Steps to reproduce: # emerge portage slocate ^C <-- before portage was merged # emerge --resume Result: portage gets merged again and again; the emerge never finishes. Expected result: merge portage, then slocate. Additional information: # emerge --info Portage 2203-svn (default-linux/x86/2005.0, gcc-3.4.5, glibc-2.3.5-r3, 2.6.14.2 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.14.2 i686 AMD Athlon(TM) XP 2500+ Gentoo Base System version 1.6.14 dev-lang/python: 2.3.5-r2, 2.4.2 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.12 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r7 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.16.1 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.22 virtual/os-headers: 2.4.19-r1, 2.6.11-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O3 -march=athlon-xp -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X1 1/xkb /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/ config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/eselect/compiler /etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O3 -march=athlon-xp -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig distlocks sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.gg3.net/ http://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/MIRRORS.html http://gentoo.scphost.com" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.de.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage/" USE="x86 X alsa apache2 audiofile avi bitmap-fonts bzip2 cairo cdb cdr cli crypt cups curl dga doc dri dvd eds emacs emboss ethereal exif expat f77 foomaticdb f ortran gd gif glut gmp gpm gtk gtk2 idn imagemagick imlib isdnlog java jpeg juni t libg++ libwww mhash mmx mng mp3 mpeg ncurses no_wxgtk1 ogg oggvorbis openal op engl oss pam pcre pdflib perl png pppd python qt quicktime readline reflection r uby scanner sdl session slang spell spl ssl svg tcpd tetex truetype truetype-fon ts type1-fonts udev usb vorbis win32codecs xine xml2 xmms xorg xv zlib userland_ GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc" Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, MAKEOPTS
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 131207 ***