On two different systems, I've had packages fail during the emerge. I then have fixed the problem (java-config settings, emerged perl module with new perl version, etc.) and returned to emerge -vu world. The package that previously failed is skipped and I have to emerge it manually. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: Hard to reproduce as emerge rarely fails. Expected Results: emerge -vu world should restart with the failed package Portage 2.0.47-r10 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.2.2, glibc-2.3.2-r1) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.19-gentoo-r10 i686 AMD Duron(tm) processor GENTOO_MIRRORS=" ftp://ftp.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu/pub/gentoo ftp://csociety-ftp.ecn.purdue.edu/pub/gentoo/ ftp://mirror.iawnet.sandia.gov/pub/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/afs/C /etc/afs/afsws /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++ mikmod mmx mpeg ncurses pdflib png quicktime spell truetype xml2 xmms xv zlib gdbm berkdb slang readline ggi java guile X sdl tcpd pam libwww ssl python imlib oggvorbis gnome gtk qt motif opengl mozilla afs alsa -arts bonobo cdr dga directfb dvd emacs esd evo flash gb gd gphoto2 -gpm gps gtk2 gtkhtml imap innodb -kde lcms ldap leim libgda maildir mpi mysql -nls nocardbus odbc -oss pda perl slp snmp -svga tcltk tetex tiff usb wmf zeo" COMPILER="gcc3" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-mcpu=athlon-xp -O3 -pipe" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -mcpu=i686 -pipe" ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" MAKEOPTS="-j2" AUTOCLEAN="yes" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" FEATURES="sandbox ccache"
How is portage failing? Use flag changes can cause this... as can partially completely merges.
Can't fix this without more info.
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