zsh fails to merge here with maketest in FEATURES as it tries to access /dev/ptmx and the sandbox stops this. Adding an addpredict seems to solve this. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. FEATURES=makecheck emerge zsh 2. 3. Actual Results: multiple sandbox errors on /dev/ptmx Expected Results: passed the tests. Portage 2.0.51-r3 (default-linux/x86/2004.3, gcc-3.4.2, glibc-2.3.4.20041021-r0, 2.6.9-gentoo-r3-m2 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.9-gentoo-r3-m2 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2600+ Gentoo Base System version 1.6.5 ccache version 2.3 [enabled] Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r5 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.5-r1 Binutils: sys-devel/binutils-2.15.92.0.2-r1 Headers: sys-kernel/linux26-headers-2.6.8.1-r1 Libtools: sys-devel/libtool-1.5.2-r5 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon-xp -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -fweb -frename-registers" 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="-O2 -march=athlon-xp -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -fweb -frename-registers" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs candy ccache distlocks maketest noauto sandbox sfperms userpriv usersandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://ftp.easynet.nl/mirror/gentoo/" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.nl.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="3dnow 3dnowex X alsa ansi apm avi bitmap-fonts cdr crypt dga edl emacs esd f77 faad fbcon foomaticdb gnome gstreamer gtk2 imagemagick javascript jit jpeg libcaca libg++ libwww lufsusermount maildir md5sum mikmod mmx mmx2 mng mozdevelop mpeg ncurses nethack network nls nntp no-old-linux no_wxgtk1 nptl nptlonly oggvorbis opengl pam png python quicktime readline rtc softmmu spell sse ssl svg tcpd tetex truetype unicode userlocales x86 xml2 xv zlib"
Created attachment 43478 [details, diff] ebuild patch This fixes it.
Thanks for the bug report and patch. Fixed in CVS.