after updating portage from 2.1.6.4 to 2.1.6.7 emerge started segfaulting. i run: ----------------- $ emerge -avt1 Archive-Tar ruby gnutls sudo xterm These are the packages that would be merged, in reverse order: Calculating dependencies Segmentation fault ------------------- this particular segfault didn't happened with previous portage version. segfault also disappear when "-t" flag is omitted: $ emerge -av1 Archive-Tar ruby gnutls sudo xterm These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild U ] perl-core/IO-Compress-Base-2.015 [2.005] USE="-test%" 94 kB [0] [ebuild U ] perl-core/Compress-Raw-Zlib-2.015 [2.005] USE="-test%" 205 kB [0] [ebuild N ] dev-libs/cyrus-sasl-2.1.22-r2 USE="berkdb crypt gdbm ldap pam ssl -authdaemond -java -kerberos -mysql -ntlm_unsupported_patch -postgres -sample -srp -urandom" 1,572 kB [0] [ebuild N ] perl-core/Package-Constants-0.01 3 kB [0] [ebuild N ] dev-perl/Compress-Raw-Bzip2-2.015 USE="-test" 138 kB [0] [ebuild U ] dev-lang/ruby-1.8.6_p287-r4 [1.8.6_p110-r1] USE="berkdb%* gdbm%* ipv6 ssl%* -debug -doc -emacs% -examples -rubytests -socks5 -threads -tk -xemacs% (-cjk%)" 0 kB [0] [ebuild U ] net-libs/gnutls-2.4.1-r2 [2.2.5] USE="nls zlib -bindist -doc -guile -lzo" 4,825 kB [0] [ebuild U ] x11-terms/xterm-239 [232] USE="truetype unicode -Xaw3d -toolbar (-paste64%)" 843 kB [0] [ebuild N ] virtual/perl-IO-Compress-Base-2.015 0 kB [0] [ebuild N ] virtual/perl-Compress-Raw-Zlib-2.015 0 kB [0] [ebuild U ] app-admin/sudo-1.7.0 [1.6.8_p9-r2] USE="ldap pam -offensive* (-selinux) -skey" 727 kB [?=>0] [ebuild U ] perl-core/IO-Compress-Zlib-2.015 [2.005] USE="-test%" 139 kB [0] [ebuild N ] dev-perl/IO-Compress-Bzip2-2.015 74 kB [0] [ebuild N ] virtual/perl-IO-Compress-Zlib-2.015 0 kB [0] [ebuild U ] perl-core/Compress-Zlib-2.015 [2.005] USE="-test%" 64 kB [0] [ebuild N ] virtual/perl-Compress-Zlib-2.015 0 kB [0] [ebuild U ] perl-core/IO-Zlib-1.09 [1.07] 10 kB [0] [ebuild N ] virtual/perl-IO-Zlib-1.09 0 kB [0] [ebuild U ] perl-core/Archive-Tar-1.40 [1.32] USE="bzip2%*" 48 kB [?=>0] Total: 19 packages (10 upgrades, 9 new), Size of downloads: 8,736 kB Portage tree and overlays: [0] /usr/portage [?] indicates that the source repository could not be determined Would you like to merge these packages? [Yes/No] Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: Portage 2.1.6.7 (default/linux/x86/2008.0/desktop, gcc-4.1.2, glibc-2.6.1-r0, 2.6.16-gentoo-r9 i686) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-2.6.16-gentoo-r9-i686-Intel-R-_Pentium-R-_4_CPU_3.00GHz-with-glibc2.0 Timestamp of tree: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 12:05:02 +0000 ccache version 2.4 [disabled] app-shells/bash: 3.2_p39 dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.1.6-r1 dev-lang/python: 2.4.4-r14, 2.5.2-r7 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r6 dev-util/ccache: 2.4-r7 dev-util/cmake: 2.4.6-r1 sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.11.1 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.18.1-r2 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.63 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10.2 sys-devel/binutils: 2.18-r3 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.0-r4 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.26 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.23-r3 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium4 -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/web2c /etc/udev/rules.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium4 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="distlocks fixpackages parallel-fetch protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-orphans userfetch" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://ftp.sh.cvut.cz/MIRRORS/gentoo/ http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" LANG="cs_CZ" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/portage/local/layman/enlightenment /usr/portage/local/layman/sunrise /usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X acl acpi alsa berkdb bluetooth branding bzip2 cairo cdr cli cracklib crypt cups dbus djvu dri dvd dvdr dvdread eds emboss encode esd evo fam firefox fortran gdbm gif gpm gstreamer hal iconv ipv6 isdnlog jpeg ldap libnotify mad midi mikmod mp3 mpeg mudflap ncurses nls nptl nptlonly ogg opengl openmp pam pcre pdf perl png ppds pppd python qt qt3 qt3support qt4 quicktime readline reflection sdl session spell spl ssl startup-notification svg sysfs tcpd tiff truetype unicode usb vorbis win32codecs x86 xml xorg xulrunner xv 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 mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="i810 vesa" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, FFLAGS, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, LINGUAS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS
weird i can't reproduce it now. this is a second strange (unrelated) segfault today so i smell some hardware problem. resolving as wontfix.
