Trying to upgrade from version 0.11.49, I get this error message in install phase Making install in po make[1]: Entering directory `/var/tmp/portage/gentoo-0.11.50/work/gentoo-0.11.50/po' /bin/sh `case ".././mkinstalldirs" in /*) echo ".././mkinstalldirs" ;; *) echo "../.././mkinstalldirs" ;; esac` /var/tmp/portage/gentoo-0.11.50/image//usr/share../.././mkinstalldirs: ../.././mkinstalldirs: No such file or directory make[1]: *** [install-data-yes] Error 127 make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/gentoo-0.11.50/work/gentoo-0.11.50/po' make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1 !!! ERROR: app-misc/gentoo-0.11.50 failed. !!! Function einstall, Line 388, Exitcode 2 !!! einstall failed Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge -u app-misc/gentoo Actual Results: The install phase failed with an error (see above). Expected Results: Install the package cleanly. Portage 2.0.50-r6 (default-x86-2004.0, gcc-3.3.3, glibc-2.3.3_pre20040420-r0, 2.6.5-gentoo-r1) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.5-gentoo-r1 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 Mobile CPU 1.60GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.4.10 distcc 2.14 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [enabled] Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r3 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.3 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O3 -march=pentium4 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" 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 /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O3 -march=pentium4 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache distcc sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j3" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X acpi alsa apm arts avi berkdb crypt cups dvd encode esd foomaticdb gdbm gif gnome gpm gtk gtk2 imlib java jpeg libg++ libwww mad mikmod mmx motif mozilla mpeg ncurses nls oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png python qt quicktime readline samba sdl slang spell sse ssl svga tcpd threads truetype x86 xml2 xmms xv zlib"
Created attachment 30779 [details, diff] patch that solves the problem this is a bug in a Makefile that comes with gentoo (not the distribution, but the filemanager). here is a patch that fixes the issue. I reckon this should be reported upstream, so the (filemanager) gentoo people can fix this bug in their package. There is no problem with the ebuild. for now, apply the patch as follows: be root emerge app-misc/gentoo hit Ctrl-z just when configure starts copy the patch to /var/tmp/portage/gentoo-0.11.50/work/ cd to /var/tmp/portage/gentoo-0.11.50/work/ execute 'patch -p0 < gentoo-installfix.diff' cd ~ execute 'fg' -> gentoo merges cleanly :)
Attached patch fixes this problem for me as well.
*** Bug 50344 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
.51 fixes this issue. thanks guys.