attempting to emerge sys-apps/net-tools-1.60-r8 results in the the following error from the ebuild process... * Applying net-tools-1.60-cycle.patch... [ ok ] * Applying net-tools-1.60-multiline-string.patch... [ ok ] * Applying 1.60-man.patch... [ ok ] sed: -e expression #2, char 66: Unknown option to `s' !!! ERROR: sys-apps/net-tools-1.60-r8 failed. !!! Function src_unpack, Line 55, Exitcode 1 !!! sed Makefile failed Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.emerge-webrsync 2.emerge net-tools 3. Actual Results: sed: -e expression #2, char 66: Unknown option to `s' !!! ERROR: sys-apps/net-tools-1.60-r8 failed. !!! Function src_unpack, Line 55, Exitcode 1 !!! sed Makefile failed Expected Results: Clean build of net-tools Portage 2.0.50-r7 (default-x86-2004.0, gcc-3.3.2, glibc-2.3.2-r9, 2.4.25-gentoo) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.25-gentoo i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1.70GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.4.10 Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.58-r1 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.3 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium4 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -I/usr/share/idl" 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="-O2 -march=pentium4 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -I/usr/share/idl" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/Gentoo http://planetmirror.com/pub/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X alsa apm arts avi berkdb bonobo cdr crypt cups dga dvd encode esd flac foomaticdb gdbm gif gnome gnomedb gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 gtkhtml imlib java jpeg kde libg++ libwww mad mikmod mmx motif mozilla mpeg ncurses nls oci8 oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png ppds python qt quicktime readline samba sdl slang spell sse ssl svga tcpd tiff truetype usb x86 xml2 xmms xv zlib"
CFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium4 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -I/usr/share/idl" remove that stupid -I from your CFLAGS