/usr/share/applications/xchat.desktop is empty, so xchat doesnt show up in the menu. The problem is the backslash at the end of the mv line at the top of src_install # some magic to create a menu entry for xchat 2 mv xchat.desktop xchat.desktop.old \ <====== HERE sed -e "s:Exec=xchat:Exec=xchat-2:" -e "s:Name=XChat IRC:Name=XChat 2 IR C:" xchat.desktop.old > xchat.desktop Removing it fixes the problem... Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: Portage 2.0.48-r1 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.2.2, glibc-2.3.1-r4) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.20 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 Mobile CPU 1.60GHz GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linu x/distributions/gentoo" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /var/qmail/control /usr/share/config /usr/kde/2/share/confi g /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" USE="x86 oss libg++ mikmod nls berkdb guile mysql imlib mozilla ldap -3dfx -3dno w -alsa apm -arts avi bonobo cdr crypt cups dga -directfb doc dvd encode esd gd gdbm gif gpm gnome gphoto2 gtk gtk2 gtkhtml imap -java jpeg -kde libwww mozsvg m ozp3p moznomail moznoirc -mozaccess mpeg mmx -motif ncurses oggvorbis opengl qui cktime -qt pam -perl png pnp pdflib python readline samba scanner sdl slang spel l sse ssl -svga tcpd tcltk tetex tiff truetype wavelan wmf X xmms xml xml2 xv zl ib ofx" COMPILER="gcc3" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=pentium3 -O3 -pipe" CXXFLAGS="-march=pentium3 -O3 -pipe" ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" MAKEOPTS="-j2" AUTOCLEAN="yes" SYNC="rsync://adelie.polymtl.ca/gentoo-portage" FEATURES="sandbox ccache"
silly typo of mine, fixed now thnx for your report.
