emerge sync accomplished, then:
Dan ~ # emerge -u world
Calculating world dependencies ...done!
>>> emerge (1 of 5) net-analyzer/snort-2.3.2 to /
>>> md5 src_uri ;-) snort-2.3.2.tar.gz
>>> Checking snort-2.3.2.tar.gz's mtime...
>>> Checking snortsam-20050110.tar.gz's mtime...
>>> Checking snort-prelude-reporting-patch-0.3.6.tar.gz's mtime...
>>> Checking sguil-sensor-0.5.3.tar.gz's mtime...
>>> Not marked as unpacked; recreating WORKDIR...
>>> Unpacking source...
>>> Unpacking snort-2.3.2.tar.gz to /var/tmp/portage/snort-2.3.2/work
* Using GNU config files from /usr/share/libtool
* Updating config.sub [ ok ]
* Updating config.guess [ ok ]
* Cannot find $EPATCH_SOURCE! Value for $EPATCH_SOURCE is:
*
* /usr/portage/net-analyzer/snort/files/2.3.2-libnet-1.0.patch
* ( 2.3.2-libnet-1.0.patch )
!!! ERROR: net-analyzer/snort-2.3.2 failed.
!!! Function epatch, Line 256, Exitcode 0
!!! Cannot find $EPATCH_SOURCE!
!!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, NOT this status message.
Dan ~ # ls -l /usr/portage/net-analyzer/snort/files/2.3.0-libnet-1.0.patch
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5424 Jan 27 10:49 /usr/portage/net-analyzer/snort/files/2.3.0-libnet-1.0.patch