On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 3:54 AM, Peter Humphrey <pe...@humphrey.ukfsn.org> wrote: > On Tuesday 13 January 2009 22:50:55 Mark Knecht wrote: > > [...] >> Compiling >> /var/tmp/portage/dev-lang/python-2.5.2-r7/image//usr/lib/python2.5/zipfile.py >>... > [???] >> make: *** [libinstall] Error 1 >> * >> * ERROR: dev-lang/python-2.5.2-r7 failed. > [...] > > You've snipped the useful part, where I've indicated above with question > marks. You need to find the first mention of an error. That should tell you > what the problem is, or at least point to an investigation route. > > -- > Rgds > Peter > >
Peter, Thanks for the reponse. I didn't snip anything out. This is all I see: gandalf ~ # tail -20 /var/tmp/portage/dev-lang/python-2.5.2-r7/temp/build.log Compiling /var/tmp/portage/dev-lang/python-2.5.2-r7/image//usr/lib/python2.5/xml/sax/saxutils.py ... Compiling /var/tmp/portage/dev-lang/python-2.5.2-r7/image//usr/lib/python2.5/xml/sax/xmlreader.py ... Compiling /var/tmp/portage/dev-lang/python-2.5.2-r7/image//usr/lib/python2.5/xmllib.py ... Compiling /var/tmp/portage/dev-lang/python-2.5.2-r7/image//usr/lib/python2.5/xmlrpclib.py ... Compiling /var/tmp/portage/dev-lang/python-2.5.2-r7/image//usr/lib/python2.5/zipfile.py ... make: *** [libinstall] Error 1 * * ERROR: dev-lang/python-2.5.2-r7 failed. * Call stack: * ebuild.sh, line 49: Called src_install * environment, line 3439: Called die * The specific snippet of code: * make DESTDIR="${D}" altinstall maninstall || die; * The die message: * (no error message) * * If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack if relevant. * A complete build log is located at '/var/tmp/portage/dev-lang/python-2.5.2-r7/temp/build.log'. * The ebuild environment file is located at '/var/tmp/portage/dev-lang/python-2.5.2-r7/temp/environment'. * gandalf ~ # I've now seen this on two machine, one x86, the other amd64. I'm submitting a bug report Thanks, Mark