A friend was emerging this and found it broke, so I tried to convfirm the scenario. src_install () { OBJDIR="obj.`uname -s`.`uname -r`.`arch`" dodir /usr/lib "arch" cannot be found ( and libmilter has no DEPENDS ) Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge libmilter 2. 3. Actual Results: >>> Install libmilter-8.13.7 into /mnt/rammage/portage/mail-filter/libmilter-8.13.7/image/ category mail-filter /usr/portage/mail-filter/libmilter/libmilter-8.13.7.ebuild: line 76: arch: command not found make: *** obj.Linux.2.6.22-gentoo-r1kz./libmilter: No such file or directory. Stop. * * ERROR: mail-filter/libmilter-8.13.7 failed. * Call stack: * ebuild.sh, line 1684: Called dyn_install * ebuild.sh, line 1119: Called qa_call 'src_install' * ebuild.sh, line 44: Called src_install * libmilter-8.13.7.ebuild, line 110: Called die * The specific snippet of code: * make DESTDIR=${D} MANROOT=/usr/share/man/man \ * SBINOWN=root SBINGRP=root UBINOWN=root UBINGRP=root \ * MANOWN=root MANGRP=root INCOWN=root INCGRP=root \ * LIBOWN=root LIBGRP=root GBINOWN=root GBINGRP=root \ * MSPQOWN=root CFOWN=root CFGRP=root \ * install -C ${OBJDIR}/libmilter \ * || die "install failed" * The die message: * 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/mail-filter:libmilter-8.13.7:20071006-053427.log'. * Expected Results: libmilter merges note: i have no use for this software, I am merely reporting a bug that somebody _else_ may need fixing. Portage 2.1.3.11 (default-linux/x86/2007.0, gcc-4.2.X/default, glibc-2.6.1-r0, 2.6.22-gentoo-r1kz i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.22-gentoo-r1kz i686 AMD Athlon(TM) XP 2000+ Timestamp of tree: Fri, 05 Oct 2007 10:20:01 +0000 distcc 2.18.3 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] ccache version 2.4 [disabled] app-admin/eselect-compiler: 2.0.0_rc2-r1 app-shells/bash: 3.2_p17-r1 dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.0.33-r1 dev-lang/python: 2.3.6-r2, 2.4.4-r5, 2.5.1-r2 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r6 dev-util/ccache: 2.4-r7 sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.10-r5 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.18.1 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.61-r1 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-r1, 2.18, 2.18.50.0.1 sys-devel/gcc-config: 2.0.0_rc1 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.24 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.22-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=native -pipe " CHOST="i686-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/local/kdeextra/share/config /usr/local/kdeextra/shutdown /usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/eselect/compiler /etc/gconf /etc/php/apache2-php4/ext-active/ /etc/php/apache2-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php4/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php4/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php5/ext-active/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/splash /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/web2c /etc/udev/rules.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=native -pipe " DISTDIR="/mnt/fission/distfiles/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs collision-protect cvs distlocks metadata-transfer parallel-fetch sandbox sfperms splitdebug strict unmerge-orphans userfetch userpriv usersandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org" LANG="en_NZ.UTF-8" LC_ALL="C" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1,-z,combreloc,--sort-common,--enable-new-dtags" LINGUAS="en_NZ en_GB en en_US" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/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="/mnt/rammage/" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/portage/local/layman/enlightenment /usr/portage/local/layman/sunrise /usr/portage/local/layman/kde /usr/portage/local/layman/toolchain /usr/portage/local/layman/php-experimental /usr/portage/local/layman/php-testing /usr/portage/local/layman/armagetron /usr/local/portage /usr/src/musicbrainz-overlay_svn /usr/src/xgl/xgl-coffee" SYNC="rsync://rsync.namerica.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="3dnow X acl bash-completion berkdb bitmap-fonts cli cracklib crypt cups dbus doc dri examples fortran gdbm gpm gtk iconv ipv6 isdnlog kdeenablefinal kdehiddenvisibility midi mmx mudflap multislot nas ncurses nfs nptl nptlonly opengl openmp pam pcre perl php pppd python readline reflection session socks5 source spl ssl syslog tcpd test threads tiff truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode x86 xinerama xorg xprint zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1 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" CAMERAS="directory ptp2 template" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev keyboard mouse wacom" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="en_NZ en_GB en en_US" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="fbdev nv nvidia vesa vga" Unset: CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS
Trivial fix: -OBJDIR="obj.`uname -s`.`uname -r`.`arch`" +OBJDIR="obj.`uname -s`.`uname -r`.`uname -m`"
reassigned to me
This bug was fixed a few days ago, although I didn't knew about this bug report. Try the new libmilter-8.14.1-r1.