I get the following error trying to unmerge kde-i18n-fr: app-i18n/kde-i18n-fr selected: 3.1.1 protected: none omitted: none >>> 'Selected' packages are slated for removal. >>> 'Protected' and 'omitted' packages will not be removed. >>> Waiting 5 seconds before starting... >>> (Control-C to abort)... >>> Unmerging in: 5 4 3 2 1 >>> Unmerging app-i18n/kde-i18n-fr-3.1.1... No package files given... Grabbing a set. /usr/sbin/ebuild.sh: line 1097: /usr/portage/eclass/kde-i18n.eclass: No such file or directory !!! ERROR: app-i18n/kde-i18n-fr-3.1.1 failed. !!! Function inherit, Line 1098, Exitcode 1 !!! died sourcing /usr/portage/eclass/kde-i18n.eclass in inherit() !!! FAILED prerm: 1 Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge kde-i18n-fr -C 2. 3. emerge info: Portage 2.0.50_pre20 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.3.2, glibc-2.3.3_pre20040117-r0, 2.4.22-gentoo-r4) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.22-gentoo-r4 i686 VIA Samuel 2 Gentoo Base System version 1.4.3.12 Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.7.8 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=c3 -m3dnow -O2 -pipe" CHOST="i586-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=c3 -m3dnow -O2 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.mirrors.pair.com/" MAKEOPTS="-j1" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.namerica.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="3dnow 3ds X X509 Xaw3d aavm acl acpi alsa athena atlas avi berkdb crypt cscope cups curl dga dillo dnd doc dvb dvd emacs encode ethereal faad fam fbcon fftw flac flash fltk fluidsynth foomaticdb gd gdbm gif gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 imagemagick imap imlib innodb jack jack-caps jack-tmpfs java javascript jpeg ladcca lcms leim libg++ libwww mad matroska mbox mcal md5sum mikmod mmx motif moznocompose moznoirc moznomail mpeg mpi ncurses objc oggvorbis opengl oss pam parse-clocks pcap pda pdflib pic plotutils png ppds python qt quicktime radeon readline ruby18 sdl skey slang slp sox speex spell sqlite ssl tcpd tiff transcode truetype type1 usb video_cards_radeon videos vim-with-x wmf wxwindows x86 xml xml2 xmms xv xvid zlib"
That file has been removed from portage. You need to go here and download a copy: http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/eclass/Attic/kde-i18n.eclass and install it into /usr/portage/eclass. That will allow you to finish unmerging that ebuild.