On 17-12-2005 14:49:40 +0100, Grobian wrote: > > (pegasus:~/scratch/programs/gentoo) fabian% usr/bin/emerge info > > portage: 'portage' user or group missing. Please update baselayout > > and merge portage user(250) and group(250) into your passwd > > and group files. Non-root compilation is disabled until then. > > Also note that non-root/wheel users will need to be added to > > the portage group to do portage commands. > > > > For the defaults, line 1 goes into passwd, and 2 into group. > > portage:x:250:250:portage:/var/tmp/portage:/bin/false > > portage::250:portage > > Ok, I had hoped these numbers would have been set to my user and group > IDs by the configure call. Apparently not. Or it is something else I > did wrong here. There's no way for me on this system to create or > modify users.
Update: I 'fixed' this by changing portage_data.py. Instead of the hardcoded wheel user and group, I just substituted them with my own names. So far so good. Now what's left is to start adding packages to the overlay tree with EAPI="prefix", I suppose. -- [email protected] mailing list
