I think output of emerge would describe the problem better than i :) : root@parafin app-admin # emerge -va tripwire These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating dependencies ...done! [ebuild N ] app-admin/tripwire-2.3.1.2-r1 -debug 0 kB Total size of downloads: 0 kB Do you want me to merge these packages? [Yes/No] y >>> emerge (1 of 1) app-admin/tripwire-2.3.1.2-r1 to / >>> md5 src_uri ;-) tripwire-2.3.1-2.tar.gz >>> md5 src_uri ;-) tripwire_2.3.1.2-6.1.diff.gz >>> Unpacking source... >>> Unpacking tripwire-2.3.1-2.tar.gz to /var/tmp/portage/tripwire-2.3.1.2-r1/work * Applying tripwire-2.3.0-50-rfc822.patch.bz2 ... [ ok ] * Applying tripwire-2.3.1-2-fhs.patch.bz2 ... [ ok ] * Applying tripwire-2.3.1-2-gcc-3.3.patch.bz2 ... [ ok ] * Applying tripwire-2.3.1-gcc3.patch.bz2 ... [ ok ] * Applying tripwire-jbj.patch.bz2 ... [ ok ] * Applying tripwire-mkstemp.patch.bz2 ... [ ok ] * Cannot find $EPATCH_SOURCE! Value for $EPATCH_SOURCE is: * * /usr/portage/app-admin/tripwire/files/tripwire-2.3.1.2-force_gcc334.patch.bz2 !!! ERROR: app-admin/tripwire-2.3.1.2-r1 failed. !!! Function epatch, Line 262, Exitcode 0 !!! Cannot find $EPATCH_SOURCE! !!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, NOT this status message. In testing version of tripwire there isn't such problem. P.S. I tried to sync to different mirrors, but this didn't help :( Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: emerge tripwire Actual Results: Tripwire doesn't emerge. Expected Results: Tripwire should emerge :) Portage 2.0.51-r8 (default-linux/x86/2004.3, gcc-3.3.4, glibc-2.3.4.20040808-r1, 2.6.9 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.9 i686 Celeron (Coppermine) Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 Python: dev-lang/python-2.3.4 [2.3.4 (#1, Nov 12 2004, 17:48:04)] ccache version 2.3 [enabled] dev-lang/python: 2.3.4 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.59-r5 sys-devel/automake: 1.8.5-r1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.90.0.1.1-r3 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.2-r7 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.8.1-r1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O3 -mcpu=pentium3 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/ share/config /usr/share/config /var/bind /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O3 -mcpu=pentium3 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://mirror.gentoo.ru/pub/mirror/gentoo/ http://mirror.gentoo. ru/pub/mirror/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.linux.ee/pub/gentoo/distfiles/ http://ftp.linux. ee/pub/gentoo/distfiles/ http://trumpetti.atm.tut.fi/gentoo/" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://rsync.be.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X acpi adns alsa apache2 audiofile avi berkdb bitmap-fonts bzlib cdr crypt cups directfb divx4linux encode f77 fbcon foomaticdb fortran ftp gdbm gif gpm gtk gtk2 iconv imagemagick imlib jpeg libg++ libwww mad mikmod mmap mmx mng motif mpeg mysql mysqli ncurses nls nptl offensive oggvorbis opengl pam pcntl pcre pdflib perl php png posix python qt quicktime readline recode ruby sdl session shared sharedmem slang sockets spell spl sse ssl svga sysvipc tcpd theora tiff truetype unicode x86 xml2 xmms xosd xv xvid zlib"
Hmm, thanks for the report, I must have missed this bug. Marking FIXED as we no longer use this patch, please REOPEN if nescessary.