when running the command 'emerge -s CGI' i get the output >>> Install CGI-3.00 into /var/tmp/portage/CGI-3.00/image/ category dev-perl ACCESS DENIED open_wr: /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0/CGI.pm Installing /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0/CGI.pm ACCESS DENIED chmod: /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0/CGI.pm ACCESS DENIED mkdir: /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0/CGI mkdir /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0/CGI: Permission denied at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/ExtUtils/Install.pm line 137 make: *** [pure_vendor_install] Error 255 !!! ERROR: dev-perl/CGI-3.00 failed. !!! Function perl-module_src_install, Line 102, Exitcode 2 !!! (no error message) --------------------------- ACCESS VIOLATION SUMMARY --------------------------- LOG FILE = "/tmp/sandbox-CGI-3.00-13872.log" open_wr: /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0/CGI.pm chmod: /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0/CGI.pm mkdir: /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0/CGI -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge -s CGI Actual Results: sandbox violation Expected Results: installed the CGI perl module successfully Portage 2.0.49-r3 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.2.3, glibc-2.3.2-r1, 2.4.20-xfs-r3) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.20-xfs-r3 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) III CPU family 1133MHz ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O3 -march=pentium3 -funroll-loops -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /var/qmail/control /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/3.1/share/config /usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O3 -march=pentium3 -funroll-loops -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="sandbox ccache autoaddcvs" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j3" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 oss apm avi crypt cups encode foomaticdb gif jpeg gnome libg++ libwww mad mikmod mmx mpeg ncurses nls pdflib png quicktime spell truetype xml2 xmms xv zlib gdbm berkdb slang readline arts svga java X sdl gpm tcpd pam ssl perl python esd imlib oggvorbis gtk qt kde motif opengl cdr"
this problem went away by updated ExtUtils-MakeMaker from 6.05-r6 to 6.11-r1