emerge =dev-lang/python-2.6.1-r1 (in fact while -uD world) first time gives Compiling /var/tmp/portage/dev-lang/python-2.6.1-r1/image//usr/lib/python2.6/xmllib.py ... Compiling /var/tmp/portage/dev-lang/python-2.6.1-r1/image//usr/lib/python2.6/xmlrpclib.py ... Compiling /var/tmp/portage/dev-lang/python-2.6.1-r1/image//usr/lib/python2.6/zipfile.py ... PYTHONPATH=/var/tmp/portage/dev-lang/python-2.6.1-r1/image//usr/lib/python2.6 LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/var/tmp/portage/dev-lang/python-2.6.1-r1/work/Python-2.6.1: \ ./python -Wi -t /var/tmp/portage/dev-lang/python-2.6.1-r1/image//usr/lib/python2.6/compileall.py \ -d /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages -f \ -x badsyntax /var/tmp/portage/dev-lang/python-2.6.1-r1/image//usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages Listing /var/tmp/portage/dev-lang/python-2.6.1-r1/image//usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages ... PYTHONPATH=/var/tmp/portage/dev-lang/python-2.6.1-r1/image//usr/lib/python2.6 LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/var/tmp/portage/dev-lang/python-2.6.1-r1/work/Python-2.6.1: \ ./python -Wi -t -O /var/tmp/portage/dev-lang/python-2.6.1-r1/image//usr/lib/python2.6/compileall.py \ -d /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages -f \ -x badsyntax /var/tmp/portage/dev-lang/python-2.6.1-r1/image//usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages Listing /var/tmp/portage/dev-lang/python-2.6.1-r1/image//usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages ... PYTHONPATH=/var/tmp/portage/dev-lang/python-2.6.1-r1/image//usr/lib/python2.6 LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/var/tmp/portage/dev-lang/python-2.6.1-r1/work/Python-2.6.1: \ ./python -Wi -t -c "import lib2to3.pygram, lib2to3.patcomp;lib2to3.patcomp.PatternCompiler()" * * ERROR: dev-lang/python-2.6.1-r1 failed. * Call stack: * ebuild.sh, line 48: Called src_install * environment, line 3495: Called die * The specific snippet of code: * emake DESTDIR="${D}" altinstall maninstall || die; * The die message: * (no error message) second time : success with : Compiling /var/tmp/portage/dev-lang/python-2.6.1-r1/image//usr/lib/python2.6/xmllib.py ... Compiling /var/tmp/portage/dev-lang/python-2.6.1-r1/image//usr/lib/python2.6/xmlrpclib.py ... Compiling /var/tmp/portage/dev-lang/python-2.6.1-r1/image//usr/lib/python2.6/zipfile.py ... PYTHONPATH=/var/tmp/portage/dev-lang/python-2.6.1-r1/image//usr/lib/python2.6 LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/var/tmp/portage/dev-lang/python-2.6.1-r1/work/Python-2.6.1: \ ./python -Wi -t /var/tmp/portage/dev-lang/python-2.6.1-r1/image//usr/lib/python2.6/compileall.py \ -d /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages -f \ -x badsyntax /var/tmp/portage/dev-lang/python-2.6.1-r1/image//usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages Listing /var/tmp/portage/dev-lang/python-2.6.1-r1/image//usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages ... PYTHONPATH=/var/tmp/portage/dev-lang/python-2.6.1-r1/image//usr/lib/python2.6 LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/var/tmp/portage/dev-lang/python-2.6.1-r1/work/Python-2.6.1: \ ./python -Wi -t -O /var/tmp/portage/dev-lang/python-2.6.1-r1/image//usr/lib/python2.6/compileall.py \ -d /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages -f \ -x badsyntax /var/tmp/portage/dev-lang/python-2.6.1-r1/image//usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages Listing /var/tmp/portage/dev-lang/python-2.6.1-r1/image//usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages ... PYTHONPATH=/var/tmp/portage/dev-lang/python-2.6.1-r1/image//usr/lib/python2.6 LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/var/tmp/portage/dev-lang/python-2.6.1-r1/work/Python-2.6.1: \ ./python -Wi -t -c "import lib2to3.pygram, lib2to3.patcomp;lib2to3.patcomp.PatternCompiler()" rmdir: failed to remove `/var/tmp/portage/dev-lang/python-2.6.1-r1/image//usr/lib/python2.6.1/lib-old': No such file or directory >>> Completed installing python-2.6.1-r1 into /var/tmp/portage/dev-lang/python-2.6.1-r1/image/ Reproducible: Sometimes
Could you attach full build.log from the failed build, as it seems you didn't find the real error.
Created attachment 188363 [details] emerge log, gzipped
Your problem was way, way back. running build_scripts running install_lib creating //var/tmp/portage/dev-lang/python-2.6.1-r1/image/usr/lib/python2.6 Creating directory /usr/lib/python2.6/lib-dynload Creating directory /usr/share/man Creating directory /usr/share/man/man1 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ./Misc/python.man \ /var/tmp/portage/dev-lang/python-2.6.1-r1/image//usr/share/man/m an1/python.1 error: could not create '//var/tmp/portage/dev-lang/python-2.6.1-r1/image/usr/li b/python2.6': File exists Creating directory /usr/lib/python2.6/lib-tk Creating directory /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages Creating directory /usr/lib/python2.6/test make: *** [sharedinstall] Error 1 make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... I'm not sure, parallel make problem ?
Please post your "emerge --info".
Created attachment 188508 [details] emerge --info Hope it helps.
Please try with dev-lang/python-2.6.2-r1.