media-libs/x264-0.0.20081006 buildpkg fails with OSError: [Errno 40] Too many
levels of symbolic links:
'/usr/portage/packages/media-libs/x264-0.0.20081006.tbz2'
Currently running portage 2.1.6.2 on a generally stable tree amd64
Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.emerge -va1 =media-libs/x264-0.0.20081006
2.
3.
Actual Results:
>>> Source compiled.
>>> Test phase [not enabled]: media-libs/x264-0.0.20081006
>>> Completed installing x264-0.0.20081006
strip: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-strip --strip-unneeded -R .comment
usr/lib64/libx264.so.65
usr/lib64/libx264.a
OSError: [Errno 40]
Expected Results:
/usr/portage/packages/media-libs/x264-0.0.20081006.tbz2
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 18, in <module>
retval = _emerge.emerge_main()
File "//usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/__init__.py", line 14222, in
emerge_main
myopts, myaction, myfiles, spinner)
File "//usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/__init__.py", line 13318, in
action_build
retval = mergetask.merge()
File "//usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/__init__.py", line 9984, in merge
rval = self._merge()
File "//usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/__init__.py", line 10226, in _merge
self._main_loop()
File "//usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/__init__.py", line 10354, in _main_loop
self._poll_loop()
File "//usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/__init__.py", line 8912, in _poll_loop
handler(f, event)
File "//usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/__init__.py", line 2205, in
_output_handler
self.wait()
File "//usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/__init__.py", line 1659, in wait
self._wait_hook()
File "//usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/__init__.py", line 1732, in _wait_hook
self._exit_listener_stack.pop()(self)
File "//usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/__init__.py", line 2973, in
_post_phase_exit
self.wait()
File "//usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/__init__.py", line 1659, in wait
self._wait_hook()
File "//usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/__init__.py", line 1732, in _wait_hook
self._exit_listener_stack.pop()(self)
File "//usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/__init__.py", line 1964, in
_task_exit_handler
self.wait()
File "//usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/__init__.py", line 1659, in wait
self._wait_hook()
File "//usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/__init__.py", line 1732, in _wait_hook
self._exit_listener_stack.pop()(self)
File "//usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/__init__.py", line 1915, in
_default_final_exit
return self.wait()
File "//usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/__init__.py", line 1659, in wait
self._wait_hook()
File "//usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/__init__.py", line 1732, in _wait_hook
self._exit_listener_stack.pop()(self)
File "//usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/__init__.py", line 2614, in _build_exit
self._start_task(packager, self._buildpkg_exit)
File "//usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/__init__.py", line 1928, in _start_task
task.start()
File "//usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/__init__.py", line 1640, in start
self._start()
File "//usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/__init__.py", line 2993, in _start
bintree.prevent_collision(pkg.cpv)
File "//usr/lib64/portage/pym/portage/dbapi/bintree.py", line 332, in
prevent_collision
self.inject(other_cpv)
File "//usr/lib64/portage/pym/portage/dbapi/bintree.py", line 797, in inject
s = os.stat(full_path)
OSError: [Errno 40] Too many levels of symbolic links:
'/usr/portage/packages/media-libs/x264-0.0.20081006.tbz2'
