'emerge gromacs' fails with: ... --- replaced obj /etc/env.d/80gromacs --- replaced dir /etc/env.d --- replaced dir /etc >>> Regenerating /etc/ld.so.cache... >>> Original instance of package unmerged safely. >>> Regenerating /etc/ld.so.cache... ############################################################## 99servers.sh: CUR_RUNLEVEL=|3| PREV_RUNLEVEL=|N| ############################################################## /etc/profile.d/tetex.sh: line 5: T: readonly variable * The ebuild phase 'postinst' has exited unexpectedly. This type of * behavior is known to be triggered by things such as failed variable * assignments (bug #190128) or bad substitution errors (bug #200313). * Normally, before exiting, bash should have displayed an error message * above. If bash did not produce an error message above, it's possible * that the ebuild has called `exit` when it should have called `die` * instead. This behavior may also be triggered by a corrupt bash binary or * a hardware problem such as memory or cpu malfunction. If the problem is * not reproducible or it appears to occur randomly, then it is likely to * be triggered by a hardware problem. If you suspect a hardware problem * then you should try some basic hardware diagnostics such as memtest. * Please do not report this as a bug unless it is consistently * reproducible and you are sure that your bash binary and hardware are * functioning properly. !!! FAILED postinst: 1 >>> Failed to install sci-chemistry/gromacs-4.0.5, Log file: /etc/profile.d/99servers.sh and /etc/profile.d/tetex.sh are my personal scripts to define some variables and functions. In line 5 of /etc/profile.d/tetex.sh I define an auxilary variable T="/usr/share/texmf". If I replace all variables T in /etc/profile.d/tetex.sh by T_aux, it fails with the next script in /etc/profile.d which defines a variable T. Reproducible: Always
Hi Juergen, This is almost certainly not gromacs' fault but a bug in your profile scripts. T is a readonly variable used by portage internally and you can and should not override it in your scripts. See man 5 ebuild for all of portage's variables and make sure to use different names for your variables in profile scripts. That said, renaming all instances of T that are being assigned to to something else should take care of the issue. Best, Markus
