Reproducable on my machine by downgrading to vanilla =sys-apps/portage-2.0.53 and then upgrading to portage-2.1_pre1. * The default cache format has changed beginning with this Not launching a new sandbox instance Another one is already running in this process hierarchy. aux_get(): (0) Error in sys-apps/portage-2.0.51.22 ebuild. (1) Check for syntax error or corruption in the ebuild. (--debug) * version. Before using emerge, run skipping sync >>> Updating Portage cac100% DBD-mysql-2.9003 DBI-1.46 Net-Daemon-0.38 PlRPC-0.2016-r1 Storable-2.13 XML-Pars er-2.34 a52dec-0.7.4-r5 alsa-headers-1.0.9b alsa-lib-1.0.9 aspell-0.50.5-r4 aspe ll-en-0.51.1 atk-1.10.1 audiofile-0.2.6-r1 autoconf-2.13 autoconf-2.59-r6 autoco nf-wrapper-3-r1 automake-1.4_p6 automake-1.5 automake-1.6.3 automake-1.7.9-r1 au tomake-1.8.5-r3 automake-wrapper-1-r1 baselayout-1.11.13-r1 bash-3.0-r12 binutil s-config-1.8-r5 bison-1.875d busybox-1.00-r4 bzip2-1.0.3-r5 com_err-1.38 coreuti ls-5.2.1-r6 cpio-2.6-r4 cracklib-2.8.3-r1 cronbase-0.3.2 db-4.2.52_p2 debianutil s-2.14.1-r1 dhcp-3.0.1-r1 dhcpcd-2.0.0 diffutils-2.8.7-r1 e2fsprogs-1.38 enchant -1.1.6 esound-0.2.36-r1 expat-1.95.8 fam-2.7.0-r2 figlet-221-r1 findutils-4.1.20 -r1 flex-2.5.4a-r6 fluxbox-0.9.13-r1 fontconfig-2.2.3 freetype-2.1.9-r1 gawk-3.1 .4-r4 gcc-config-1.3.12-r2 gconf-2.10.1-r1 gentoo-sources-2.6.12-r10 gentoo-sour ces-2.6.13-r3 gettext-0.14.4 giflib-4.1.3 glib-1.2.10-r5 glib-2.6.5 glut-3.7.1 g nome-mime-data-2.4.2 gnome-vfs-2.10.1-r2 gnuconfig-20050602 gnutls-1.2.3 gpm-1.2 0.1-r4 grep-2.5.1-r8 groff-1.19.1-r2 gtk+-1.2.10-r11 gtk+-2.6.8 gzip-1.3.5-r8 ha shalot-0.3 hdparm-5.9 homedir hotplug-base-20040401 imlib2-1.2.0-r2 intltool-0.3 4.1 iputils-021109-r3 jpeg-6b-r5 kbd-1.12-r5 kdelibs-3.4.3 lame-3.96.1 less-382- r2 libart_lgpl-2.3.17 libdvdcss-1.2.8 libdvdread-0.9.4 libexif-0.5.12-r3 libgcry pt-1.2.1 libglade-2.5.1 libgnomecanvas-2.10.2 libgpg-error-1.0-r1 libid3tag-0.15 .1b libmad-0.15.1b libmikmod-3.1.11-r1 libmng-1.0.8-r1 libogg-1.1.2 libperl-5.8. 6-r1 libpng-1.2.8 libsdl-1.2.8-r1 libsoup-2.2.3-r1 libtasn1-0.2.13 libtool-1.5.1 8-r1 libvorbis-1.1.0 linux-headers-2.6.11-r2 lzo-1.08-r1 m4-1.4.3 madplay-0.15.2 b make-3.80-r2 man-1.6-r1 man-pages-2.07 man-pages-2.11 module-init-tools-3.0-r2 mozilla-thunderbird-1.0.6-r2 mplayer-1.0_pre7-r1 mysql-4.0.25-r2 nano-1.3.7 nas m-0.98.39-r1 ncurses-5.4-r6 net-tools-1.60-r11 nspr-4.4.1-r2 nss-3.9.2-r2 ntp-4. 2.0.20040617-r3 opencdk-0.5.5 opengl-update-2.2.1 openmotif-2.2.3-r3 openoffice- bin-1.1.5 openssh-3.9_p1-r3 openssl-0.9.7e-r1 opera-8.02 pam-0.78-r2 pam-login-3 .17 pango-1.8.1-r1 patch-2.5.9 perl-5.8.6-r6 perl-cleaner-1.01 popt-1.7-r1 porta ge-2.1_pre1 porthole-0.4.1 portmap-5b-r9 procps-3.2.5-r1 psmisc-21.6 pwdb-0.62 r eadline-5.0-r2 rpm2targz-9.0-r3 rsync-2.6.0-r6 sandbox-1.2.12 sed-4.1.4 shared-m ime-info-0.16 ss-1.38 sun-jdk-1.4.2.10 sun-jre-bin-1.4.2.08-r1 svgalib-1.9.21-r1 sysvinit-2.86 tar-1.15.1 tcl-8.4.9 tcp-wrappers-7.6-r8 testpackage-99 tiff-3.7. 3 tk-8.4.9 ttmkfdir-3.0.9-r3 tvtime-0.9.15 udev-068-r1 unionfs-1.0.14 unzip-5.52 utempter-0.5.5.6 wget-1.9.1-r5 which-2.16 win32codecs-20050216 wxGTK-2.4.2-r3 w xpython-2.4.2.4-r2 xchat-2.4.3 xmms-1.2.10-r15 xmms-alsa-1.2.10-r2 xmms-esd-1.2. 10-r1 xmms-mad-0.8 xmms-mikmod-1.2.10 xmms-mpg123-1.2.10-r1 xmms-vorbis-1.2.10-r 1 xorg-x11-6.8.2-r4 xterm-204 xvid-1.0.2 zip-2.3-r4 zlib-1.2.3 IMPORTANT: 12 con fig files in /etc need updating. 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Using emerge -d sys-apps/portage-2.1_pre1 it seems that this happens near: + einfon version. Before using emerge, run skipping sync '>>>' Updating Portage cache: ... then the spam of things. I hope to debug further on Sunday, real life intrudes this weekend :)
As Zac and Axxo both pointed out, the 'emerge metadata' in the ebuild is actually in backticks...oops ;) It should be in single quotes. I don't think this requires a patch :)
Already fixed the ebuild a few hours back when axxo poke me about it...
