portage ebuild sets in pkg_postinst: if [ -d "${ROOT}usr/portage/distfiles" ]; then chown -R root:portage "${ROOT}usr/portage/distfiles" find "${ROOT}usr/portage/distfiles" -type f -maxdepth 1 -print0 | \ ${XARGS} -0 -n 500 chmod 0644 &> /dev/null chmod 2775 "${ROOT}usr/portage/distfiles" chmod 2775 "${ROOT}usr/portage/distfiles/cvs-src" fi this leads to permission problems if userpriv is in FEATURES: ls -ld /usr/portage/distfiles/{,cvs-src} drwxrwsr-x 6 root portage 368640 Sep 16 11:17 /usr/portage/distfiles/ drwxrwsr-x 4 root portage 4096 Sep 16 11:47 /usr/portage/distfiles/cvs-src # emerge gnus-cvs --nodeps [... successfully fetched than killed ...] # ls -la /usr/portage/distfiles/cvs-src/gnus/ total 260 drwxr-sr-x 9 portage portage 4096 Sep 16 11:47 . drwxrwsr-x 4 root portage 4096 Sep 16 11:47 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 portage portage 120 Sep 10 17:04 .arch-inventory -rw-r--r-- 1 portage portage 146 Aug 30 17:37 .cvsignore drwxr-sr-x 2 portage portage 4096 Sep 16 11:47 CVS -rw-r--r-- 1 portage portage 10949 Sep 11 19:17 ChangeLog -rw-r--r-- 1 portage portage 3942 Sep 11 19:17 GNUS-NEWS # emerge portage # ls -la /usr/portage/distfiles/cvs-src/gnus/ total 260 drwxr-sr-x 9 root portage 4096 Sep 16 11:47 . drwxrwsr-x 4 root portage 4096 Sep 16 11:47 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root portage 120 Sep 10 17:04 .arch-inventory -rw-r--r-- 1 root portage 146 Aug 30 17:37 .cvsignore drwxr-sr-x 2 root portage 4096 Sep 16 11:47 CVS -rw-r--r-- 1 root portage 10949 Sep 11 19:17 ChangeLog -rw-r--r-- 1 root portage 3942 Sep 11 19:17 GNUS-NEWS At this point user 'portage' doesn't have write permission in the current directory. # emerge gnus-cvs --nodeps Calculating dependencies ...done! >>> emerge (1 of 1) app-emacs/gnus-cvs-5.11 to / >>> Unpacking source... * Fetching CVS module gnus into /usr/portage/distfiles/cvs-src... * Running cvs -q -f -z4 -d ":pserver:gnus:gnus@cvs.gnus.org:/usr/local/cvsroot" login Logging in to :pserver:gnus@cvs.gnus.org:2401/usr/local/cvsroot * Running cvs -q -f -z4 -d ":pserver:gnus@cvs.gnus.org:/usr/local/cvsroot" update -dP gnus cvs update: cannot rewrite CVS/Entries.Backup: Permission denied cvs update: cannot rewrite CVS/Entries.Backup: Permission denied cvs update: cannot rewrite CVS/Entries.Backup: Permission denied cvs update: cannot rewrite CVS/Entries.Backup: Permission denied cvs update: cannot rewrite CVS/Entries.Backup: Permission denied cvs update: cannot rewrite CVS/Entries.Backup: Permission denied cvs update: cannot rewrite CVS/Entries.Backup: Permission denied cvs update: cannot rewrite CVS/Entries.Backup: Permission denied cvs update: cannot rewrite CVS/Entries.Backup: Permission denied cvs update: cannot rewrite CVS/Entries.Backup: Permission denied cvs update: cannot rewrite CVS/Entries.Backup: Permission denied cvs update: cannot rewrite CVS/Entries.Backup: Permission denied cvs update: cannot remove gnus/smilies: Permission denied cvs [update aborted]: cannot open gnus/CVS: Permission denied !!! ERROR: app-emacs/gnus-cvs-5.11 failed. !!! Function cvs_fetch, Line 326, Exitcode 1 !!! cvs update command failed !!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, NOT this status message. Portage 2.0.51_rc1 (default-linux/x86/2004.2/gcc34/2.6, gcc-3.4.1, glibc-2.3.4.20040808-r0, 2.6.8-gentoo-r3 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.8-gentoo-r3 i686 AMD Duron(tm) processor Gentoo Base System version 1.5.3 ccache version 2.3 [enabled] Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r4 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.5-r1 Binutils: sys-devel/binutils-2.14.90.0.8-r1 Headers: sys-kernel/linux26-headers-2.6.8.1 Libtools: sys-devel/libtool-1.5.2-r5 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -O2 -pipe -fstack-protector-all" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/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=athlon-xp -O2 -pipe -fstack-protector-all" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache sandbox sfperms userpriv usersandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/portage/local" SYNC="rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce:
*** Bug 64251 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Committed a fix for the ebuild. Remerge it in about an hour and it should be fixed.
