[gentoo-user] trouble installing help2man on new gentoo box

2011-11-16 Thread Allan Gottlieb
I am reinstalling gentoo on a Dell inspiron 6400 laptop I am (again) using lvm2. I just built the kernel and then (following the lvm2 guide) tried emerge lvm2 This required a build of help2man, which failed with >>> Configuring source in >>> /mnt/var/tmp/portage/sys-apps/help2man-1.38.2/work/h

Re: [gentoo-user] trouble installing help2man on new gentoo box--Solved: too fancy with symlinks/mounts

2011-11-16 Thread Allan Gottlieb
On Wed, Nov 16 2011, Allan Gottlieb wrote: > I am reinstalling gentoo on a Dell inspiron 6400 laptop > I am (again) using lvm2. > > I just built the kernel and then (following the lvm2 guide) tried > > emerge lvm2 > > This required a build of help2man, which failed with > Configuring source i

Re: [gentoo-user] trouble installing help2man on new gentoo box--Solved: too fancy with symlinks/mounts

2011-11-16 Thread Michael Mol
Rebind mount? On Nov 16, 2011 5:45 PM, "Allan Gottlieb" wrote: > On Wed, Nov 16 2011, Allan Gottlieb wrote: > > > I am reinstalling gentoo on a Dell inspiron 6400 laptop > > I am (again) using lvm2. > > > > I just built the kernel and then (following the lvm2 guide) tried > > > > emerge lvm2 > >

Re: [gentoo-user] trouble installing help2man on new gentoo box--Solved: too fancy with symlinks/mounts

2011-11-16 Thread Allan Gottlieb
On Wed, Nov 16 2011, Michael Mol wrote: > Rebind mount? I was thinking of reading the details of bind mounting, but decided I spent/wasted enough time trying to have a "clean" system with all mounting at /mnt. If your suggestion meant that usr would be mounted at both / and /mnt, I don't see tha