My initial guess is that Gentoo patching of the handling of this file is causing it to mis-use install, supplying a destination file, which is actually the dest dir. I haven't examined the Makefile and such yet. make[2]: Entering directory `/tmp/portage/dev-util/libconf-0.42.10-r1/work/perl-Libconf-0.42.10/bindings/python' cd src && python setup.py install --root=/tmp/portage/dev-util/libconf-0.42.10-r1/image/ running install running build running build_ext running install_lib creating /tmp/portage/dev-util/libconf-0.42.10-r1/image/usr/lib64/python2.5 creating /tmp/portage/dev-util/libconf-0.42.10-r1/image/usr/lib64/python2.5/site-packages copying build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.5/conf2xml.so -> /tmp/portage/dev-util/libconf-0.42.10-r1/image/usr/lib64/python2.5/site-packages running install_egg_info Writing /tmp/portage/dev-util/libconf-0.42.10-r1/image/usr/lib64/python2.5/site-packages/conf2xml_py-0.1-py2.5.egg-info make[2]: Leaving directory `/tmp/portage/dev-util/libconf-0.42.10-r1/work/perl-Libconf-0.42.10/bindings/python' make[2]: Entering directory `/tmp/portage/dev-util/libconf-0.42.10-r1/work/perl-Libconf-0.42.10/bindings/ruby' make -C src install make[3]: Entering directory `/tmp/portage/dev-util/libconf-0.42.10-r1/work/perl-Libconf-0.42.10/bindings/ruby/src' mkdir -p /tmp/portage/dev-util/libconf-0.42.10-r1/image//usr/lib64/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/x86_64-linux /usr/bin/install -c -m 0755 conf2xml.so /tmp/portage/dev-util/libconf-0.42.10-r1/image//usr/lib64/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/x86_64-linux /usr/bin/install: cannot create regular file `/tmp/portage/dev-util/libconf-0.42.10-r1/image//usr/lib64/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/x86_64-linux': File exists make[3]: *** [/tmp/portage/dev-util/libconf-0.42.10-r1/image//usr/lib64/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/x86_64-linux/conf2xml.so] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/tmp/portage/dev-util/libconf-0.42.10-r1/work/perl-Libconf-0.42.10/bindings/ruby/src' make[2]: *** [install] Error 2 make[2]: Leaving directory `/tmp/portage/dev-util/libconf-0.42.10-r1/work/perl-Libconf-0.42.10/bindings/ruby' make[1]: *** [install] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/portage/dev-util/libconf-0.42.10-r1/work/perl-Libconf-0.42.10/bindings' make: *** [install] Error 2 * * ERROR: dev-util/libconf-0.42.10-r1 failed. * Call stack: * ebuild.sh, line 1654: Called dyn_install * ebuild.sh, line 1089: Called qa_call 'src_install' * ebuild.sh, line 44: Called src_install * libconf-0.42.10-r1.ebuild, line 65: Called die * * emake install failed * If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack if relevant. * A complete build log is located at '/var/log/portage/dev-util:libconf-0.42.10-r1:20070902-032401.log'. * Steps to reproduce: emerge dev-util/libconf Reproducible: every time Possibly related bugs: Bug 117061 & Bug 162753 emerge --info Portage 2.1.3.7 (default-linux/amd64/2007.0, gcc-4.2.0, glibc-2.6.1-r0, 2.6.22-gentoo-r5 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.22-gentoo-r5 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4200+ Gentoo Base System release 1.12.10 Timestamp of tree: Sat, 01 Sep 2007 03:20:01 +0000 distcc 2.18.3 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] ccache version 2.4 [enabled] app-shells/bash: 3.2_p17-r1 dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.0.33-r1 dev-lang/python: 2.4.4-r4, 2.5.1-r2 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r6 dev-util/ccache: 2.4-r7 sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.10-r4 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.18.1 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.61-r1 sys-devel/automake: 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10 sys-devel/binutils: 2.17-r1, 2.18 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.0-r2 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.24 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.22-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=athlon64 -O2 -pipe" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /opt/openjms/config /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/apache2-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php5/ext-active/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/splash /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/web2c" CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon64 -O2 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="ccache distlocks metadata-transfer parallel-fetch sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-orphans userfetch" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.osuosl.org/ ftp://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo/ http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/gentoo http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/gentoo ftp://mirror.iawnet.sandia.gov/pub/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.ucsb.edu/pub/mirrors/linux/gentoo/ http://gentoo.chem.wisc.edu/gentoo/ ftp://gentoo.chem.wisc.edu/gentoo/ http://cudlug.cudenver.edu/gentoo/ http://gentoo.mirrors.pair.com/ ftp://gentoo.mirrors.pair.com/ http://gentoo.mirrors.tds.net/gentoo ftp://gentoo.mirrors.tds.net/gentoo http://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo ftp://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo http://mirror.usu.edu/mirrors/gentoo/ ftp://mirror.usu.edu/mirrors/gentoo/ 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mouse mozdevelop mozilla mp2 mp3 mp4 mp4live mpeg mpeg2 msn mtp mudflap multicall multislot musepack musicbrainz mysql mysqli nas ncurses net netjack network njb nls nntp nptl nptlonly nsplugin nuv nvidia nvtv objc objc++ objc-gc odk offensive ogg openal openexr opengl openmp p2p pam pango pch pcntl pcre pdf perl php player plotutils png portaudio posix postproc ppds pppd pulseaudio python qq qt3 qt3support qt4 quicktime radio rar readline reflection rrdcgi rtc ruby samba sametime sasl sdl sdl-image sdl-sound seamonkey sensord serpentine session sharedext silc slp smtp sndfile soap sockets sound speex spell spl sqlite sqlite3 sse sse2 ssl startup-notification stream streamripper subversion svg svgz symlink sysfs syslog sysvipc tagwriting tcl tcpd tetex tga theora threads tidy tiff timidity tk tokenizer transcode trayicon truetype truetype-fonts tse3 type1-fonts unicode urandom usb userlocales v4l v4l2 vcd vda vhosts videos vim-syntax vim-with-x visualization vorbis vorbis-psy wav wavpack webdav wifi wma wmf wxwindows x264 xanim xcb xcomposite xface xforms xine xinerama xml xmlreader xmlrpc xmlwriter xorg xplanet xpm xprint xscreensaver xsl xv xvid xvmc yaepg yahoo yv12 zeroconf zip 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 joystick" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="en_US" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia" Unset: CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS
Strange, I was able to solve the problem by unmerging libconf and then remerging it :( Oh yea, this came up in my revdep-rebuild list Daniel
Well, if you find a way to reproduce it, reopen.
