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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
2<!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd"> 2<!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd">
3<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/bugzilla-howto.xml,v 1.13 2008/05/23 20:42:42 swift Exp $ --> 3<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/bugzilla-howto.xml,v 1.14 2009/01/26 07:34:41 nightmorph Exp $ -->
4 4
5<guide link="/doc/en/bugzilla-howto.xml"> 5<guide link="/doc/en/bugzilla-howto.xml">
6<title>Gentoo Bug Reporting Guide</title> 6<title>Gentoo Bug Reporting Guide</title>
7 7
8<author title="Author"> 8<author title="Author">
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18 18
19<!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license --> 19<!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license -->
20<!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 --> 20<!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
21<license/> 21<license/>
22 22
23<version>1.11</version> 23<version>1.12</version>
24<date>2008-01-31</date> 24<date>2009-01-25</date>
25 25
26<chapter> 26<chapter>
27<title>Introduction</title> 27<title>Introduction</title>
28<section> 28<section>
29<title>Preface</title> 29<title>Preface</title>
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437 437
438<p> 438<p>
439Let's take a look at this very simple <c>emerge</c> error: 439Let's take a look at this very simple <c>emerge</c> error:
440</p> 440</p>
441 441
442<pre caption="emerge Error"> 442<pre caption="emerge Error (long lines are manually wrapped to fit the window)">
443gcc -D__TEST__ -D__GNU__ -D__LINUX__ -L/usr/lib -I/usr/include -L/usr/lib/nspr/ -I/usr/include/fmod -c -o foobar2-7.o foobar2-7.c
444gcc -D__TEST__ -D__GNU__ -D__LINUX__ -L/usr/lib -I/usr/include -L/usr/lib/nspr/ -I/usr/include/fmod -c -o foobar2-8.o foobar2-8.c
445gcc -D__TEST__ -D__GNU__ -D__LINUX__ -L/usr/lib -I/usr/include -L/usr/lib/nspr/ -I/usr/include/fmod -c -o foobar2-9.o foobar2-9.c
446gcc -D__TEST__ -D__GNU__ -D__LINUX__ -L/usr/lib -I/usr/include -L/usr/lib/nspr/ -I/usr/include/fmod -c -o foobar2.o foobar2.c 443gcc -D__TEST__ -D__GNU__ -D__LINUX__ -L/usr/lib -I/usr/include -L/usr/lib/nspr/ -I/usr/include/fmod \
444 -c -o foobar2-7.o foobar2-7.c
445gcc -D__TEST__ -D__GNU__ -D__LINUX__ -L/usr/lib -I/usr/include -L/usr/lib/nspr/ -I/usr/include/fmod \
446 -c -o foobar2-8.o foobar2-8.c
447gcc -D__TEST__ -D__GNU__ -D__LINUX__ -L/usr/lib -I/usr/include -L/usr/lib/nspr/ -I/usr/include/fmod \
448 -c -o foobar2-9.o foobar2-9.c
449gcc -D__TEST__ -D__GNU__ -D__LINUX__ -L/usr/lib -I/usr/include -L/usr/lib/nspr/ -I/usr/include/fmod \
450 -c -o foobar2.o foobar2.c
447foobar2.c:1:17: ogg.h: No such file or directory 451foobar2.c:1:17: ogg.h: No such file or directory
448make: *** [foobar2.o] Error 1 452make: *** [foobar2.o] Error 1
449 453
450!!! ERROR: sys-apps/foobar2-1.0 failed. 454!!! ERROR: sys-apps/foobar2-1.0 failed.
451!!! Function src_compile, Line 19, Exitcode 2 455!!! Function src_compile, Line 19, Exitcode 2
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457The program is compiling smoothly when it suddenly stops and presents an error 461The program is compiling smoothly when it suddenly stops and presents an error
458message. This particular error can be split into 3 different sections, The 462message. This particular error can be split into 3 different sections, The
459compile messages, the build error, and the emerge error message as shown below. 463compile messages, the build error, and the emerge error message as shown below.
460</p> 464</p>
461 465
462<pre caption="Parts of the error"> 466<pre caption="Parts of the error (long lines are manually wrapped to fit the window)">
463<comment>(Compilation Messages)</comment> 467<comment>(Compilation Messages)</comment>
464gcc -D__TEST__ -D__GNU__ -D__LINUX__ -L/usr/lib -I/usr/include -L/usr/lib/nspr/ -I/usr/include/fmod -c -o foobar2-7.o foobar2-7.c
465gcc -D__TEST__ -D__GNU__ -D__LINUX__ -L/usr/lib -I/usr/include -L/usr/lib/nspr/ -I/usr/include/fmod -c -o foobar2-8.o foobar2-8.c
466gcc -D__TEST__ -D__GNU__ -D__LINUX__ -L/usr/lib -I/usr/include -L/usr/lib/nspr/ -I/usr/include/fmod -c -o foobar2-9.o foobar2-9.c
467gcc -D__TEST__ -D__GNU__ -D__LINUX__ -L/usr/lib -I/usr/include -L/usr/lib/nspr/ -I/usr/include/fmod -c -o foobar2.o foobar2.c 468gcc -D__TEST__ -D__GNU__ -D__LINUX__ -L/usr/lib -I/usr/include -L/usr/lib/nspr/ -I/usr/include/fmod \
469 -c -o foobar2-7.o foobar2-7.c
470gcc -D__TEST__ -D__GNU__ -D__LINUX__ -L/usr/lib -I/usr/include -L/usr/lib/nspr/ -I/usr/include/fmod \
471 -c -o foobar2-8.o foobar2-8.c
472gcc -D__TEST__ -D__GNU__ -D__LINUX__ -L/usr/lib -I/usr/include -L/usr/lib/nspr/ -I/usr/include/fmod \
473 -c -o foobar2-9.o foobar2-9.c
474gcc -D__TEST__ -D__GNU__ -D__LINUX__ -L/usr/lib -I/usr/include -L/usr/lib/nspr/ -I/usr/include/fmod \
475 -c -o foobar2.o foobar2.c
468 476
469<comment>(Build Error)</comment> 477<comment>(Build Error)</comment>
470foobar2.c:1:17: ogg.h: No such file or directory 478foobar2.c:1:17: ogg.h: No such file or directory
471make: *** [foobar2.o] Error 1 479make: *** [foobar2.o] Error 1
472 480
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522most likely have to create it. If you do not, portage will fail to write the 530most likely have to create it. If you do not, portage will fail to write the
523logs. 531logs.
524</note> 532</note>
525 533
526<pre caption="emerge-ing With PORT_LOGDIR"> 534<pre caption="emerge-ing With PORT_LOGDIR">
527# <i>PORT_LOGDIR=/var/log/portage emerge foobar2</i> 535# <i>PORT_LOGDIR=/var/log/portage emerge cate-gory/foobar2</i>
528</pre> 536</pre>
529 537
530<p> 538<p>
531Now the emerge fails again. However, this time we have a log we can work with, 539Now the emerge fails again. However, this time we have a log we can work with,
532and attach to the bug later on. Let's take a quick look at our log directory. 540and attach to the bug later on. Let's take a quick look at our log directory.
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535<pre caption="PORT_LOGDIR Contents"> 543<pre caption="PORT_LOGDIR Contents">
536# <i>ls -la /var/log/portage</i> 544# <i>ls -la /var/log/portage</i>
537total 16 545total 16
538drwxrws--- 2 root root 4096 Jun 30 10:08 . 546drwxrws--- 2 root root 4096 Jun 30 10:08 .
539drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 4096 Jun 30 10:08 .. 547drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 4096 Jun 30 10:08 ..
540-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7390 Jun 30 10:09 2115-foobar2-1.0.log 548-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7390 Jun 30 10:09 cate-gory:foobar2-1.0:20090110-213217.log
541</pre> 549</pre>
542 550
543<p> 551<p>
544The log files have the format [counter]-[package name]-[version].log. Counter 552The log files have the format [category]:[package name]-[version]:[date].log. A
545is a special variable that is meant to state this package as the n-th package
546you've emerged. This prevents duplicate logs from appearing. A quick look at
547the log file will show the entire emerge process. This can be attached later 553quick look at the log file will show the entire emerge process. This can be
548on as we'll see in the bug reporting section. Now that we've safely obtained 554attached later on as we'll see in the bug reporting section. Now that we've
549our information needed to report the bug we can continue to do so. However, 555safely obtained our information needed to report the bug we can continue to do
550before we get started on that, we need to make sure no one else has reported 556so. However, before we get started on that, we need to make sure no one else
551the issue. Let's take a look at searching for bugs. 557has reported the issue. Let's take a look at searching for bugs.
552</p> 558</p>
553 559
554</body> 560</body>
555</section> 561</section>
556</chapter> 562</chapter>
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