>>> Generating digest file... <<< abiword-2.1.8.tar.bz2 !!! Given file does not appear to be readable. Does it exist? !!! File: /usr/portage/distfiles/abiword-2.1.8.tar.bz2 >>> emerge (1 of 1) app-office/abiword-2.1.8 to / >>> Downloading http://ftp.easynet.nl/mirror/gentoo/distfiles/abiword-2.1.8.tar.bz2 ...blah blah... 10:41:12 (53.73 KB/s) - `/usr/portage/distfiles/abiword-2.1.8.tar.bz2' saved [23484136/23484136] !!! No package digest file found: /usr/local/bmg/app-office/abiword/files/digest-abiword-2.1.8 !!! Type "ebuild foo.ebuild digest" to generate it. ========================= But if the file is already downloaded, it works fine: mightymax abiword # emerge --digest abiword Calculating dependencies ...done! >>> Generating digest file... <<< abiword-2.1.8.tar.bz2 >>> Generating manifest file... etc etc ========================= Also worth noting is that this worked just fine before, so it's a recent portage update that has broken it. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3.
That is not the purpose of that undocumented option.
So, what is the purpose? And why not document it? :)
