Hi the version of portage:
Portage 2.1.10.11 (default/linux/x86/10.0/desktop, gcc-4.4.5, glibc-2.12.2-r0, 2.6.19-gentoo-r5 i686) USE="-emacs" emerge -av1 sys-devel/autoconf - ir doesn't work; same error Nilesh, can you please be more explicite? Thank you! ________________________________ From: Michael Schreckenbauer <grim...@gmx.de> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2011 6:27 PM Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] New gentoo installation fails when trying to install syslog-ng Hi, On Wednesday, 14. September 2011 08:01:56 Trifu Catalin Florin wrote: > Hi everyone! > > I have a big problem trying to install Gentoo. I have completed all the > steps from the manual, as I have did it so many times, and I'm stuck trying > to install syslog-ng. The machine is very old, it has an Athlon processor > and 256MB of RAM, but it worked fine with gentoo. The error can be seen > bellow: > <snip> > The same error I get for vixie-cron. this is sys-devel/autoconf failing, building some emacs related things. Try USE="-emacs" emerge -av1 sys-devel/autoconf If that works, add "sys-devel/autoconf -emacs" to /etc/portage/package.use > Some other things worth mentioning: > - portage didn't request for an update What version is installed? > - mirrorselect -i -o faild with error: cannot download a list of mirrors or > something similar. No idea. > I will really appreciate your help as my "server" is down for two days now. > Thank you! > Best regards! Regards, Michael
