>>> md5 src_uri ;-) hal-0.4.1.tar.gz >>> Unpacking source... >>> Unpacking hal-0.4.1.tar.gz to /var/tmp/portage/hal-0.4.1-r1/work * Applying hal-0.4.1-old_storage_policy.patch ... [ ok ] * Cannot find $EPATCH_SOURCE! Value for $EPATCH_SOURCE is: * * /usr/portage/sys-apps/hal/files/hal-0.4.0-allow-floppy-drives.patch Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. (~x86) emerge hal Actual Results: The merge fails, due to missing patch. Expected Results: Merge succeeds. Portage 2.0.51-r3 (default-linux/x86/2004.2, gcc-3.4.3, glibc-2.3.4.20041102-r0, 2.6.9-gentoo i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.9-gentoo i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 2.00GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.6.6 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-r7 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=pentium4 -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -mfpmath=sse -mmmx -msse2" 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/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/qmail/control"CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=pentium4 -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -mfpmath=sse -mmmx -msse2" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp:///ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/gentoo/ http://gentoo.mirrors.pair.com/ http://gentoo.osuosl.org/ http://ftp-mirror.internap.com/pub/gentoo/" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X acpi alsa apm artworkextra avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cdr crypt cups dvd dvdr eds encode esd evo f77 fam flac foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif gnome gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 hal imagemagick imap imlib java jpeg ldap libg++ libwww mad mikmod mmx motif mozilla mpeg ncurses nls nntp nptl oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png python quicktime readline samba sdl slang spell sse ssl svga tcltk tcpd tetex tiff truetype x86 xine xml2 xmms xv zlib"
I get the exact same error.
my mistake, fixed
i emerge sync and i still get that error!