev-lang/python/files/digest-python-2.4.4-r13
!!! Type "ebuild foo.ebuild digest" to generate it.

This happens to all my programs...

I found something about converting manifest 2 to manifest 1 but when run it takes a long time and keeps spewing out errors about "kde.eclass"

http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/portage/doc/converting-manifest2.xml

Does someone know how I can get a working portage tree to at least get openssh compiled so I can ssh into it remotely to configure the rest so it can boot by itself? At the moment I have to keep chrooting into my gentoo root from another machine.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Unclethommy · Guru Joined: 24 Jul 2006 Posts: 407

EDIT:

Ok so I seem to have made one step forward in just typing

slackline · Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 8:59 am Post subject:

I had the same problem and others have too (see this thread and you may also find this one useful too).

I basically had to digest everything until I'd got portage updated and then things were resolved if I remember correctly.

In general however I've found getting the system up-to-date to be quite problematic, and recently I've managed to screw up my compiler and hose sshd.

Good luck with it all, I did get things working in the end using the wiki and the two threads.
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Unclethommy · Guru Joined: 24 Jul 2006 Posts: 407

Hi slack---line,

Thanks for the heads up. This is what I thought I would finally have to do to get things working. Basically manually digest the required ebuilds.

Do I need to convert from manifest 2 to manifest 1 ?

I have a tar.bz file of someone who claims to have got gentoo already installed and has gone through the lengthy process of buildign packages and configuring everything. I am torn between waiting patiently for my own install to work properly or just to restart the process and just use this person's backup of the root file system... as it is the same machine, everything should work properly apart from changing thingfs like IP addresses and passwords , right?

Any words of wisdom ?

slackline · Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 10:44 am Post subject:

Unclethommy · Guru Joined: 24 Jul 2006 Posts: 407

I think I'll soldier on with my own compile.

I really want to get the three things you've mentioned working:

- Get ssh working so I dont have to keep chrooting into it from my main desktop machine.

- Get it to crossdev with distcc as I have 3 large machines waiting to number crunch and it should ease the compilation times which are oh-so-slow at the moment lol.

- Get the rsync working so like you, I can have it update itself with the latest portage and share it out to the other gentoo machines on the network.

I will keep you posted on my progress. Especially as I want to get the crossdev thing but I have a lot to emerge on the slug before I can start using distcc and other machines so I will have to go through some pain first I guess...

Could you clarify whether it is best to have glibc or uclibc ? Whats the difference from one or the other? Is it preference or will it allow me to use more programs? and is it worth the effort to change from one to the other?

slackline · Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 12:03 pm Post subject:

I've opted for uclibc myself. The threads I linked to seemed to indicate that there were problems with glibc.

Couldn't tell you the difference myself I'm afraid, but I think uclibc is geared towards embedded systems so overall may be a bit quicker.

Some things haven't built too well against uclibc, but have been resolved now (I was trying to get the torrent client transmission installed, but its only with recent updates >1.20 if memory serves that it installed).

If you've done the install, I think you should be able to boot the NSLU2 from the external drive and have gentoo running. Check what you've got starting at boot with 'rc-update show' and ensure you've got sshd in either boot or default, but once thats done you should then be able to reboot and have gentoo running the NSLU2 and be able to ssh straight in (check the final steps in the wiki entry though). Don't think you really need to update everything within the chroot'd environment, but I can't remember exactly when I did this.

I opted to install eix on the NSLU2 to take care of syncing portage and overlays. Theres an entry in the wiki on a shared portage tree here.

Starting to get more headaches on my system though, keep on getting 'Jul 15 12:09:05 [mountd] Cannot export /usr/portage, possibly unsupported filesystem or fsid= required' errors occuring, grrrrr.

slack
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