emerge output: ... * Applying 1900_kswapd-vm-fix.patch (-p0+)... [ ok ] * Applying 2300_fix-cdrw-buffer-read.patch (-p0+)... [ ok ] * Applying 2305_fix-revoltec-usb.patch (-p0+)... [ ok ] * Applying 2310_permit-log-sense-select.patch (-p0+)... [ ok ] * Applying 2315_nvidia-sata-fix.patch (-p0+)... [ ok ] * Applying 2320_smbfs-ownership.patch (-p0+)... [ ok ] * Applying 2325_smbfs-fix-symlinks.patch (-p0+)... [ ok ] * Applying 2500_vesafb-tng-0.9-rc4-r3.patch (-p0+)... [ ok ] * Applying 2700_ppc-pegasos-2.6.6.patch (-p0+)... [ ok ] * Applying 2900_sparc-signal_h.patch (-p0+)... [ ok ] * Applying 2905_compile-fix.patch (-p0+)... [ ok ] * Applying 2910_parport-fix.patch (-p0+)... [ ok ] * Applying 4300_evms-dm-bbr.patch (-p0+)... [ ok ] * Applying 4305_dm-fixes.patch (-p0+)... [ ok ] * Applying 4500_fbsplash-0.9-r8.patch (-p0+)... [ ok ] * Applying 4705_squashfs-2.0r2.patch (-p0+)... [ ok ] * Applying 4800_inotify-0.14.patch (-p0+)... [ ok ] * Applying 4905_speakup-20041020.patch (-p0+)... [ ok ] >>> Source unpacked. >>> Test phase [not enabled]: sys-kernel/gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.9-r6 touch: cannot touch `.tested': Permission denied !!! ERROR: sys-kernel/gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.9-r6 failed. !!! Function dyn_test, Line 940, Exitcode 1 !!! Failed to 'touch .tested' in /var/tmp/portage/gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.9-r6 !!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, NOT this status message. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. emerge info: Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 Portage 2.0.51-r3 (default-linux/amd64/2004.3, gcc-3.4.3, glibc-2.3.4.20040808-r1, 2.6.9-gentoo-r1-rf18 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.9-gentoo-r1-rf18 x86_64 4 Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r5 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.5-r1 Binutils: sys-devel/binutils-2.15.90.0.1.1-r3 Headers: sys-kernel/linux26-headers-2.6.8.1-r1 Libtools: sys-devel/libtool-1.5.2-r7 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-g -march=k8 -mtune=k8 -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -fstack-protector" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /home /opt/zetagrid /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.2/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/env /usr/kde/3.3/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /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/bind /var/freenet /var/qmail/control /var/www" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-g -march=k8 -mtune=k8 -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -fstack-protector" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig buildpkg ccache distlocks nostrip sandbox userpriv usersandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://open-systems.ufl.edu/mirrors/gentoo ftp://ftp.ussg.iu.edu/pub/linux/gentoo ftp://mirrors.tds.net/gentoo http://mirrors.tds.net/gentoo ftp://ftp.ndlug.nd.edu/pub/gentoo/" MAKEOPTS="-j1" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.us.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="amd64 X aalib acpi aim alsa apache2 arts berkdb bitmap-fonts bonobo canna cdr crypt css cups debug divx4linux dts dvd esd ethereal f77 fam fbcon flac foomaticdb fortran freetype gd gdbm gif gimpprint glut gmail gnome gpm gstreamer gtk gtkhtml guile imagemagick imap imlib innodb ipv6 jack java jp2 jpeg kde kerberos libwww lzw lzw-tiff mad maildir mikmod motif mozilla msn multilib mysql ncurses nls nptl ntlm oav oggvorbis opengl oss pam pda pdflib perl php png postgres python qt readline ruby samba sasl sdl slang speex ssl tcltk tcpd tetex theora tiff truetype usb userlocales wmf xine xml xml2 xmms xpm xrandr xv xvid zlib"
rm /var/tmp/portage/* -R try merging again, the error should be gone
Interesting, that did the trick. I'll have to try that in the future when this problem occurs...
