chown-lines in the current ebuild: chown root.slocate /usr/bin/slocate and chown -R root.slocate /var/lib/slocate should be corrected to: chown root:slocate /usr/bin/slocate and chown -R root:slocate /var/lib/slocate Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Emerge and watch out for chown's error-msg. You'll get those errors: chown: `root.slocate': invalid user chown: `root.slocate': invalid user Portage 2.0.49-r15 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.3.2, glibc-2.3.2-r8, 2.6.0-test9) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.0-test9 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.4.3.11 ccache version 2.3 [enabled] ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O3 -march=i686 -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/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O3 -march=i686 -funroll-loops -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="sandbox ccache autoaddcvs" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://linux.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/download/gentoo-mirror/" MAKEOPTS="-j4" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 libg++ mad mikmod nls pdflib quicktime spell gtkhtml gdbm berkdb slang bonobo svga java sdl gpm tcpd libwww perl esd imlib motif acl acpi alsa apm arts avi cdr crypt cups curl dvd dvdr encode ethereal foomaticdb gif gnome gstreamer gtk gtk2 imap ipv6 jpeg kde ldap mmx mozilla mpeg ncurses oggvorbis opengl oss pam png python qt readline samba sse ssl tcltk tetex tiff truetype videos usb wmf X xinerama xosd xml xml2 xmms xv zlib"
Created attachment 20072 [details, diff] Adjusts chown usage in -r2
Created attachment 20073 [details, diff] Adjusts chown usage in -r3
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