I have the following access violation while emerging gdb: >>> Completed installing into /var/tmp/portage/gdb-5.3/image/ --------------------------- ACCESS VIOLATION SUMMARY --------------------------- LOG FILE = "/tmp/sandbox-gdb-5.3-11277.log" open_wr: /usr/share/man/man1/#inst.12572# ---------------------------------------------------- Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.emerge gdb 2.wait.... 3.read the output in the console :) Actual Results: access violation Expected Results: succcessfull emerge of gdb ? newton portage # emerge info Portage 2.0.49-r3 (default-ppc-1.4, gcc-3.2.3, glibc-2.3.2-r1, 2.4.22-ben2) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.22-ben2 ppc ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="ppc" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -mcpu=750 -mpowerpc-gfxopt" CHOST="powerpc-unknown-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="-O2 -pipe -mcpu=750 -mpowerpc-gfxopt" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="sandbox ccache distcc userpriv usersandbox fixpackages" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://ftp.rnl.ist.utl.pt/gentoo http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu/ http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://ftp.rnl.ist.utl.pt/gentoo-portage" USE="oss dvd xv libwww jpeg nls mitshm gif png truetype ppc cups foomaticdb gnome-libs gdbm berkdb slang readline arts tcltk sdl gpm tcpd perl python esd imlib oggvorbis motif opengl mozilla radeon cdr zlib pam crypt ssl kerberos ldap ipv6 java junit acl threads xft X gtk gtk2 ncurses moznoirc moznocompose avi mpeg quicktime tiff -kde -qt -gnome alsa -selinux"
it's related to using userpriv and/or usersandbox Miguel
i just made gdb 6.0 stable, plz try if that fixes your issues
Miguel, is this still an issue?
closing, please reopen if it's still an issue.