hal-0.5.9.1-r3.ebuild fails, as it tries to create and write to /media directory: # We now create and keep /media here as both gnome-mount and pmount # use these directories, to avoid collision. keepdir /media I don't use neither of those apps, don't care for GNOME and my /media is read-only network-mounted fs, so don't touch it :) Reproducible: Always
So use INSTALL_MASK.
I didn't ask how to install it - there are couple different workarounds available. But what I was trying to say is that HAL has nothing to do with /media directory and its ebuild should not try to create it for some other apps. What it does now is a hack, ugly hack. And it needs to be fixed. I always loved Gentoo for staying away from quick and dirty hacks and doing it right from the beginning. Hope this gets fixed properly eventually.
*** Bug 312631 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***