Hello I'm trying to build (well have built) a stage3 from scratch using
emerge -av --root /path/to/new/rootfs \
virtual/package-manager virtual/libc make gcc binutils \
app-alternatives/tar app-alternatives/bzip2 app-alternatives/gzip \
bash coreutils patch grep awk sed shadow findutils diffutils
Then chroot into rootfs and build everything else from there with my
ideal C*FLAGS. I have built it to a complete GNOME desktop (I'm using
profile 45 musl/hardened). But theres just one problem I can't seem to
fix which is [subject]. I have noto-emoji installed but nano in gnome-
console doesn't show any (instead of cat cry tears it has �^=^x�
instead). The weird thing is that if I download the musl-hardened
stage3 from downloads.gentoo.org and chroot into that the nano in there
is able to show the emojis! I'm a little stumped as to why that is. I
have built a new rootfs with just -O2 -pipe and still emojis broken 😿
I have no clue why. I can tar up the rootfs and share it if anyone's
curious (and see if it reproduces for anyone else too).
I have also rebuilt the stage3 from gentoo.org
emerge -1 gcc musl && emerge -e @world
And nano in there is still able to show emojis.
Maybe I'm missing a dependency or something for nano.
emerge --info from the newly built rootfs
Portage 3.0.69 (python 3.13.7-final-0,
default/linux/amd64/23.0/musl/hardened, gcc-14, musl-1.2.5-r3, 6.16.5-
gentoo-r1 x86_64)
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System Settings
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System uname: Linux-6.16.5-gentoo-r1-x86_64-12th_Gen_Intel-R-_Core-TM-
_i5-1235U-with-libc
Timestamp of repository gentoo: Wed, 17 Sep 2025 10:30:00 +0000
sh bash 5.3_p3-r2
app-misc/pax-utils: 1.3.8::gentoo
app-shells/bash: 5.3_p3-r2::gentoo
dev-build/make: 4.4.1-r101::gentoo
dev-lang/python: 3.13.7::gentoo
sys-apps/baselayout: 2.18::gentoo
sys-apps/sandbox: 2.46::gentoo
sys-devel/binutils: 2.44-r4::gentoo
sys-devel/binutils-config: 5.5.2::gentoo
sys-devel/gcc: 14.3.0::gentoo
sys-kernel/linux-headers: 6.16::gentoo
sys-libs/musl: 1.2.5-r3::gentoo
Repositories:
gentoo
location: /var/db/repos/gentoo
sync-type: git
sync-uri: https://anongit.gentoo.org/git/repo/gentoo.git
sync-user: root:portage
priority: -1000
volatile: True
local
location: /var/db/repos/local
masters: gentoo
volatile: True
Binary Repositories:
gentoobinhost
priority: 1
sync-uri:
🐧https://distfiles.gentoo.org/releases/amd64/binpackages/23.0/x86-64_musl_hardened🐧
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64"
ACCEPT_LICENSE="@FREE"
CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-musl"
CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe"
CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-musl"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/gconf
/etc/gentoo-release /etc/sandbox.d"
CXXFLAGS="-O2 -pipe"
DISTDIR="/var/cache/distfiles"
ENV_UNSET="CARGO_HOME DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS DISPLAY
GDK_PIXBUF_MODULE_FILE GOBIN GOPATH PERL5LIB PERL5OPT PERLPREFIX
PERL_CORE PERL_MB_OPT PERL_MM_OPT XAUTHORITY XDG_CACHE_HOME
XDG_CONFIG_HOME XDG_DATA_HOME XDG_RUNTIME_DIR XDG_STATE_HOME"
FCFLAGS="-O2 -pipe"
FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-docompress binpkg-dostrip binpkg-logs
binpkg-multi-instance buildpkg-live candy config-protect-if-modified
distlocks ebuild-locks export-pms-vars fixlafiles ipc-sandbox merge-
sync merge-wait network-sandbox news parallel-fetch pid-sandbox pkgdir-
index-trusted preserve-libs protect-owned qa-unresolved-soname-deps
sandbox strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans
userfetch userpriv usersandbox usersync xattr 😿"
FFLAGS="-O2 -pipe"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="https://mirror.freedif.org/gentoo
https://distfiles.gentoo.org";
INSTALL_MASK="charset.alias /usr/share/locale/locale.alias"
LANG="C"
LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed -Wl,-z,pack-relative-relocs"
LEX="flex"
MAKEOPTS="-j9"
PKGDIR="/var/cache/binpkgs"
PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --
omit-dir-times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --
human-readable --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --
exclude=/packages --exclude=/.git"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
RUSTFLAGS="-C target-cpu=native"
SHELL="/bin/bash"
USE="acl amd64 bzip2 cet crypt hardened iconv ipv6 libtirpc lz4 lzma
lzo ncurses nls pam pcre pic pie readline seccomp ssl ssp test-rust
unicode xattr xml xtpax zlib zstd 🐾" ABI_X86="64" ADA_TARGET="gcc_14"
APACHE2_MODULES="authn_core authz_core socache_shmcb unixd actions
alias auth_basic authn_anon authn_dbm authn_file authz_dbm
authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi
cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir env expires ext_filter file_cache
filter headers include info log_config logio mime mime_magic
negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack
vhost_alias" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="karbon sheets words"
COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog"
CPU_FLAGS_X86="mmx mmxext sse sse2 aes avx avx2 avx_vnni bmi1 bmi2 f16c
fma3 pclmul popcnt rdrand sha sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vpclmulqdq"
ELIBC="musl" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18
garmin garmintxt gpsclock greis isync itrax navcom oceanserver oncore
rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf skytraq superstar2 tsip tripmate tnt ublox"
GUILE_SINGLE_TARGET="3-0" GUILE_TARGETS="3-0" INPUT_DEVICES="libinput"
KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001
mtxorb text" LLVM_TARGETS="AMDGPU X86" LUA_SINGLE_TARGET="lua5-1"
LUA_TARGETS="lua5-1" OFFICE_IMPLEMENTATION="libreoffice"
PHP_TARGETS="php8-3" POSTGRES_TARGETS="postgres17"
PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python3_13" PYTHON_TARGETS="python3_13"
RUBY_TARGETS="ruby33" VIDEO_CARDS="fbdev intel vesa dummy lavapipe"
XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipp2p iface
geoip fuzzy condition tarpit sysrq proto logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude
chaos account"
Unset: ADDR2LINE, AR, ARFLAGS, AS, ASFLAGS, CC, CCLD, CONFIG_SHELL,
CPP, CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, CXX, CXXFILT, ELFEDIT, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS,
EXTRA_ECONF, F77FLAGS, FC, GCOV, GPROF, LC_ALL, LD, LFLAGS, LIBTOOL,
LINGUAS, MAKE, MAKEFLAGS, NM, OBJCOPY, OBJDUMP, PORTAGE_BINHOST,
PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS,
PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, PYTHONPATH, RANLIB, READELF, SIZE, STRINGS,
STRIP, YACC, YFLAGS
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Package Settings
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app-editors/nano-8.6::gentoo was built with the following:
USE="ncurses nls spell (unicode) -debug -justify -magic -minimal"
sys-libs/ncurses-6.5_p20250802::gentoo was built with the following:
USE="cxx (tinfo) -ada -debug -doc -gpm -minimal -profile (-split-usr)
(-stack-realign) -static-libs -test -trace -verify-sig"
sys-libs/musl-1.2.5-r3::gentoo was built with the following:
USE="-crypt -headers-only (-split-usr) -verify-sig"
sys-devel/gcc-14.3.0::gentoo was built with the following:
USE="(cxx) (default-stack-clash-protection) (default-znow) fortran
hardened openmp (pie) sanitize (ssp) zstd -ada (-cet) (-custom-cflags)
-d -debug -doc (-fixed-point) -go -graphite (-ieee-long-double) -jit (-
libssp) -lto -modula2 (-multilib) (-nls) -objc -objc++ -objc-gc (-pch)
-pgo -rust (-systemtap) -test (-time64) -valgrind -vanilla (-vtv)"
CFLAGS="-march=x86-64 -mtune=generic -pipe -O2"
CXXFLAGS="-march=x86-64 -mtune=generic -pipe -O2"
