1.4_rc6 install woes

chriskwan · Posted: Sun May 25, 2003 11:46 pm Post subject: 1.4_rc6 install woes

When installing on a TiBook 800 DVI, i get the following error upon the first env-update. I am using a stage1 tarball, and i indeed do not have a "make.conf" file in my /etc/ directory inside my chrooted environment.

File "/usr/sbin/env-update", line 6 in ?
import portage
File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/portage.py", line 4359, in ?
settings=config()
File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/portage.py" line 807, in __init__
self.mygcfg=getconfig("/etc/make.conf")
File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/portage.py", line 579, in getconfig
f=open(mycfg,'r')
IOError: [Errorno 2] No such file or directory: '/etc/make.conf'
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heavyt · Posted: Mon May 26, 2003 1:29 am Post subject:

I had the same errors, search the form and read others started with tarball #2 so I did the same and it work. I still did all the steps as though I had started with #1 tarball.

chriskwan · Posted: Mon May 26, 2003 1:36 am Post subject:

i'm a firm believer in stage1 systems.

sooo...i did it the hard way, and wrote my own make.conf

everything's working fine so far, but i think it will screw me later on.
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feyd · n00b Joined: 31 May 2003 Posts: 1 Location: Chicago, IL

I have just encountered the same thing tonight in a blue & white g3 tower? I have been searching all over the net but can't find anyone else who is having this problem...or at least it is not very widespread.

Is the python broken in these stage 1 tarballs? I don't know python or I would try to figure this out.

I will probably make my own make.conf too...or if you could mail me the one you used if you are not having too much trouble with it.

Thanks

-feyd

hunterhalcomb · n00b Joined: 14 Dec 2002 Posts: 15 Location: Columbus, OH

just use the stage2 tar, and then pretend you're doing a stage 1 install. it'll be the same in the end, and you'll get no error. at least, that's what I did.

pvdabeel · Posted: Sat May 31, 2003 7:50 pm Post subject:

1.4_rc7 stages are available from http://cvs.gentoo.org/~pvdabeel/ppc-stages/ppc/

daelight · n00b Joined: 07 Feb 2003 Posts: 24

Try copying the stage* file to your /mnt/gentoo directory (don't forget to mount your root partition to it) and running tar -xvjpf stage* from there.

I had that same problem too and it was because when i untar'd the stages from the cd, it did not complete.

daelight · n00b Joined: 07 Feb 2003 Posts: 24

Lycander · Guru Joined: 10 Apr 2003 Posts: 468

Here's a thought. What if you did a stage 3 install, then after everything is up and running, you did "emerge --deep system" and/or "emerge --deep world". Notice I did not include the "-u" flag because my thought process with this idea is that it'll recompile and reinstall everything. Is this still the same as doing a stage 1 or 2 install?