Lines 290 - 291 are: # We do not want to overwrite the user's settings [ -f "${ROOT}/etc/hosts" ] && rm -f ${ROOT}/etc/hosts Should be: # We do not want to overwrite the user's settings [ -f "${ROOT}/etc/hosts" ] && rm -f ${D}/etc/hosts Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: emerge baselayout Actual Results: emerge fails with sandbox violation unlink rm //etc/hosts Expected Results: merge baselayout correctly Portage 2.0.49-r10 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.3.2, glibc-2.3.2-r1, 2.4.20-gentoo-r5) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.20-gentoo-r5 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.53GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.4.3.11 ccache version 2.3 [enabled] ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=pentium4 -O2 -mfpmath=sse -g -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/3.1/share/config /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control /var/qmail/alias" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/init.d /usr/kde /etc/X11/xkb /etc/X11/xdm /etc/X11/xserver /etc/X11/xsm /etc/X11/xinit /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=pentium4 -O2 -mfpmath=sse -g -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="sandbox ccache autoaddcvs nostrip userpriv usersandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org/ ftp://trumpetti.atm.tut.fi/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="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 foomaticdb mad -3dfx -3dnow -aalib -acl acpi -afs -alsa apache2 -apm -arts -atlas avi -berkdb -bonobo -canna cdr -cjk crypt cups -curl debug -dga -directfb doc dvb dvd emacs encode esd -ethereal -ev6 -evo fbcon -firebird flash -freetds -freewn -gb gd gdbm ggi gif -gnome -gnome-libs gphoto2 gpm gps gtk -gtk2 -gtkhtml -guile -icc -icc-pgo imap imlib innodb ipv6 java -jikes joystick jpeg junit -kde -kerberos ladcca lcms -ldap leim libg++ -libgda libwww lirc maildir -matrox -mbox -mcal mikmod memlimit mmx -motif mozilla mpeg mpi mule -mysql -nas ncurses -nhc98 nls -nocardbus oav -oci8 -odbc oggvorbis opengl oss pam -pcmcia -pda pdflib perl plotutils png -pnp postgres -prebuilt python qt quicktime readline -ruby samba -sasl scanner sdl -selinux -slang slp -snmp -socks5 -spell sse ssl -static -svga -tcltk tcpd tetex tiff truetype -trusted -voodoo3 -wavelan wmf X -xface -xinerama xml xml2 xmms xv -zeo zlib moznoirc moznomail moznocompose acpi4linux pic examples"
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