cvs works fine manually. >>> Unpacking source... * Fetching CVS module e16/e into /mnt/src/distfiles/cvs-src ... * Running cvs -q -f -z4 -d ":pserver:anonymous:@anoncvs.enlightenment.org:/var/cvs/e" login Logging in to :pserver:anonymous@anoncvs.enlightenment.org:2401/var/cvs/e * Running cvs -q -f -z4 -d ":pserver:anonymous@anoncvs.enlightenment.org:/var cvs/e" update -dP e16/e cvs update: ignoring e16/e (CVS/Repository missing) cvs [update aborted]: no such directory `e16' !!! ERROR: x11-wm/enlightenment-0.16.9999 failed. Call stack: ebuild.sh, line 1539: Called dyn_unpack ebuild.sh, line 711: Called src_unpack enlightenment-0.16.9999.ebuild, line 43: Called cvs_src_unpack cvs.eclass, line 505: Called cvs_fetch cvs.eclass, line 337: Called die !!! cvs update command failed !!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack if relevant. Portage 2.1-r2 (default-linux/x86/2006.0, gcc-3.4.6, glibc-2.3.6-r4, 2.6.17-bey ond3.1_pre1 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.17-beyond3.1_pre1 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3500+ Gentoo Base System version 1.12.4 app-admin/eselect-compiler: [Not Present] dev-lang/python: 2.4.3-r1 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5 dev-util/ccache: [Not Present] dev-util/confcache: [Not Present] 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-r3 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.13-r3 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.22 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.17 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/sh utdown /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /u sr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/te xmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/splash /etc /terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/mnt/src/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo ftp://gentoo.mirrors.tds.net/ gentoo ftp://206.75.217.180/" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/mnt/src/portage/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=' /distfiles' --exclude='/local' --exclude='/packages'" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/mnt/src/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/mnt/src/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/mnt/src/local/portage /mnt/src/local/overlays/bmg-main" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 X alsa apache2 apm arts artswrappersuid avi berkdb bitmap-fonts bzip2 cli crypt cups dlloader dri dvd dvdr eds emboss encode esd fam flac foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif glut gnome gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 imlib ipv6 isdnlog java jpeg lcms ldap libg++ libwww mad mikmod motif mp3 mpeg mysql ncurses nls nptl nptlo nly nsplugin offensive ogg opengl oss pam pcre pdflib perl png pppd python qt3 qt4 quicktime readline reflection samba sdl session slang spell spl ssl svga tc ltk tcpd tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts udev vorbis win32codecs xine xml xmms xorg xscreensaver xv zlib elibc_glibc input_devices_keyboard input_dev ices_mouse input_devices_evdev kernel_linux userland_GNU" Unset: CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LING UAS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS
your local tree is screwed up, delete it
yes, it was. removed cvs-src/e16 and then it emerged.