if I uncomment the PORT_LOGDIR=/var/log/portage, emerge doesn't work. it stops at begin of work, after MD5sum. top shows python2.4 in waiting state. this is the directory in /var/log: drwxrws--- 2 portage portage 512 Nov 1 16:51 portage/ note that the directory permission will be reset every time I launch emerge Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. uncomment PORT_LOGDIR=/var/log/portage, in make.conf 2. mkdir /var/log/portage 3. chown portage:portage /var/log/portage 4. emerge <any-package>, or emerge -C <any-package>
Can you confirm this with newer versions of portage?
Can't reproduce here, maybe fixed with recent portages.