The buildproduces the following error: >>> Source configured. >>> Compiling source in /opt/prefix/var/tmp/portage/sys-apps/util-linux-2.20.1/work/util-linux-2.20.1 ... make -j8 -C shlibs make: *** shlibs: No such file or directory. Stop. emake failed Well, make is right, there is no shlibs directory in util-linux. The relevant code in the ebuild looks like: src_compile() { if use prefix; then emake -C shlibs || die else emake || die fi } with a similar construct in src_install(). Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: emerge --oneshot util-linux (actually happens to me during "emerge -e system" while running the bootstrap). Actual Results: The package doesn't compile. Expected Results: The package should compile and bootstrap finish cleanly.
Fixed in the newest ebuild, see also bug 518898. Thanks for reporting. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 518898 ***