The error is in: if use ppc ; then sed -i \ -e '/LD.*--relax/s:^# ::' \ || die "sed Makefile (ppc/LD) failed" fi you forget put the file to patch, in this case Makefile, so it must be: if use ppc ; then sed -i \ -e '/LD.*--relax/s:^# ::' Makefile \ || die "sed Makefile (ppc/LD) failed" fi Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3.
fixed in cvs