[arch-general] Problems to install bootchart

[Stefan Husmann]

Am 16.01.2011 23:30, schrieb Jelle van der Waa:
> On Sun, 2011-01-16 at 18:23 -0300, Darío wrote:
>> Hi! i have a problem to install bootchart from pacman and open this file
>> type, because when i write tar -xzvf file.tar.gz the following message
>> appears:
>> error: 'bootchart': no se pudo encontrar o leer el paquete
>> (could not find or read the package)
>> on yaourt -S bootchart conflicts for install acct:
>> ==> Downloading bootchart PKGBUILD from AUR...
>> x fix-inittab-regex.patch
>> x PKGBUILD
>> x bootchart.install
>> x bootchart-render
>> bootchart 0.9-9 : Boot Process Performance Visualization
>> ( Unsupported package: Potentially dangerous ! )
>> ==> Edit PKGBUILD ? [Y/n] ("A" to abort)
>> ==> ------------------------------------
>> ==> n
>>
>> ==> bootchart dependencies:
>>  - sh (already installed)
>>  - apache-ant (already installed)
>>  - java-environment>=6 (already installed)
>>  - acct (building from AUR)
>>
>>
>> ==> Edit bootchart.install ? [Y/n] ("A" to abort)
>> ==> ---------------------------------------------
>> ==> n
>>
>> ==> Continue building bootchart ? [Y/n]
>> ==> -----------------------------------
>> ==> 
>> ==> Building and installing package
>> ==> Install or build missing dependencies for bootchart:
>>
>> ==> Downloading acct PKGBUILD from AUR...
>> x PKGBUILD
>> x acct.install
>>
>>
>> Comment by: bash on Sat, 13 Nov 2010 14:43:24 +0000
>> * moved from [extra]	
>>
>> Comment by: speps on Sun, 14 Nov 2010 16:05:08 +0000
>> @all
>> Package owned and updated.	
>>
>> First Submitted: Sat, 13 Nov 2010 14:43:17 +0000	
>> acct 6.5.5-1 : The GNU Accounting Utilities provide login and process
>> accounting utilities for GNU/Linux and other systems.
>> ( Unsupported package: Potentially dangerous ! )
>> ==> Edit PKGBUILD ? [Y/n] ("A" to abort)
>> ==> ------------------------------------
>> ==> n
>>
>> ==> acct dependencies:
>>  - glibc (already installed)
>>
>>
>> ==> Edit acct.install ? [Y/n] ("A" to abort)
>> ==> ----------------------------------------
>> ==> n
>>
>> ==> Continue building acct ? [Y/n]
>> ==> ------------------------------
>> ==> 
>> ==> Building and installing package
>> ==> WARNING: Building package as root is dangerous.
>>  Please run yaourt as a non-privileged user.
>> ==> Creando el paquete: acct 6.5.5-1 (dom ene 16 18:15:23 ART 2011)
>> ==> Comprobando Dependencias en tiempo de Ejecución... 
>> ==> Comprobando Dependencias en tiempo de Compilación... 
>> ==> Obteniendo Fuentes...
>>   -> Descargando acct-6.5.5.tar.gz...
>> --2011-01-16 18:15:23--  http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/acct/acct-6.5.5.tar.gz
>> Resolviendo ftp.gnu.org... 140.186.70.20
>> Connecting to ftp.gnu.org|140.186.70.20|:80... conectado.
>> Petición HTTP enviada, esperando respuesta... 200 OK
>> Longitud: 747225 (730K) [application/x-gzip]
>> Saving to: `acct-6.5.5.tar.gz.part'
>>
>> 100%[======================================>] 747.225      228K/s   in
>> 3,2s    
>>
>> 2011-01-16 18:15:27 (228 KB/s) - `acct-6.5.5.tar.gz.part' saved
>> [747225/747225]
>>
>> ==> Validando el archivo fuente con md5sums...
>>     acct-6.5.5.tar.gz ... Aprobado
>> ==> Descomprimiendo fuentes...
>>   -> Extrayendo acct-6.5.5.tar.gz con bsdtar
>> ==> Iniciando build()... (Starting build)
>> checking build system type... Invalid configuration `i686-pc-linux-':
>> machine `i686-pc-linux' not recognized
>> configure: error: /bin/sh ./config.sub i686-pc-linux- failed
>>     Abortando... (Aborting)
>> ==> ERROR: Makepkg was unable to build acct.
>> ==> Restart building acct ? [y/N]
>>
>> apparently seems to be a problem with settings of the PC architecture,
>> but my pc is i686
>>
>> Thanks to all
>>
>> Dario
>>
>>
>>
> 
> check configure.log for errors

Hello,

Dario, do not use yaourt on errorneous packages. You won't be able to find the 
reason, because yaourt deletes everythin in the build-directory somewhere 
under /tmp.

And respect this:
>> ==> WARNING: Building package as root is dangerous.

Jelle, configure.log is probably not there, s.o.

Regards Stefan