Here is the error I get when I try to emerge klive, followed by emerge --info: >>> Install klive-0.16 into /var/tmp/portage/klive-0.16/image/ category app-misc * 'enewuser()' called from 'install()' which is not a pkg_* function. * Package fails at QA and at life. Please file a bug. !!! ERROR: app-misc/klive-0.16 failed. Call stack: ebuild.sh, line 1532: Called dyn_install ebuild.sh, line 1005: Called src_install klive-0.16.ebuild, line 23: Called enewuser 'klive' '-1' '/bin/bash' eutils.eclass, line 446: Called die !!! Bad package! enewuser is only for use in pkg_* functions! !!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack if relevant. emerge --info tux jsnorman # emerge --info Portage 2.1_pre7-r5 (default-linux/amd64/2005.0, gcc-3.4.6, glibc-2.4-r1, 2.6.16-gentoo-r2 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.16-gentoo-r2 x86_64 Dual Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 175 Gentoo Base System version 1.12.0_pre17 ccache version 2.4 [disabled] dev-lang/python: 2.3.5, 2.4.2-r1 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.17 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r7 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2 sys-devel/binutils: 2.16.1-r2 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.22 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r3 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O3 -pipe -march=athlon64 -mtune=k8" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/env /usr/kde/3.4/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/shutdown /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib64/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/eselect/compiler /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/web2c /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O3 -pipe -march=athlon64 -mtune=k8" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://ftp.ndlug.nd.edu/pub/gentoo/ ftp://gentoo.mirrors.tds.net/gentoo ftp://ftp.ussg.iu.edu/pub/linux/gentoo" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="amd64 X Xaw3d aac acpi alsa apm arts artswrappersuid audiofile avi bash-completion berkdb bitmap-fonts bonobo bzip2 bzlib cairo calendar cdparanoia cdr cli crypt css ctype cups curl curlwrappers directfb div4linux doc dri dv dvd dvdr dvdread eds emboss emul-linux-x86 encode exif fbcon foomaticdb fortran freetype gif glitz glut gmp gnome gnustep gphoto2 gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 ieee1394 imagemagick imlib ipv6 isdnlog java javascript joystick jpeg kde kdeenablefinal lm_sensors logitech-mouse lzw lzw-tiff mad mozilla mp3 mpeg musepack ncurses nls nptl nptlonly nvidia ogg oggvorbis openal opengl pam pcre pda pdflib perl png portaudio ppds pppd prelude python qt quicktime readline reflection scanner sdl session slp spell spl ssl tcltk tcpd tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode usb vorbis xgk xgl xine xinerama xml xml2 xmms xpm xscreensaver xv xvid zlib elibc_glibc input_devices_kbd input_devices_mouse kernel_linux userland_GNU video_cards_nvidia" Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, MAKEOPTS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
Hope kernel team won't mind, I've moved the call in pkg_setup() so that it complies to bug #124680.
(In reply to comment #1) > Hope kernel team won't mind, I've moved the call in pkg_setup() so that it > complies to bug #124680. > That was about the fastest bug fix on earth! Can you post corrected ebuild or is it on rsync already?
