Get this when emerging dev-help with sandbox enabled: make[2]: Entering directory `/var/tmp/portage/devhelp-0.3/work/devhelp-0.3' make[2]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'. /bin/sh ./mkinstalldirs /var/tmp/portage/devhelp-0.3/image//usr/share/gnome/apps/Development mkdir /var/tmp/portage/devhelp-0.3/image/usr/share/gnome/apps mkdir /var/tmp/portage/devhelp-0.3/image/usr/share/gnome/apps/Development /bin/install -c -m 644 devhelp.desktop /var/tmp/portage/devhelp-0.3/image//usr/share/gnome/apps/Development/devhelp.desktop GCONF_CONFIG_SOURCE=xml::/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults gconftool-1 --shutdown Failed to create /root/.gconfd: Permission denied GCONF_CONFIG_SOURCE=xml::/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults gconftool-1 --makefile-install-rule ./devhelp.schemas Failed to create /root/.gconfd: Permission denied Failed to access configuration source(s): Failed: Could not make directory `/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults': Permission denied make[2]: *** [install-schemas] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/devhelp-0.3/work/devhelp-0.3' make[1]: *** [install-am] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/devhelp-0.3/work/devhelp-0.3' make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1 !!! ERROR: the make command did not complete successfully. !!! ("make DESTDIR=/var/tmp/portage/devhelp-0.3/image/ install") !!! Since this is a critical task, ebuild will be stopped. !!! emerge aborting on /usr/portage/dev-util/devhelp/devhelp-0.3.ebuild . Havent looked at it yet to be onest, but im thinking that the *uhm* authors fixing this could be a more viable solution if possible ? Thanks, let me know if it is not possible that way, and if you to bussy to fix .. ill get to it somewhere ...
Fixed in devhelp-0.3-r1, by doing the following: ./configure --disable-install-schemas Added pkg_postinst() script from rpm specfile to install the schemas after rpm installation.