Bugzilla Bug 177973

during the emerge,

cp -f uic/widget-plugins/qwt.py
/var/tmp/portage/dev-python/PyQt4-4.2/image///usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/PyQt4/uic/widget-plugins/qwt.py
cp -f uic/widget-plugins/qaxcontainer.py
/var/tmp/portage/dev-python/PyQt4-4.2/image///usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/PyQt4/uic/widget-plugins/qaxcontainer.py
cp -f pyuic4 /var/tmp/portage/dev-python/PyQt4-4.2/image///usr/bin/pyuic4
make[1]: Leaving directory
`/var/tmp/portage/dev-python/PyQt4-4.2/work/PyQt-x11-gpl-4.2/pyuic'
make[1]: Entering directory
`/var/tmp/portage/dev-python/PyQt4-4.2/work/PyQt-x11-gpl-4.2/pylupdate'
cp -f pylupdate4
/var/tmp/portage/dev-python/PyQt4-4.2/image///usr/bin/pylupdate4
make[1]: Leaving directory
`/var/tmp/portage/dev-python/PyQt4-4.2/work/PyQt-x11-gpl-4.2/pylupdate'
make[1]: Entering directory
`/var/tmp/portage/dev-python/PyQt4-4.2/work/PyQt-x11-gpl-4.2/pyrcc'
cp -f pyrcc4 /var/tmp/portage/dev-python/PyQt4-4.2/image///usr/bin/pyrcc4
make[1]: Leaving directory
`/var/tmp/portage/dev-python/PyQt4-4.2/work/PyQt-x11-gpl-4.2/pyrcc'
make[1]: Entering directory
`/var/tmp/portage/dev-python/PyQt4-4.2/work/PyQt-x11-gpl-4.2/designer'
ACCESS DENIED  mkdir:     /usr/lib/qt4/plugins/designer
mkdir: cannot create directory `/usr/lib/qt4/plugins/designer/': Permission
denied
make[1]: *** [install_target] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory
`/var/tmp/portage/dev-python/PyQt4-4.2/work/PyQt-x11-gpl-4.2/designer'
make: *** [install] Error 2

!!! ERROR: dev-python/PyQt4-4.2 failed.
Call stack:
  ebuild.sh, line 1615:   Called dyn_install
  ebuild.sh, line 1061:   Called qa_call 'src_install'
  ebuild.sh, line 44:   Called src_install
  PyQt4-4.2.ebuild, line 50:   Called die

!!! install failed
!!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack if
relevant.
!!! A complete build log is located at
'/var/tmp/portage/dev-python/PyQt4-4.2/temp/build.log'.

--------------------------- ACCESS VIOLATION SUMMARY
---------------------------
LOG FILE = "/var/log/sandbox/sandbox-dev-python_-_PyQt4-4.2-13457.log"

mkdir:     /usr/lib/qt4/plugins/designer (symlink to /usr/lib/qt4/plugins/)
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Reproducible: Always




[root@gui - 23:39:31 - ~/files_2_save] # emerge --info
Portage 2.1.2.7 (default-linux/x86/2006.1, gcc-4.1.1, glibc-2.5-r2,
2.6.20-gentoo-r6 i686)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.6.20-gentoo-r6 i686 AMD Athlon(TM) MP 2400+
Gentoo Base System release 1.12.9
Timestamp of tree: Thu, 10 May 2007 18:30:09 +0000
dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.0.32
dev-lang/python:     2.4.4
dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5
sys-apps/sandbox:    1.2.17
sys-devel/autoconf:  2.13, 2.61
sys-devel/automake:  1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10
sys-devel/binutils:  2.16.1-r3
sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.16
sys-devel/libtool:   1.5.22
virtual/os-headers:  2.6.17-r2
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-march=athlon-mp -O2 -pipe"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config
/usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild
/etc/splash /etc/terminfo"
CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon-mp -O2 -pipe"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo"
LANG="fr_FR.UTF-8"
LC_ALL="C"
LINGUAS="fr"
MAKEOPTS="-j3"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress
--force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180
--exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages
--filter=H_**/files/digest-*"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/layman/musicbrainz /usr/local/layman/xeffects
/usr/local/layman/lapis /usr/local/portage"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="3dnow 3dnowex 3dnowext X a52 aac acpi alsa apm arts artswrappersuid asf
avahi avi bash-completion berkdb bigger-fonts bindist bitmap-fonts bonobo
bootsplash browserplugin bzip2 cairo calendar cdparanoia cdr chroot cli
cracklib crypt cups curl dbus dga directfb divx4linux dri dv dvb dvd dvdr
dvdread encode esd evo exif fam fbcon ffmpeg flac foomaticdb fortran gdbm ggi
gif glitz glut gnome gphoto2 gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 hal iconv imap imlib
isdnlog jack java jbig jikes jpeg jpeg2k kde kdeenablefinal kdexdeltas kipi
lcms libcaca libg++ lm_sensors logitech-mouse mad midi mmx mmxext mng mono
motif mp3 mpeg nas ncurses nls nptl nptlonly nvidia ogg oggvorbis opengl oss
pam pcre pdf perl png ppds pppd python qt qt3 qt4 quicktime readline real
reflection ruby samba sdl session slp sndfile spell spl sqlite sqlite3 sse ssl
svg svga tcltk tcpd theora tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode usb
vorbis win32codecs wmf x86 xcb xml2 xorg xosd xv xvid yaz zeroconf zlib"
ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1
emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m
maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci"
ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file
hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mulaw multi null plug rate route
share shm softvol" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard evdev mouse"
KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001
mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="fr" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia nv"
Unset:  CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LDFLAGS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS,
PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS

Created an attachment (id=118813) [details]
proposed fix

I've changed the "make install" line to read

make DESTDIR=${D} INSTALL_ROOT=${D} install || die "install failed"

where the INSTALL_ROOT variable is being used by designer/Makefile. Not
elegant, but it works for me.

committed the fix. thanks for the report.

closing as fixed.  please reopen if the issue persists.