Updating busybox from 1.2.2.1 to 1.3.1, the following messages appear: * # CONFIG_DEBUG_YANK_SUSv2 is not set * # CONFIG_DEBUG_INIT is not set * # CONFIG_DEBUG_CROND_OPTION is not set * # CONFIG_FEATURE_UDHCP_DEBUG is not set .config:684:warning: trying to reassign symbol NO_DEBUG_LIB .config:684:warning: NO_DEBUG_LIB creates inconsistent choice state .config:685:warning: trying to reassign symbol DMALLOC .config:686:warning: trying to reassign symbol EFENCE The merge remained at this point for several minutes until I hit enter, at which point the merge continued: >>> Source unpacked. >>> Compiling source in /var/tmp/portage/sys-apps/busybox-1.3.1/work/busybox-1.3.1 ... SPLIT include/autoconf.h -> include/config/* GEN include/bbconfigopts.h HOSTCC applets/usage LD archival/built-in.o CC archival/ar.o etc. The build then completed normally as far as I can tell. There should never be a point where a merge stalls waiting for input, should there? Portage 2.1.2_rc4-r2 (default-linux/amd64/2006.1/desktop, gcc-4.1.1, glibc-2.5-r0, 2.6.19-gentoo-r2 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.19-gentoo-r2 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+ Gentoo Base System version 1.12.8 Last Sync: Sat, 30 Dec 2006 02:50:01 +0000 ccache version 2.4 [enabled] dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.0.31 dev-lang/python: 2.4.4 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5 dev-util/ccache: 2.4-r6 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.18.1 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.61 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10 sys-devel/binutils: 2.17 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.14 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.22 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.19 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=k8 -O2 -pipe -ggdb" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/gconf /etc/java-config/vms/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/web2c" CXXFLAGS="-march=k8 -O2 -pipe -ggdb -ffriend-injection" DISTDIR="/var/portage/distfiles" EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="" FEATURES="autoconfig ccache distlocks fixpackages parallel-fetch sandbox sfperms splitdebug strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo/ http://gentoo.osuosl.org/ " LANG="en_US.UTF-8" LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8" LINGUAS="en" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/var/portage/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS="--timeout=120" 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="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage /usr/local/bmg-main /usr/portage/local/layman/sunrise /usr/portage/local/layman/break-my-gentoo-main /usr/portage/local/layman/wrobel /usr/portage/local/layman/gentopia /usr/portage/local/layman/stuart-desktop /usr/portage/local/layman/gnome-experimental" SYNC="rsync://rsync.namerica.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="nls glitz unicode fam jpeg session mp3 cdr x264 gdbm emboss ogg xml iconv samba hal amd64 gtk mikmod fortran ldap dvdr quicktime bash-completion ssl libnotify X amr bitmap-fonts isdnlog nptl kdehiddenvisibility dbus truetype debug ppds zlib kde udev vorbis mpeg vcd cdda esd xvid qt4 qt3 userlocales truetype-fonts theora cli gnome mono dri ipv6 mad firefox tiff cups xv pcre gpm java usb opengl type1-fonts perl gif a52 cairo encode cracklib dlloader sdl ncurses pppd flac berkdb ruby png ffmpeg aac nptlonly gstreamer dts xcb sqlite pic tcpd spl bzip2 crypt python libg++ pam css alsa spell eds gtk2 xorg readline reflection dvd" ALSA_CARDS="emu10k1" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev" KERNEL="linux" LINGUAS="en" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="vesa nvidia" Unset: CTARGET, INSTALL_MASK, LDFLAGS
my guess is it's because you're using USE=savedconfig and you're trying to use an outdated .config file
erm, nm ... you have USE=debug turned on
fixed in cvs, thanks for the report
