building w/MAKEFLAGS=-j3 on my dual system gives me this not-so-happy ending: ---------------------------------------------------- Making install in test make[1]: Entering directory `/var/tmp/portage/fontconfig-2.2.3/work/fontconfig-2.2.3/test' make[2]: Entering directory `/var/tmp/portage/fontconfig-2.2.3/work/fontconfig-2.2.3/test' make[2]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'. make[2]: Nothing to be done for `install-data-am'. make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/fontconfig-2.2.3/work/fontconfig-2.2.3/test' make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/fontconfig-2.2.3/work/fontconfig-2.2.3/test' make[1]: Entering directory `/var/tmp/portage/fontconfig-2.2.3/work/fontconfig-2.2.3' make[2]: Entering directory `/var/tmp/portage/fontconfig-2.2.3/work/fontconfig-2.2.3' make[2]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'. /bin/sh ./mkinstalldirs /var/tmp/portage/fontconfig-2.2.3/image//etc/fonts if [ -f /var/tmp/portage/fontconfig-2.2.3/image//etc/fonts/local.conf ]; then \ echo "not overwriting existing /var/tmp/portage/fontconfig-2.2.3/image//etc/fonts/local.conf"; \ else if [ -f ./local.conf ]; then \ echo " /bin/install -c -m 644 ./local.conf /var/tmp/portage/fontconfig-2.2.3/image//etc/fonts/local.conf"; \ /bin/install -c -m 644 ./local.conf /var/tmp/portage/fontconfig-2.2.3/image//etc/fonts/local.conf; \ else if [ -f local.conf ]; then \ echo " /bin/install -c -m 644 local.conf /var/tmp/portage/fontconfig-2.2.3/image//etc/fonts/local.conf"; \ /bin/install -c -m 644 local.conf /var/tmp/portage/fontconfig-2.2.3/image//etc/fonts/local.conf; \ fi; fi; fi /bin/sh ./mkinstalldirs /var/tmp/portage/fontconfig-2.2.3/image//usr/lib/pkgconfig /bin/install -c -m 644 ./local.conf /var/tmp/portage/fontconfig-2.2.3/image//etc/fonts/local.conf /bin/install: cannot create regular file `/var/tmp/portage/fontconfig-2.2.3/image//etc/fonts/local.conf': No such file or directory mkdir -p -- /var/tmp/portage/fontconfig-2.2.3/image//usr/lib/pkgconfig make[2]: *** [install-data-local] Error 1 make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... mkdir -p -- /var/tmp/portage/fontconfig-2.2.3/image//etc/fonts make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... /bin/install -c -m 644 fonts.conf /var/tmp/portage/fontconfig-2.2.3/image//etc/fonts/fonts.conf /bin/install -c -m 644 fontconfig.pc /var/tmp/portage/fontconfig-2.2.3/image//usr/lib/pkgconfig/fontconfig.pc /bin/install -c -m 644 fonts.dtd /var/tmp/portage/fontconfig-2.2.3/image//etc/fonts/fonts.dtd make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/fontconfig-2.2.3/work/fontconfig-2.2.3' make[1]: *** [install-am] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/fontconfig-2.2.3/work/fontconfig-2.2.3' make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1 ---------------------------------------------------- just setting MAKEFLAGS="" before doing the emerge fixed the problem. force a -j1 build on this one or do some actual work; patch the autoconf/automake files and submit to the developers? :)
*** Bug 74638 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
all recent fontconfig ebuilds cap make jobs for ths reason.