emerge gnus-cvs fails when MAKEOPTS="-j2", but works when "-j2" is not set Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge gnus-cvs with MAKEOPTS="-j2" 2. 3. Actual Results: make[1]: Entering directory `/var/tmp/portage/gnus-cvs-5.11/work/gnus/lisp' cd .. \ && CONFIG_FILES=lisp/Makefile CONFIG_HEADERS= /bin/sh ./config.status make[1]: Entering directory `/var/tmp/portage/gnus-cvs-5.11/work/gnus/texi' cd .. \ && CONFIG_FILES=texi/Makefile CONFIG_HEADERS= /bin/sh ./config.status creating lisp/Makefile creating texi/Makefile make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/gnus-cvs-5.11/work/gnus/lisp' make[1]: Entering directory `/var/tmp/portage/gnus-cvs-5.11/work/gnus/lisp' rm -f *.elc gnus-load.el auto-autoloads.* custom-load.* URLDIR=no W3DIR=no lispdir=/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/gnus-cvs srcdir=. emacs -batch -q -no-site-file -l ./dgnushack.el -f dgnushack-make-cus-load . sed: Couldn't open file conftest.s1: No such file or directory sed: couldn't write 72 items to stdout: Broken pipe make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/gnus-cvs-5.11/work/gnus/texi' make[1]: Entering directory `/var/tmp/portage/gnus-cvs-5.11/work/gnus/texi' make[1]: *** No rule to make target `all'. Stop. make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/gnus-cvs-5.11/work/gnus/texi' make: *** [info] Error 2 make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... . . !!! ERROR: app-emacs/gnus-cvs-5.11 failed. !!! Function src_compile, Line 43, Exitcode 2 !!! (no error message) Expected Results: The emerge should have worked emerge --info Portage 2.0.51-r8 (default-linux/x86/2004.3, gcc-3.4.3, glibc-2.3.4.20041102-r0, 2.6.9-gentoo-r9 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.9-gentoo-r9 i686 Pentium III (Coppermine) Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 Python: dev-lang/python-2.3.4 [2.3.4 (#1, Dec 12 2004, 13:35:10)] 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="-O2 -march=pentium3 -mtune=pentium3 -pipe -fstack-protector" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/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/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/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium3 -mtune=pentium3 -pipe -fstack-protector" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.mirror.sdv.fr ftp://mirror.nutsmaas.nl/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.belnet.be/mirror/rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo/ http://ftp.easynet.nl/mirror/gentoo/ ftp://vlaai.snt.ipv6.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/gentoo/" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.uk.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X aalib aim alsa apache2 apm arts avi bash-completion berkdb bitmap-fonts bonobo bzlib caps cdparanoia cdr crypt ctype cups curl curlwrappers divx4linux doc dvd dvdr emacs encode esd exif f77 faac fam fbcon flac foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif gmp gnome gnutls gphoto2 gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 gtkhtml guile iconv icq imagemagick imlib ipv6 jabber java jce jpeg junit kde lcms leim libg++ libwww live lm_sensors mad mbox mikmod mng motif mozilla mozsvg mozxmlterm mpegmsn native ncurses network nls nptl offensive oggvorbis opengl oscar oss pam pcntl pcre pdflib perl png posix postgres python qt quicktime readline recode sdl shared sharedmem slang snmp sockets speex spell sse ssl svg svga sysvipc tcltk tcpd tetex theora threads tiff truetype type1 unicode usb utf8 wmf wxwindows x86 xine xml xml2 xmms xv yahoo zlib linguas_en_GB"
It doesn't fail on my lapto :/ However, I added -j1 to the make process. Please verify if the new ebuild works or not on your system.
