sys-apps/diffutils-3.3 fails to install locales due to unexpanded @mkdir_p@. This bug does not occur in sys-apps/diffutils-3.2. Making install in po make[1]: Entering directory `/var/tmp/portage/sys-apps/diffutils-3.3/work/diffutils-3.3/po' /bin/sh: line 5: @mkdir_p@: command not found /usr/bin/install: cannot create regular file '/var/tmp/portage/sys-apps/diffutils-3.3/image//usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/diffutils.mo': No such file or directory installing cs.gmo as /var/tmp/portage/sys-apps/diffutils-3.3/image//usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/diffutils.mo /bin/sh: line 5: @mkdir_p@: command not found /usr/bin/install: cannot create regular file '/var/tmp/portage/sys-apps/diffutils-3.3/image//usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/diffutils.mo': No such file or directory installing fr.gmo as /var/tmp/portage/sys-apps/diffutils-3.3/image//usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/diffutils.mo /bin/sh: line 5: @mkdir_p@: command not found /usr/bin/install: cannot create regular file '/var/tmp/portage/sys-apps/diffutils-3.3/image//usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/diffutils.mo': No such file or directory installing pl.gmo as /var/tmp/portage/sys-apps/diffutils-3.3/image//usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/diffutils.mo /bin/sh: line 5: @mkdir_p@: command not found /usr/bin/install: cannot create regular file '/var/tmp/portage/sys-apps/diffutils-3.3/image//usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/diffutils.mo': No such file or directory installing ru.gmo as /var/tmp/portage/sys-apps/diffutils-3.3/image//usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/diffutils.mo
Yes.
should be all set now in the tree; thanks for the report! Commit message: Hack around bad upstream packaging w/gettext http://sources.gentoo.org/sys-apps/diffutils/diffutils-3.3.ebuild?r1=1.1&r2=1.2