This is error is difficult to reproduce but it does happen from time to time. Interestingly enough it can always be recovered from by running `emerge --resume`. >>> Emerging (60 of 671) media-sound/cdparanoia-3.9.8-r5 to / >>> Extracting info >>> Extracting cdparanoia-3.9.8-r5 >>> Merging media-sound/cdparanoia-3.9.8-r5 to / !!! ERROR: media-sound/cdparanoia-3.9.8-r5 failed. Call stack: ebuild.sh, line 1518: Called source '/var/tmp/portage/media-sound/cdparanoia-3.9.8-r5/build-info/cdparanoia-3.9.8-r5.ebuild' cdparanoia-3.9.8-r5.ebuild, line 8: Called inherit 'eutils' 'flag-o-matic' 'libtool' 'toolchain-funcs' 'versionator' 'autotools' ebuild.sh, line 1263: Called qa_source '/data/portage/eclass/autotools.eclass' ebuild.sh, line 34: Called source '/data/portage/eclass/autotools.eclass' autotools.eclass, line 12: Called inherit 'eutils' 'libtool' ebuild.sh, line 1263: Called qa_source '/data/portage/eclass/eutils.eclass' ebuild.sh, line 34: Called source '/data/portage/eclass/eutils.eclass' eutils.eclass, line 18: Called inherit 'multilib' 'portability' ebuild.sh, line 1240: Called die !!! multilib.eclass could not be found by inherit() !!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack if relevant. !!! A complete build log is located at '/var/tmp/portage/media-sound/cdparanoia-3.9.8-r5/temp/build.log'. !!! FAILED preinst: 1 ipp002 portage # ipp002 portage # emerge --resume Calculating dependencies... done! [binary R ] media-sound/cdparanoia-3.9.8-r5 [binary R ] x11-themes/gnome-backgrounds-2.16.2 USE="-debug" . . Total: 612 packages (612 reinstalls), Size of downloads: 0 kB Portage overlays: [1] /data/portage_overlay *** Resuming merge... >>> starting parallel fetching >>> Emerging (1 of 612) media-sound/cdparanoia-3.9.8-r5 to / >>> Extracting info >>> Extracting cdparanoia-3.9.8-r5 >>> Merging media-sound/cdparanoia-3.9.8-r5 to / >>> Performing suid scan in /var/tmp/portage/media-sound/cdparanoia-3.9.8-r5/image/ --- /usr/ --- /usr/bin/ >>> /usr/bin/cdparanoia --- /usr/lib64/ >>> /usr/lib64/libcdda_interface.so -> libcdda_interface.so.0.9.8 >>> /usr/lib64/libcdda_paranoia.so.0.9.8 >>> /usr/lib64/libcdda_interface.so.0 -> libcdda_interface.so.0.9.8 >>> /usr/lib64/libcdda_interface.so.0.9.8 >>> /usr/lib64/libcdda_paranoia.so -> libcdda_paranoia.so.0.9.8 >>> /usr/lib64/libcdda_interface.a >>> /usr/lib64/libcdda_paranoia.a >>> /usr/lib64/libcdda_paranoia.so.0 -> libcdda_paranoia.so.0.9.8 --- /usr/lib/ --- /usr/include/ >>> /usr/include/cdda_paranoia.h >>> /usr/include/utils.h >>> /usr/include/cdda_interface.h --- /usr/share/ --- /usr/share/man/ --- /usr/share/man/man1/ >>> /usr/share/man/man1/cdparanoia.1.bz2 --- /usr/share/doc/ --- /usr/share/doc/cdparanoia-3.9.8-r5/ >>> /usr/share/doc/cdparanoia-3.9.8-r5/README.bz2 >>> /usr/share/doc/cdparanoia-3.9.8-r5/FAQ.txt.bz2 >>> Safely unmerging already-installed instance... --- !mtime obj /usr/share/man/man1/cdparanoia.1.bz2 --- !mtime obj /usr/share/doc/cdparanoia-3.9.8-r5/README.bz2 --- !mtime obj /usr/share/doc/cdparanoia-3.9.8-r5/FAQ.txt.bz2 --- !mtime obj /usr/lib64/libcdda_paranoia.so.0.9.8 --- !mtime sym /usr/lib64/libcdda_paranoia.so.0 --- !mtime sym /usr/lib64/libcdda_paranoia.so --- !mtime obj /usr/lib64/libcdda_paranoia.a --- !mtime obj /usr/lib64/libcdda_interface.so.0.9.8 --- !mtime sym /usr/lib64/libcdda_interface.so.0 --- !mtime sym /usr/lib64/libcdda_interface.so --- !mtime obj /usr/lib64/libcdda_interface.a --- !mtime obj /usr/include/utils.h --- !mtime obj /usr/include/cdda_paranoia.h --- !mtime obj /usr/include/cdda_interface.h --- !mtime obj /usr/bin/cdparanoia --- !empty dir /usr/share/man/man1 --- !empty dir /usr/share/man --- !empty dir /usr/share/doc/cdparanoia-3.9.8-r5 --- !empty dir /usr/share/doc --- !empty dir /usr/share --- !empty dir /usr/lib64 --- !empty dir /usr/lib --- !empty dir /usr/include --- !empty dir /usr/bin --- !empty dir /usr >>> Regenerating /etc/ld.so.cache... >>> Original instance of package unmerged safely. >>> Regenerating /etc/ld.so.cache... >>> media-sound/cdparanoia-3.9.8-r5 merged. >>> No packages selected for removal by clean Reproducible: Sometimes ipp002 portage # emerge --info Portage 2.1.2.9 (!..//usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/amd64/2007.0, gcc-4.1.2, glibc-2.5-r3, 2.6.21-gentoo x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.21-gentoo x86_64 Dual Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 285 Gentoo Base System release 1.12.9 Timestamp of tree: Mon, 09 Jul 2007 18:00:01 +0000 distcc 2.18.3 x86_64-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: 1.2.17 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: 2.6.17-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -march=k8" 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 /usr/share/genkernel" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/gconf /etc/init.d /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/web2c" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -march=k8" DISTDIR="/data/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="buildpkg ccache digest distlocks fixpackages metadata-transfer parallel-fetch sandbox sfperms strict suidctl userfetch userpriv usersandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j5" PKGDIR="/data/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="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/data/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/data/portage_overlay" SYNC="rsync://gentoo.ifa.hawaii.edu/gentoo-portage-ipp" USE="X acl acpi amd64 apache2 bash-completion berkdb bitmap-fonts cli cracklib crypt cups dri firefox fortran gdbm gnome gnome2 gnutls gpm gtk gtk2 iconv imap ipv6 isdnlog libg++ mbox midi mmx mudflap ncurses nls nptl ntpl openmp pam pcre perl pic pppd python readline reflection samba session spl sse sse2 ssl sysfs tcpd truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode vim-with-x xattr xinerama xorg zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" 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" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="r128" Unset: CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS
(In reply to comment #0) > !!! multilib.eclass could not be found by inherit() What type of filesystem is PORTDIR on? Is there anything about it that might make it unreliable? This looks more like a local problem than and issue with portage.
It's sitting on NFS... your probably right that we're hitting NFS timeouts.
