these bug are spotted by app-doc/ebook-pygtk step to reproduce: since all metadata cache regarding ebook are broken, if you have kde in your use flag delete them [see bug# 85335 ]: rm /usr/portage/metadata/cache/app-doc/ebook* then: emerge app-doc/ebook-pygtk devhelp pygtk is not in the list. temporary workaround: # cd /usr/share/devhelp/books/pygtk-2.0 # ln -s pygtk.devhelp pygtk-2.0.devhelp or if you prefer: # mv pygtk.devhelp pygtk-2.0.devhelp it's not clear why all html files are chmod o+x, since they are not executable. possible solution: the ebuild state: EBOOKDESTDIR="pygtk-2.0" EBOOKFROMDIR="pygtk" when the eclass rename the directory, the eclass should rename the .devhelp file from ${EBOOKFROMDIR}.devhelp to ${EBOOKDESTDIR}.devhelp I think that the eclass should also chmod 644 any file installed in /usr/share/devhelp/books by the ebuild. Please, when the ebuild will be fixed, fix also the server side cache metadata. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3.
The app-doc/ebook-* ebuilds have been replaced by the ebookmerge script (app-doc/ebookmerge) a while ago.
Closing.