I tried to emerge fvwm which depends on X11-Protocol. It aborts with an error message, that a directory could not be created. Even creating this by hand leads to other errors concering missing permissions. --- snip --- [14:04|root on wintermute|/var/tmp/portage/X11-Protocol-0.52/work/X11-Protocol-0.52] --| emerge -v fvwm Calculating dependencies ...done! >>> emerge (1 of 3) dev-perl/X11-Protocol-0.52 to / >>> md5 src_uri ;-) X11-Protocol-0.52.tar.gz >>> Unpacking source... >>> Unpacking X11-Protocol-0.52.tar.gz to /var/tmp/portage/X11-Protocol-0.52/work >>> Source unpacked. Checking if your kit is complete... Looks good 'DESTDIR' is not a known MakeMaker parameter name. Writing Makefile for X11::Protocol cp Protocol/Ext/XFree86_Misc.pm blib/lib/X11/Protocol/Ext/XFree86_Misc.pm cp Keysyms.pm blib/lib/X11/Keysyms.pm cp Protocol/Connection/Socket.pm blib/lib/X11/Protocol/Connection/Socket.pm cp Protocol/Ext/XC_MISC.pm blib/lib/X11/Protocol/Ext/XC_MISC.pm cp Protocol/Constants.pm blib/lib/X11/Protocol/Constants.pm cp Protocol.pm blib/lib/X11/Protocol.pm cp Protocol/Ext/SHAPE.pm blib/lib/X11/Protocol/Ext/SHAPE.pm cp Protocol/Ext/BIG_REQUESTS.pm blib/lib/X11/Protocol/Ext/BIG_REQUESTS.pm cp Auth.pm blib/lib/X11/Auth.pm cp Protocol/Connection/UNIXSocket.pm blib/lib/X11/Protocol/Connection/UNIXSocket.pm cp Protocol/Connection/UNIXFH.pm blib/lib/X11/Protocol/Connection/UNIXFH.pm cp Protocol/Ext/DPMS.pm blib/lib/X11/Protocol/Ext/DPMS.pm cp Protocol/Connection/INETSocket.pm blib/lib/X11/Protocol/Connection/INETSocket.pm cp Protocol/Connection/INETFH.pm blib/lib/X11/Protocol/Connection/INETFH.pm cp Protocol/Connection/FileHandle.pm blib/lib/X11/Protocol/Connection/FileHandle.pm cp Protocol/Connection.pm blib/lib/X11/Protocol/Connection.pm Manifying blib/man3/X11::Keysyms.3pm Manifying blib/man3/X11::Protocol::Ext::XFree86_Misc.3pm Manifying blib/man3/X11::Protocol::Connection::Socket.3pm Manifying blib/man3/X11::Protocol.3pm Manifying blib/man3/X11::Protocol::Ext::XC_MISC.3pm Manifying blib/man3/X11::Protocol::Ext::SHAPE.3pm Manifying blib/man3/X11::Protocol::Ext::BIG_REQUESTS.3pm Manifying blib/man3/X11::Auth.3pm Manifying blib/man3/X11::Protocol::Connection::UNIXSocket.3pm Manifying blib/man3/X11::Protocol::Connection::UNIXFH.3pm Manifying blib/man3/X11::Protocol::Ext::DPMS.3pm Manifying blib/man3/X11::Protocol::Connection::INETSocket.3pm Manifying blib/man3/X11::Protocol::Connection::INETFH.3pm Manifying blib/man3/X11::Protocol::Connection::FileHandle.3pm Manifying blib/man3/X11::Protocol::Connection.3pm >>> Install X11-Protocol-0.52 into /var/tmp/portage/X11-Protocol-0.52/image/ category dev-perl ACCESS DENIED mkdir: /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0/X11 mkdir /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0/X11: Permission denied at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/ExtUtils/Insta ll.pm line 137 make: *** [pure_vendor_install] Error 255 !!! ERROR: dev-perl/X11-Protocol-0.52 failed. !!! Function perl-module_src_install, Line 73, Exitcode 2 !!! (no error message) --------------------------- ACCESS VIOLATION SUMMARY --------------------------- LOG FILE = "/tmp/sandbox-dev-perl_-_X11-Protocol-0.52-27994.log" mkdir: /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0/X11 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- snap --- The same problem occurs when installing ebuild perl-tk. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge fvwm Actual Results: Fvwm got not installed. Expected Results: Install fvwm. Done an emerge sync before, other programs can be emerged without problems.
After reading around a little bit, found out that FEATURES="-sandbox" emerge X11-Protocol works. (Even if I don't know what the sandbox is...)
Do not use "-sandbox" - this is a hack and is bound to cause other problems. Can you please tell us more about what arch this is, is it stable or testing, what use flags you have, and when was the last time you updated world? The output of 'emerge info' would be very helpful. I'm a little surprised that you seem to still be running perl-5.8.0 - 5.8.2 is stable on every arch. It sounds as if you have an old perl and an old ExtUtils-MakeMaker. Update things and try again but DO NOT disable sandbox.
After update of perl and MakeMaker emerge runs without any failures. Thanks for your help.
