I am not sure how to properly debug this and since there is no compiler error, i won't be able to make any attachments but this problem is caused by several packages including bash. I will post each of their bug references here after. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.emerge =app-shells/bash-4.0_p37 2. 3. Actual Results: >>> Emerging (1 of 1) app-shells/bash-4.0_p37 openpty failed: 'out of pty devices' * bash-4.0.tar.gz RMD160 SHA1 SHA256 size ;-) ... [ ok ] * bash40-001 RMD160 SHA1 SHA256 size ;-) ... [ ok ] * bash40-002 RMD160 SHA1 SHA256 size ;-) ... [ ok ] * bash40-003 RMD160 SHA1 SHA256 size ;-) ... [ ok ] * bash40-004 RMD160 SHA1 SHA256 size ;-) ... [ ok ] * bash40-005 RMD160 SHA1 SHA256 size ;-) ... [ ok ] * bash40-006 RMD160 SHA1 SHA256 size ;-) ... [ ok ] * bash40-007 RMD160 SHA1 SHA256 size ;-) ... [ ok ] * bash40-008 RMD160 SHA1 SHA256 size ;-) ... [ ok ] * bash40-009 RMD160 SHA1 SHA256 size ;-) ... [ ok ] * bash40-010 RMD160 SHA1 SHA256 size ;-) ... [ ok ] * bash40-011 RMD160 SHA1 SHA256 size ;-) ... [ ok ] * bash40-012 RMD160 SHA1 SHA256 size ;-) ... [ ok ] * bash40-013 RMD160 SHA1 SHA256 size ;-) ... [ ok ] * bash40-014 RMD160 SHA1 SHA256 size ;-) ... [ ok ] * bash40-015 RMD160 SHA1 SHA256 size ;-) ... [ ok ] * bash40-016 RMD160 SHA1 SHA256 size ;-) ... [ ok ] * bash40-017 RMD160 SHA1 SHA256 size ;-) ... [ ok ] * bash40-018 RMD160 SHA1 SHA256 size ;-) ... [ ok ] * bash40-019 RMD160 SHA1 SHA256 size ;-) ... [ ok ] * bash40-020 RMD160 SHA1 SHA256 size ;-) ... [ ok ] * bash40-021 RMD160 SHA1 SHA256 size ;-) ... [ ok ] * bash40-022 RMD160 SHA1 SHA256 size ;-) ... [ ok ] * bash40-023 RMD160 SHA1 SHA256 size ;-) ... [ ok ] * bash40-024 RMD160 SHA1 SHA256 size ;-) ... [ ok ] * bash40-025 RMD160 SHA1 SHA256 size ;-) ... [ ok ] * bash40-026 RMD160 SHA1 SHA256 size ;-) ... [ ok ] * bash40-027 RMD160 SHA1 SHA256 size ;-) ... [ ok ] * bash40-028 RMD160 SHA1 SHA256 size ;-) ... [ ok ] * bash40-029 RMD160 SHA1 SHA256 size ;-) ... [ ok ] * bash40-030 RMD160 SHA1 SHA256 size ;-) ... [ ok ] * bash40-031 RMD160 SHA1 SHA256 size ;-) ... [ ok ] * bash40-032 RMD160 SHA1 SHA256 size ;-) ... [ ok ] * bash40-033 RMD160 SHA1 SHA256 size ;-) ... [ ok ] * bash40-034 RMD160 SHA1 SHA256 size ;-) ... [ ok ] * bash40-035 RMD160 SHA1 SHA256 size ;-) ... [ ok ] * bash40-036 RMD160 SHA1 SHA256 size ;-) ... [ ok ] * bash40-037 RMD160 SHA1 SHA256 size ;-) ... [ ok ] * checking ebuild checksums ;-) ... [ ok ] * checking auxfile checksums ;-) ... [ ok ] * checking miscfile checksums ;-) ... [ ok ] * CPV: app-shells/bash-4.0_p37 * REPO: gentoo * USE: elibc_glibc kernel_linux net nls userland_GNU x86 >>> Unpacking source... >>> Unpacking bash-4.0.tar.gz to /var/tmp/portage/app-shells/bash-4.0_p37/work * Applying bash40-001 ... [ ok ] * Applying bash40-002 ... [ ok ] * Applying bash40-003 ... [ ok ] * Applying bash40-004 ... [ ok ] * Applying bash40-005 ... [ ok ] * Applying bash40-006 ... [ ok ] * Applying bash40-007 ... [ ok ] * Applying bash40-008 ... [ ok ] * Applying bash40-009 ... [ ok ] * Applying bash40-010 ... [ ok ] * Applying bash40-011 ... [ ok ] * Applying bash40-012 ... [ ok ] * Applying bash40-013 ... [ ok ] * Applying bash40-014 ... [ ok ] * Applying bash40-015 ... [ ok ] * Applying bash40-016 ... [ ok ] * Applying bash40-017 ... [ ok ] * Applying bash40-018 ... [ ok ] * Applying bash40-019 ... [ ok ] * Applying bash40-020 ... [ ok ] * Applying bash40-021 ... [ ok ] * Applying bash40-022 ... [ ok ] * Applying bash40-023 ... [ ok ] * Applying bash40-024 ... [ ok ] * Applying bash40-025 ... [ ok ] * Applying bash40-026 ... [ ok ] * Applying bash40-027 ... [ ok ] * Applying bash40-028 ... [ ok ] * Applying bash40-029 ... [ ok ] * Applying bash40-030 ... [ ok ] * Applying bash40-031 ... [ ok ] * Applying bash40-032 ... [ ok ] * Applying bash40-033 ... [ ok ] * Applying bash40-034 ... [ ok ] * Applying bash40-035 ... [ ok ] * Applying bash40-036 ... [ ok ] * Applying bash40-037 ... [ ok ] * Applying bash-4.0-configure.patch ... [ ok ] * Applying bash-3.2-parallel-build.patch ... [ ok ] * Applying bash-4.0-ldflags-for-build.patch ... [ ok ] * Applying bash-4.0-negative-return.patch ... [ ok ] * Applying bash-4.0-parallel-build.patch ... [ ok ] >>> Source unpacked in /var/tmp/portage/app-shells/bash-4.0_p37/work >>> Compiling source in /var/tmp/portage/app-shells/bash-4.0_p37/work/bash-4.0 ... * econf: updating bash-4.0/support/config.sub with /usr/share/gnuconfig/config.sub * econf: updating bash-4.0/support/config.guess with /usr/share/gnuconfig/config.guess ./configure --prefix=/usr --build=i686-pc-linux-gnu --host=i686-pc-linux-gnu --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --datadir=/usr/share --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var/lib --without-afs --enable-net-redirections --disable-profiling --disable-mem-scramble --without-bash-malloc --without-installed-readline --with-curses checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu checking for emacs... emacs checking where .elc files should go... Portage 2.2_rc74 (default/linux/x86/10.0, gcc-4.4.3, glibc-2.11.2-r0, 2.6.34-hardened-r1 i686) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-2.6.34-hardened-r1-i686-Intel-R-_Xeon-R-_CPU_E5420_@_2.50GHz-with-gentoo-2.0.1 Timestamp of tree: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:30:01 +0000 distcc 3.1 i686-pc-linux-gnu [disabled] ccache version 2.4 [disabled] app-shells/bash: 4.0_p35 dev-java/java-config: 2.1.11 dev-lang/python: 2.6.5-r3, 3.1.2-r4 dev-util/ccache: 2.4-r7 dev-util/cmake: 2.8.1-r2 sys-apps/baselayout: 2.0.1 sys-apps/openrc: 0.6.3 sys-apps/sandbox: 2.3-r1 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.65-r1 sys-devel/automake: 1.6.3-r1, 1.8.5-r4, 1.9.6-r3, 1.10.3, 1.11.1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.20.1-r1 sys-devel/gcc: 4.4.3-r2 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.1 sys-devel/libtool: 2.2.6b sys-devel/make: 3.81-r2 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.30-r1 (sys-kernel/linux-headers) ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA @BINARY-REDISTRIBUTABLE" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/portage /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/splash /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/language.dat.d /etc/texmf/language.def.d /etc/texmf/updmap.d /etc/texmf/web2c" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="assume-digests distlocks fixlafiles fixpackages news parallel-fetch preserve-libs protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed" LINGUAS="bn brx cy dgo eo eu fa gl gu_IN id kk kn_IN kok ks ku mai mn mni my sa_IN sat sd ta_IN tn uz en ca" MAKEOPTS="-j8" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X acl atm berkdb bindist branding bzip2 cairo cli cracklib crypt cups cxx dbus dri fbcondecor fortran gdbm gif gnome gpm hal iconv ipv6 jpeg livecd loop-aes mmx mng modules mudflap ncurses nls nouveau nptl nptlonly opengl openmp pam pcre perl png portaudio pppd python qt3support qt4 readline reflection session socks5 spl sse sse2 ssl sysfs tcpd tiff truetype unicode usb x86 xorg 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 mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev keyboard mouse synaptics" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="bn brx cy dgo eo eu fa gl gu_IN id kk kn_IN kok ks ku mai mn mni my sa_IN sat sd ta_IN tn uz en ca" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby18" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="fbdev glint intel mach64 mga neomagic nv r128 radeon savage tdfx trident vesa via vmware cirrus ast chips i128 i740 imstt radeonhd s3virge tseng v4l vermilion" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, FFLAGS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS
need config.log, and no need to file multiple bugs on the same issue (bug 335898)
reopen to dupe properly
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 335898 ***
Created attachment 245902 [details] config.log
Reopening.
Created attachment 245957 [details, diff] bash-4.0_p37.ebuild.diff This minimal change to the ebuild fixes the problem for me.
http://sources.gentoo.org/app-shells/bash/bash-4.1_p7.ebuild?r1=1.1&r2=1.2
