When I emerged recently after syncing up I got an error that awesfx failed to emerge due to a bad patch. The file from the failed patch, awesfx-0.5.0b-makefile-noalsa.patch-7148.out, is attached. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge awesfx 2. 3. Actual Results: * Applying awesfx-0.5.0b-makefile-noalsa.patch ... * Failed Patch: awesfx-0.5.0b-makefile-noalsa.patch! * * Include in your bugreport the contents of: * * /var/tmp/portage/awesfx-0.5.0d/temp/awesfx-0.5.0b-makefile-noalsa.patch-7148.out !!! ERROR: media-sound/awesfx-0.5.0d failed. !!! Function epatch, Line 402, Exitcode 0 !!! Failed Patch: awesfx-0.5.0b-makefile-noalsa.patch! !!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, NOT this status message. Expected Results: emerge of awesfx works bash-2.05b$ sudo emerge info Portage 2.0.51-r3 (default-linux/x86/2004.3, gcc-3.4.3, glibc-2.3.4.20040808-r1, 2.6.8-gentoo-r7 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.8-gentoo-r7 i686 Pentium III (Katmai) Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 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,sys-kernel/linux26-headers-2.6.8.1 Libtools: sys-devel/libtool-1.5.2-r7 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=pentium3 -O3 -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=pentium3 -O3 -pipe" DISTDIR="/home/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig buildpkg ccache distlocks fixpackages sandbox sfperms strict userpriv" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.osuosl.org/ ftp://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo/http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu/pub/gentoohttp://csociety-ftp.ecn.purdue.edu/pub/gentoo/ ftp://csociety-ftp.ecn.purdue.edu/pub/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.ussg.iu.edu/pub/linux/gentoo ftp://ftp.ucsb.edu/pub/mirrors/linux/gentoo/ http://gentoo.seren.com/gentoo http://gentoo.chem.wisc.edu/gentoo/ ftp://gentoo.chem.wisc.edu/gentoo/ http://cudlug.cudenver.edu/gentoo/ ftp://cudlug.cudenver.edu/pub/mirrors/distributions/gentoo/ http://gentoo.mirrors.pair.com/ ftp://gentoo.mirrors.pair.com/ http://gentoo.ccccom.com ftp://gentoo.ccccom.com http://ftp-mirror.internap.com/pub/gentoo/ ftp://ftp-mirror.internap.com/pub/gentoo/ http://mirrors.tds.net/gentoo ftp://mirrors.tds.net/gentoo http://gentoo.netnitco.net ftp://gentoo.netnitco.net/pub/mirrors/gentoo/source/ http://mirror.tucdemonic.org/gentoo/ http://mirror.clarkson.edu/pub/distributions/gentoo/ http://mirrors.acm.cs.rpi.edu/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.ndlug.nd.edu/pub/gentoo/ http://open-systems.ufl.edu/mirrors/gentoo http://gentoo.llarian.net/ ftp://gentoo.llarian.net/pub/gentoo http://gentoo.binarycompass.org http://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo http://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo http://gentoo.eliteitminds.com http://www.gigaload.org/gentoo.org/ http://chod.cwru.edu/gentoo ftp://chod.cwru.edu/gentoo http://gentoo.cs.lewisu.edu/gentoo/ ftp://linux.cs.lewisu.edu/gentoo/ http://prometheus.cs.wmich.edu/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/home/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/home/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://rsync.namerica.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X acl apm arts avi berkdb bitmap-fonts crypt cups encode foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif gnome gpm gtk gtk2 ipv6 jpeg kde libwww mad mikmod motif mpeg ncurses nls oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png python qt quicktime readline sdl spell ssl svga tcpd truetype xml2 xmms xv zlib"
Created attachment 46674 [details] Failed patch results
Perhaps I caught a period where not all the changes checked into the emerge system was complete. The latest sync and execution of emerge patched awesfx fine. In fact it just completed building.
The problem still remains for me! I think this always occurs when USE=-alsa.
