It is possible to ebuild the package under regular user via $ebuild jss-4.3.ebuild compile but it fails, when I do emerge the package after switching to root user (via sudo su). Reproducible: Always build log: emerge -a1 jss These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild N ] dev-java/jss-4.3 USE="-doc -examples -source" Would you like to merge these packages? [Yes/No] Y >>> Verifying ebuild manifests >>> Emerging (1 of 1) dev-java/jss-4.3 * jss-4.3.tar.bz2 SHA256 SHA512 WHIRLPOOL size ;-) ... [ ok ] * Determining the location of the kernel source code * Found kernel source directory: * /usr/src/linux * Found kernel object directory: * /lib/modules/3.3.8/build * Found sources for kernel version: * 3.3.8 >>> Unpacking source... >>> Unpacking jss-4.3.tar.bz2 to /tmp/portage/dev-java/jss-4.3/work * Applying jss-3.4-target_source.patch ... [ ok ] * Applying jss-4.2.5-use_pkg-config.patch ... [ ok ] * Applying jss-4.3-ldflags.patch ... [ ok ] >>> Source unpacked in /tmp/portage/dev-java/jss-4.3/work >>> Compiling source in /tmp/portage/dev-java/jss-4.3/work/mozilla ... * Determining the location of the kernel source code * Found kernel source directory: * /var/src/linux-3.3.8 * Found kernel object directory: * /lib/modules/3.3.8/build * Found sources for kernel version: * 3.3.8 make -j3 -j1 BUILD_OPT=1 cd nsinstall; make export make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/portage/dev-java/jss-4.3/work/mozilla/security/coreconf/nsinstall' make[1]: Nothing to be done for `export'. make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/portage/dev-java/jss-4.3/work/mozilla/security/coreconf/nsinstall' cd nsinstall; make libs make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/portage/dev-java/jss-4.3/work/mozilla/security/coreconf/nsinstall' gcc -o Linux3.3_x86_64_glibc_PTH_64_OPT.OBJ/nsinstall.o -c -O2 -fPIC -DLINUX1_2 -D_XOPEN_SOURCE -DLINUX2_1 -ansi -Wall -Werror-implicit-function-declaration -Wno-switch -pipe -DLINUX -Dlinux -D_POSIX_SOURCE -D_BSD_SOURCE -DHAVE_STRERROR -DXP_UNIX -UDEBUG -DNDEBUG -D_REENTRANT -DUSE_UTIL_DIRECTLY -I../../../dist/Linux3.3_x86_64_glibc_PTH_64_OPT.OBJ/include -I../../../dist/public/coreconf -I../../../dist/private/coreconf nsinstall.c gcc -o Linux3.3_x86_64_glibc_PTH_64_OPT.OBJ/pathsub.o -c -O2 -fPIC -DLINUX1_2 -D_XOPEN_SOURCE -DLINUX2_1 -ansi -Wall -Werror-implicit-function-declaration -Wno-switch -pipe -DLINUX -Dlinux -D_POSIX_SOURCE -D_BSD_SOURCE -DHAVE_STRERROR -DXP_UNIX -UDEBUG -DNDEBUG -D_REENTRANT -DUSE_UTIL_DIRECTLY -I../../../dist/Linux3.3_x86_64_glibc_PTH_64_OPT.OBJ/include -I../../../dist/public/coreconf -I../../../dist/private/coreconf pathsub.c gcc -o Linux3.3_x86_64_glibc_PTH_64_OPT.OBJ/nsinstall -O2 -fPIC -DLINUX1_2 -D_XOPEN_SOURCE -DLINUX2_1 -ansi -Wall -Werror-implicit-function-declaration -Wno-switch -pipe -DLINUX -Dlinux -D_POSIX_SOURCE -D_BSD_SOURCE -DHAVE_STRERROR -DXP_UNIX -UDEBUG -DNDEBUG -D_REENTRANT -DUSE_UTIL_DIRECTLY -I../../../dist/Linux3.3_x86_64_glibc_PTH_64_OPT.OBJ/include -I../../../dist/public/coreconf -I../../../dist/private/coreconf Linux3.3_x86_64_glibc_PTH_64_OPT.OBJ/nsinstall.o Linux3.3_x86_64_glibc_PTH_64_OPT.OBJ/pathsub.o -Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed -lpthread -ldl -lc true -m 775 Linux3.3_x86_64_glibc_PTH_64_OPT.OBJ/nsinstall ../../../dist/Linux3.3_x86_64_glibc_PTH_64_OPT.OBJ/bin make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/portage/dev-java/jss-4.3/work/mozilla/security/coreconf/nsinstall' make -j3 -j1 BUILD_OPT=1 USE_PKGCONFIG=1 NSS_PKGCONFIG=nss NSPR_PKGCONFIG=nspr perl build_java.pl "SOURCE_PREFIX=../../dist" "SOURCE_RELEASE_PREFIX=../../dist/release/no-policy" "SOURCE_RELEASE_CLASSES_DBG_DIR=classes_DBG" "SOURCE_RELEASE_CLASSES_DIR=classes" "XPCLASS_DBG_JAR=xpclass_dbg.jar" "XPCLASS_JAR=xpclass.jar" build Command variables: XPCLASS_JAR=xpclass.jar XPCLASS_DBG_JAR=xpclass_dbg.jar SOURCE_RELEASE_PREFIX=../../dist/release/no-policy SOURCE_RELEASE_CLASSES_DIR=classes SOURCE_RELEASE_CLASSES_DBG_DIR=classes_DBG SOURCE_PREFIX=../../dist Must specify JAVA_HOME environment variable at build_java.pl line 118. make: *** [buildJava] Error 255 emake failed * ERROR: dev-java/jss-4.3 failed (compile phase): * jss make failed * * Call stack: * ebuild.sh, line 85: Called src_compile * environment, line 4381: Called die * The specific snippet of code: * emake -j1 BUILD_OPT=1 USE_PKGCONFIG=1 NSS_PKGCONFIG=nss NSPR_PKGCONFIG=nspr || die "jss make failed"; * * If you need support, post the output of `emerge --info '=dev-java/jss-4.3'`, * the complete build log and the output of `emerge -pqv '=dev-java/jss-4.3'`. !!! When you file a bug report, please include the following information: GENTOO_VM= CLASSPATH="" JAVA_HOME="" JAVACFLAGS="" COMPILER="" and of course, the output of emerge --info * The complete build log is located at '/tmp/portage/dev-java/jss-4.3/temp/build.log'. * The ebuild environment file is located at '/tmp/portage/dev-java/jss-4.3/temp/environment'. * Working directory: '/tmp/portage/dev-java/jss-4.3/work/mozilla/security/jss' * S: '/tmp/portage/dev-java/jss-4.3/work/mozilla' emerge --info Portage 2.1.10.65 (default/linux/amd64/10.0/desktop, gcc-4.5.3, glibc-2.14.1-r3, 3.3.8 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-3.3.8-x86_64-AMD_E-350_Processor-with-gentoo-2.1 Timestamp of tree: Tue, 31 Jul 2012 00:45:01 +0000 distcc 3.1 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu [disabled] ccache version 3.1.7 [enabled] app-shells/bash: 4.2_p20 dev-java/java-config: 2.1.11-r3 dev-lang/python: 2.7.3-r2, 3.2.3 dev-util/ccache: 3.1.7 dev-util/cmake: 2.8.7-r5 dev-util/pkgconfig: 0.26 sys-apps/baselayout: 2.1-r1 sys-apps/openrc: 0.9.8.4 sys-apps/sandbox: 2.5 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.68 sys-devel/automake: 1.11.1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.21.1-r1 sys-devel/gcc: 4.5.3-r2 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.6 sys-devel/libtool: 2.4-r1 sys-devel/make: 3.82-r1 sys-kernel/linux-headers: 3.4-r2 (virtual/os-headers) sys-libs/glibc: 2.14.1-r3 Repositories: gentoo java-overlay my_local_overlay dmol ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-Os -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -march=amdfam10 -mno-3dnow -mcx16 -mpopcnt -mssse3 -msse4a" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt /usr/share/maven-bin-3.0/conf /usr/share/openvpn/easy-rsa /var/lib/hsqldb" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/php/apache2-php5.3/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5.3/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php5.3/ext-active/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/language.dat.d /etc/texmf/language.def.d /etc/texmf/updmap.d /etc/texmf/web2c" CXXFLAGS="-Os -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -march=amdfam10 -mno-3dnow -mcx16 -mpopcnt -mssse3 -msse4a" DISTDIR="/var/portage/distfiles" FCFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs ccache config-protect-if-modified distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles news parallel-fetch parse-eapi-ebuild-head protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch userpriv usersandbox" FFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.datacenter.by/pub/gentoo-distfiles/ http://distfiles.gentoo.org" LANG="en_US.utf8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed" LINGUAS="en de la ru" MAKEOPTS="-j3" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --human-readable --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/tmp" PORTDIR="/var/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/var/lib/layman/java-overlay /usr/local/portage /home/dmol/development/gentoo-dmol-repository" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X a52 aac acpi alsa amd64 berkdb branding bzip2 cairo cdda cdr cli consolekit cracklib cxx dbus dri dts dvd dvdr egl emboss encode exif fam firefox flac gdbm gif git gpm gtk iconv jpeg laptop lcms libnotify mmx mmxext mng modules mp3 mp4 mpeg mplayer mudflap multilib ncurses networkmanager nls nptl ogg opengl openmp openvg pam pango pcre pdf png policykit ppds pppd pulseaudio qt3support readline sdl session smp spell sse sse2 sse4a ssl ssse3 startup-notification subversion svg tcpd threads truetype udev udisks unicode upower usb vorbis wxwidgets x264 xcb xfce xml xv xvid zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="kexi words flow plan sheets stage tables krita karbon braindump" CAMERAS="ptp2" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ubx" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev synaptics keyboard" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LIBREOFFICE_EXTENSIONS="presenter-console presenter-minimizer" LINGUAS="en de la ru" PHP_TARGETS="php5-3" PYTHON_TARGETS="python3_2 python2_7" QEMU_SOFTMMU_TARGETS="i386 x86_64 arm" QEMU_USER_TARGETS="i386 x86_64 arm" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby18" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="radeon vesa" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, USE_PYTHON my environment: # env LANG=en_US.utf8 DISPLAY=:0.0 XAUTHORITY=/root/.xauthxY1QUk COLORTERM=Terminal TERM=xterm PATH=/usr/lib/distcc/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin LC_COLLATE=C SHELL=/bin/zsh LOGNAME=root USER=root USERNAME=root MAIL=/var/mail/root HOME=/root SUDO_COMMAND=/bin/su SUDO_USER=dmol SUDO_UID=1000 SUDO_GID=1000 SHLVL=1 PWD=/var/portage/eclass OLDPWD=/var/portage/eclass vcs_info_msg_0_= vcs_info_msg_1_= _=/bin/env
To me this sounds like a WONTFIX honestly, if you're using `sudo su`. Use `sudo -i` or the equivalent `sudo su -` that actually sets the proper environment. I'm pretty sure this is not the only one package that would be broken by that.