While updating to gnet-2.0.5 I got the following error message: [...] >>> emerge (1 of 6) net-libs/gnet-2.0.5 to / >>> Downloading [...] >>> md5 src_uri ;-) gnet-2.0.5.tar.gz >>> Unpacking source... >>> Unpacking gnet-2.0.5.tar.gz to /var/tmp/portage/gnet-2.0.5/work RUNNING FROM extra_functions.sh * Applying gnet-2.0.5-gtkdoc_fix.patch... [ ok ]>>> Source unpacked. * Patching ${S}/ltmain.sh... * Could not apply portage.patch! * Please verify that it is not needed. * Cannot apply any patch, running libtoolize... [...] The package, however, continued to compile without any problems. Reproducible: Didn't try Steps to Reproduce: Portage 2.0.50-r3 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.3.2, glibc-2.3.2-r9, 2.4.25-gentoo) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.25-gentoo i686 AMD Athlon(tm) Processor Gentoo Base System version 1.4.3.13 ccache version 2.3 [enabled] Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.58-r1 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.3 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/gentoo http://212.219.247.10/sites/www.ibiblio.org/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.easynet.nl/mirror/gentoo/ http://ftp.easynet.nl/mirror/gentoo/" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="3dnow X apm avi berkdb bonobo cdr crypt cups encode esd fbcon foomaticdb gdbm gif gnome gphoto2 gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 gtkhtml guile imlib java jpeg libg++ libwww mad mikmod mmx motif mozilla mpeg ncurses nls oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png ppds python quicktime readline sdl slang spell sse ssl svga tcltk tcpd tiff truetype x86 xml2 xmms xv zlib"
then it's not a problem.