+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #92323 +++ 1.4 also had this problem, and I worked around it by temporarily disabling FEATURES=getbinpkg >>> emerge (2 of 7) net-analyzer/nagios-core-1.4.1 to / Fetching 'net-analyzer/nagios-core-1.4.1' ... HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 1,782,594 (1.7M) [text/plain] 100%[==================================================================================================================================>] 1,782,594 11.33M/s 09:32:21 (11.30 MB/s) - `/var/cache/packages/All/nagios-core-1.4.1.tbz2' saved [1782594/1782594] >>> extracting info >>> extracting nagios-core-1.4.1 >>> Merging net-analyzer/nagios-core-1.4.1 to / chown: cannot access `/var/tmp/portage/nagios-core-1.4.1/image//var/nagios/rw': No such file or directory !!! ERROR: net-analyzer/nagios-core-1.4.1 failed. !!! Function pkg_preinst, Line 212, Exitcode 1 !!! Failed Chown of /var/tmp/portage/nagios-core-1.4.1/image//var/nagios/rw !!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, NOT this status message. !!! FAILED preinst: 1
This bug keeps creeping back... hopefully the fix I just commited will keep it away for good. in CVS.