Re: Missing quotation in make.conf

Alexis <[email protected]> Sun, 07 Jun 2026 10:22:35 +1000
Newsgroups gmane.linux.gentoo.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
matthew dyer <[email protected]> writes:

> I am running into a snag with the gentoo installation with my 
> make.conf.  I
> have installed gentoo several times, but usually able to saulve 
> this one,
> but this time it seems I am missing something.  I am following 
> the
> handbook, but when trying to install the cpu-flags package, 
> portage clame
> that there is a missing quotation in my make.conf file..  I have 
> checked my
> settings several times and even tried editing things to no 
> avale.  All my
> settings have closing quotations as they should so what gives. 
> What I am
> not seeing is anything show what is missing quotes. Any ideas on 
> this one.

This sort of error can be the result of an error with some other 
punctuation, and an error message about quotes is merely the 
symptom, not the cause.

Please share your make.conf, preferably via a pastebin service; 
the `wgetpaste` command-line program facilitates this.


Alexis.