Since recently, when I run "eix-sync -v", I get the following messages: [...] [N] >> net-im/pyaim-t ((~)0.8a): Python based jabber transport for AIM std::string get_package_property(const PrintFormat*, const void*, const std::string&): Unknown property 'oldbestshort'. std::string get_package_property(const PrintFormat*, const void*, const std::string&): Unknown property 'oldbestshort'. [N] >> net-voip/telepathy-butterfly ((~)0.1.4): An MSN connection manager for Telepathy std::string get_package_property(const PrintFormat*, const void*, const std::string&): Unknown property 'oldbestshort'. std::string get_package_property(const PrintFormat*, const void*, const std::string&): Unknown property 'oldbestshort'. [N] >> x11-misc/stalonetray ((~)0.6.5): System tray utility including support for KDE system tray icons [...] I get those "Unknown property 'oldbestshort'." only at the end of the eix-sync run. I'll attach a text file showing the complete output of the end of a eix-sync run. --($:~)-- emerge --info Portage 2.1.2.9 (default-linux/x86/2007.0/desktop, gcc-4.1.2, glibc-2.5-r3, 2.6.21-gentoo-r2.rtr.05-no-sched_smt.kernel-alsa i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.21-gentoo-r2.rtr.05-no-sched_smt.kernel-alsa i686 Genuine Intel(R) CPU T2400 @ 1.83GHz Gentoo Base System release 1.12.10 Timestamp of tree: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 06:20:01 +0000 distcc 2.18.3 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] ccache version 2.4 [enabled] dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.0.33-r1 dev-lang/python: 2.4.4-r4 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5 dev-util/ccache: 2.4-r7 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: 1.3.16 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.23b virtual/os-headers: 2.6.21 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=pentium-m -O2 -pipe -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/shutdown /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/gconf /etc/php/apache1-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/apache2-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php5/ext-active/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-march=pentium-m -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/Gentoo/Portage/distfiles" EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--alphabetical" FEATURES="ccache collision-protect distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS=" http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/gentoo/ http://gentoo.supp.name/ http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/gentoo/ http://ftp.gentoo.or.kr/ http://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/mirrors/gentoo/ http://distfiles.gentoo.org/ " LANG="de_CH.UTF-8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1" LINGUAS="de" MAKEOPTS="-j3" PKGDIR="/Gentoo/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 --filter=H_**/files/digest-*" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/Gentoo/Portage/build" PORTDIR="/Gentoo/Portage/tree" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/Gentoo/Portage/local-tree/misc" SYNC="rsync://winds03:10873/gentoo-portage" USE="X acpi alsa berkdb bitmap-fonts cairo cdr cli cracklib crypt cups dbus dmi dri dvd dvdr dvdread encode fam firefox fortran gdbm gif gnome gpm gstreamer gtk hal iconv isdnlog jpeg kde kdeenablefinal kdehiddenvisibility ldap libg++ libnotify mad midi mmx mp3 mpeg mudflap ncurses nls nptl nptlonly ogg opengl openmp pam pcmcia pcre pdf perl png pppd python qt3 qt3support qt4 quicktime readline reflection samba sdl session spell spl ssl svg tcpd tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode vorbis wifi win32codecs x86 xine xinerama xml xorg xv zlib" ALSA_CARDS="dummy hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m usb-audio usb-usx3y" 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="evdev keyboard mouse synaptics vmmouse" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="de" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="dummy none nv nvidia vga" Unset: CTARGET, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS
Pushed return twice... Sorry. More relevant information is in bug #181629 Closing this bug.