When i do an emerge gnome-jabber, both versions in portage at this point. The paths are hardcoded in some way, try: strings gnome-jabber | grep '/var' What should be /etc/ something becomes /var/tmp/portage/xxx//etc/ Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge gnome-jabber 2. run gnome-jabber Actual Results: gnome-jabber fails to open because files are missing. Expected Results: gnome-jabber should start. Portage 2.0.51-r8 (default-linux/x86/2004.3, gcc-3.3.4, glibc-2.3.4.20040808-r1, 2.6.5 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.5 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) processor Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 Python: dev-lang/python-2.3.4 [2.3.4 (#1, Oct 24 2004, 04:58:11)] dev-lang/python: 2.3.4 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.59-r5 sys-devel/automake: 1.8.5-r1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.14.90.0.8-r1 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.2-r5 virtual/os-headers: 2.4.21-r1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /etc/ /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/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/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://ftp.du.se/pub/os/gentoo http://ftp.du.se/pub/os/gentoo http://ds.thn.htu.se/linux/gentoo http://mirror.pudas.net/gentoo http://mirror.uni-c.dk/gentoo/" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X Xaw3d alsa apache2 apm arts audiofile avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cdb cdr crypt cups curl directfb divx4linux dvd emacs encode esd f77 fam flash foomaticdb fortran ftp gdbm gif gnome gpm gps gtk gtk2 imlib ipv6 java jpeg kde libg++ libwww mad mikmod motif mpeg ncurses nls oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png python qt quicktime readline sdl spell ssl svga tcpd tiff truetype usb x86 xine xml2 xmms xv xvid zlib video_cards_radeon"
I do not find /var/tmp hardcoded in gnome-jabber 0.3 or 0.4. I did find /usr/local instead of /usr in the gconf schemas and I fixed that... and I marked 0.4 stable on x86.. which was long overdue