gaim-0.77 fails to emerge because a necessary patch file (gaim-0.77-c99.patch) cannot be found. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge gaim Actual Results: >>> md5 src_uri ;-) gaim-0.77.tar.bz2 * * If you are merging gaim-0.77 from an earlier version, you will need * to re-merge any plugins like gaim-encryption or gaim-snpp. * * If you experience problems with gaim, file them as bugs with * Gentoo's bugzilla, http://bugs.gentoo.org. DO NOT report them * as bugs with gaim's sourceforge tracker, and by all means DO NOT * seek help in #gaim. * * Be sure to USE="debug" and include a backtrace for any seg * faults, see http://gaim.sourceforge.net/gdb.php for details on * backtraces. * * Please read the gaim FAQ at http://gaim.sourceforge.net/faq.php * >>> Unpacking source... >>> Unpacking gaim-0.77.tar.bz2 to /var/tmp/portage/gaim-0.77/work * Cannot find $EPATCH_SOURCE! Value for $EPATCH_SOURCE is: * * /home/portage/net-im/gaim/files/gaim-0.77-c99.patch !!! ERROR: net-im/gaim-0.77 failed. !!! Function epatch, Line 182, Exitcode 0 !!! Cannot find $EPATCH_SOURCE! Expected Results: gaim compiles. Portage 2.0.50-r8 (default-x86-2004.0, gcc-3.3.3, glibc-2.3.3.20040420-r0, 2.6.5-gentoo-r1) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.5-gentoo-r1 i686 Pentium III (Katmai) Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r3 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.3 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=pentium3 -O3 -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/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=pentium3 -O3 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs buildpkg ccache fixpackages sandbox strict userpriv" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/home/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://rsync.namerica.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X alsa apm arts avi berkdb cdr crypt cups doc encode esd foomaticdb gdbm gif gnome gpm gtk gtk2 imap imlib jack java jpeg kde libg++ libwww mad maildir mbox mikmod mmx motif mpeg mysql ncurses nls nntp oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png ppds python qt quicktime readline samba sasl sdl slang spell ssl svga tcpd tetex truetype x86 xml xml2 xmms xv zlib"
I have same problem
Already fixed. rsync and try again.