grep-2.5.1.ebuild installs grep into /usr/bin, rather than /bin. This causes problems on bootup if /usr is on a separate partition. A quick solution is to copy grep-2.5.ebuild to grep-2.5.1.ebuild, since the older ebuild installs grep into /bin Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge grep-2.5.1.ebuild 2. reboot (with /usr on a separate partition) 3. Actual Results: /sbin/rc: egrep: command not found Expected Results: found grep and egrep in /bin Portage 2.0.47-r7 (default-1.0, gcc-2.95.3, glibc-2.2.5-r7) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.20-ck3 i686 Transmeta(tm) Crusoe(tm) Processor TM5800 GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu http://distro.ibiblio.org/gentoo" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /var/qmail/control /usr/share/config /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" USE="x86 oss apm avi crypt cups encode jpeg libg++ mmx mpeg ncurses pdflib quicktime spell truetype xml2 xmms xv berkdb cdr esd gdbm gif gnome-libs gpm gtk imlib java libwww motif nls oggvorbis opengl pam png python readline sdl snmp ssl svga tcpd X -3dnow apache2 -arts bonobo dga dvd ethereal fbcon gnome gtk2 gtkhtml guile -kde lcms -mikmod mozilla moznoirc moznomail moznocompose mysql nas odbc pcmcia pda perl pic plotutils pnp -qt -qtmt samba -slang smooth tcltk tetex tiff trusted usb xml" COMPILER="" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-mcpu=i686 -march=i686 -O3 -pipe" CXXFLAGS="-mcpu=i686 -march=i686 -O3 -pipe" ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" MAKEOPTS="-j2" AUTOCLEAN="yes" SYNC="rsync://rsync.us.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" FEATURES="sandbox ccache digest"
Thanks and I'm very sorry about that! It's fixed in cvs in 2.5.1-r1