metakit-2.4.9.2-r1 ebuild relies on python-config in src_install(), and on python -c 'import sys; print sys.version[0:3]' in src_unpack(). This is problematic, because the two methods are not guaranteed to return the same python version. Basically, /usr/bin/python is the latest version of python, while /usr/bin/python-config is the last version of python that was installed (i.e. emerge '<python-2.3' will clobber python-config). So, if you have emerged a python-2.2 after python-2.3, the metakit ebuild says /bin/sh ./libtool --mode=install /bin/install -c Mk4py.so /var/tmp/portage/metakit-2.4.9.2-r1/image//usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages /bin/install -c Mk4py.so /var/tmp/portage/metakit-2.4.9.2-r1/image//usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages /bin/install: cannot create regular file `/var/tmp/portage/metakit-2.4.9.2-r1/image//usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages': No such file or directory make: *** [install-python] Error 1 !!! ERROR: dev-db/metakit-2.4.9.2-r1 failed. !!! Function src_install, Line 49, Exitcode 2 !!! (no error message) Note that metakit-2.4.9.3-r2 performs some kind of ebuildical magic to avoid this problem, but unfortunately, it's ~x86 at the moment. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge '<python-2.3' 2. emerge '=metakit-2.4.9.2-r1' Actual Results: ebuild fails Expected Results: ebuild succeeds... Portage 2.0.50-r3 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.3.3, glibc-2.3.3_pre20040207-r0, 2.6.3-gentoo) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.3-gentoo i686 AMD Athlon(TM) XP 2500+ Gentoo Base System version 1.4.3.13p1 Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r3 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.3 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -O2 -pipe -frename-registers -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /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/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -mcpu=i686 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage /usr/local/overlays/bmg-gnome-current" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="3dnow X aalib alsa apm arts avi berkdb bonobo cdr crypt cups dga directfb dnd doc dumb-allegro dvd dvdr encode esd ethereal evo fbcon flash foomaticdb gdbm gif gnome gphoto2 gpm gtk gtk2 gtkhtml guile imlib java jpeg kde libg++ libwww mad mbox mikmod mmx mng motif mozilla mpeg mule mysql nas ncurses nls oav odbc oggvorbis opengl oss pam pda pdflib perl pic plotutils png postgres python qt quicktime readline samba scanner sdl slang slp spell sse ssl svga tcltk tcpd tetex tiff truetype usb wmf x86 xface xinerama xml2 xmms xv xvid zlib"
*** Bug 46824 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
I marked metakit-2.4.9.3-r2 stable on x86. Thanks for the report.
