checkroot uses awk which needs libexpat (when USE=xml) that is located in /usr/lib. It is done before localmount so library can't be used when /usr is in diffrent partition. Becouse of that whole start proces crashes and nobody can login. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: Only when /usr is mounted from diffrent partition 1. USE=xml emerge sys-libs/gawk-3.1.4-r3 2. reboot Expected Results: Change checkroot or move libexpat to /lib
Please use "New -> Gentoo Linux -> Component: Ebuilds" in future. Infrastructure is not the correct addressee.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 81793 ***