When using the command sudo ebuild <package> filename.ebuild digest, the command fails with the following error message: >>> Generating digest file... <<< linux-2.6.10.tar.bz2 <<< patch-2.6.10-nitro1.bz2 !!! Filesystem error skipping generation. (Read-Only?) !!! [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/usr/local/portage/sys-kernel/nitro-sources/files/digest-nitro-sources-2.6.10-r1' When using "su" to get root priviliges, it does work: root@Medusa# ebuild nitro-sources-2.6.10-r1.ebuild digest >>> Generating digest file... <<< linux-2.6.10.tar.bz2 <<< patch-2.6.10-nitro1.bz2 >>> Generating manifest file... <<< nitro-sources-2.6.10-r1.ebuild <<< nitro-sources-2.6.10_rc3-r2.ebuild <<< files/digest-nitro-sources-2.6.10-r1 <<< files/digest-nitro-sources-2.6.10_rc3-r2 >>> Computed message digests. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: I'm actually using the unstable portage version, so it shouldn't affect most users. root@Medusa# emerge info (...ge/sys-kernel/nitro-sources) Portage 2.0.51-r8 (default-linux/x86/2004.3, gcc-3.3.4, glibc-2.3.4.20041102-r0, 2.6.10-rc3-nitro2 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.10-rc3-nitro2 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2500+ Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 Python: dev-lang/python-2.3.4 [2.3.4 (#1, Nov 24 2004, 18:21:57)] 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="-march=athlon-xp -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /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/X11/xkb /usr/lib/fax /usr/share/config /var/qmail/alias /var/qmail/control /var/spool/fax/etc" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/gentoo/ ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linux/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j5" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 3dnow X aalib acl alsa apache2 apm arts avi bitmap-fonts bzlib calender cdparanoia cdr crypt cups dba directfb divx4linux dvd dvdr encode esd fam filepro flac foomaticdb fortran gd gdbm gif gnome gphoto2 gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 guile imagemagick imlib insecure-drivers java jpeg junit kde ldap libwww live mad mikmod mime mmx motif mpeg msn mysql ncurses nptl odbc offensive oggvorbis ooo-kde opengl pam pdflib perl pic png postgres python qmail qt quicktime readline real rplay samba scanner sdk sdl session slang softmmu spell sse ssl stroke svga tcltk tcpd threads tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts usb xine xinerama xml xml2 xmms xprint xscreensaver xv xvid zlib"
I am no longer able to reproduce this, so I'm closing this one.