charlie@mightymax a2evc.com $ emerge --searchdesc nptl Searching... - aux_get(): (3) Error in app-i18n/nkf-1.92 ebuild. Check for syntax error or corruption in the ebuild. (--debug) aux_get(): (3) Error in app-i18n/nkf-1.92 ebuild. Check for syntax error or corruption in the ebuild. (--debug) emerge: search: aux_get() failed, skipping | aux_get(): (3) Error in x11-libs/gtk+-1.2.10-r10 ebuild. Check for syntax error or corruption in the ebuild. (--debug) [ Results for search key : nptl ] [ Applications found : 0 ] charlie@mightymax a2evc.com $ Reproducible: Didn't try Steps to Reproduce:
Try running the same under root (from command prompt it appears you are a regular user).
Dammit. Sorry for wasting your time. Running as root worked fine.
please paste #emerge info
charlie@mightymax css $ emerge info Portage 2.0.47-r8 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.2.2, glibc-2.3.2-r0) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.19-gentoo-r10 i686 Celeron (Coppermine) GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu/ http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Lin ux/distributions/gentoo" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /var/qmail/control /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share /config /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/3.1/share/config /usr/share/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="" USE="x86 3dnow apm avi crypt cups encode gif jpeg libg++ libwww mikmod mmx mpeg ncurses nls pdflib png quicktime spell truetype xml2 xmms xv zlib gtkhtml gdbm b erkdb slang readline arts svga java guile X sdl gpm tcpd pam ssl python esd imli b oggvorbis gnome gtk qt kde opengl alsa apache2 bonobo evo gtk2 imap innodb lda p maildir mbox -motif mozilla mysql -oss perl plotutils postgres samba sse tcltk " COMPILER="gcc3" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=pentium3 -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" CXXFLAGS="-march=pentium3 -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" MAKEOPTS="-j2" AUTOCLEAN="yes" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" FEATURES="sandbox ccache"
Add user to portage group.