Example: when emerging sys-apps/diffutils-2.8.7-r1 emerge =sys-apps/diffutils-2.8.7-r1 ... >>> Source unpacked. * econf: updating /var/tmp/portage/diffutils-2.8.7-r1/work/diffutils-2.8.7/config/config.guess with /usr/share/gnuconfig/config.guess cp: cannot create regular file `/var/tmp/portage/diffutils-2.8.7-r1/work/diffutils-2.8.7/config/config.guess': Permission denied * econf: updating /var/tmp/portage/diffutils-2.8.7-r1/work/diffutils-2.8.7/config/config.sub with /usr/share/gnuconfig/config.sub cp: cannot create regular file `/var/tmp/portage/diffutils-2.8.7-r1/work/diffutils-2.8.7/config/config.sub': Permission denied .... * Caching service dependencies ... [ ok ] >>> sys-apps/diffutils-2.8.7-r1 merged. ---------------------- Portage 2.0.51-r8 (default-linux/x86/2004.3, gcc-3.3.5, glibc-2.3.4.20041102-r0, 2.6.10-gentoo-callampa i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.10-gentoo-callampa i686 Pentium III (Coppermine) Gentoo Base System version 1.6.8 Python: dev-lang/python-2.3.4 [2.3.4 (#1, Dec 25 2004, 15:02:55)] ccache version 2.3 [enabled] dev-lang/python: 2.3.4 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r6 sys-devel/automake: 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.4_p6, 1.8.5-r2, 1.7.9, 1.9.3 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r2 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.10-r2 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.8.1-r1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O3 -march=pentium3 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" 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/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O3 -march=pentium3 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig candy ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms strict userpriv usersandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" LDFLAGS="" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 acl acpi acpi4linux alsa apache2 aper avi berkdb bitmap-fonts chroot crypt cups curl dba encode erandom exif foomaticdb fortran freetds gd gdbm gif gmp gtk2 hardened imagemagick imap innodb ipv6 javascript jpeg justify libwww mad maildir md5sum mikmod mmx motif mysql ncurses nls noreiserfs nptl offensive opengl oss pam pam-mysql pcre pdflib perl pg-intdatetime pg-vacuumdelay pic png pnp pwdb python quicktime readline samba sasl sdl session softquota spell srvdir ssl tiff truetype unicode usagi vhosts vim wsconvert xml2 xmms xv zaptel zlib" ---------------------- Portage 2.0.51-r8 (default-linux/amd64/2004.3, gcc-3.4.3, glibc-2.3.4.20041102-r0, 2.6.10-gentoo-r1 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.10-gentoo-r1 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+ Gentoo Base System version 1.6.8 Python: dev-lang/python-2.3.4 [2.3.4 (#1, Oct 16 2004, 21:00:36)] ccache version 2.3 [enabled] dev-lang/python: 2.3.4 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.59-r6, 2.13 sys-devel/automake: 1.8.5-r2, 1.5, 1.4_p6, 1.6.3, 1.7.9, 1.9.3 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r2 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.10-r2 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.8.1-r1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon64 -fstack-protector -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon64 -fstack-protector -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig candy ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms strict userpriv usersandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" LDFLAGS="" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage /usr/local/breakmygentoo" SYNC="rsync://callampa/portage" USE="amd64 X Xaw3d acpi acpi4linux aim alsa apache2 berkdb bitmap-fonts cdparanoia crypt cups dga dillo directfb divx4linux dvd dvdr dvdread emacs encode ethereal f77 fam fbcon fortran gdbm gif gimpprint gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 icq imagemagick imap imlib ipv6 jabber java javascript jp2 jpeg justify leim lzw lzw-tiff maildir mng motif mozdevelop moznoirc moznomail mozsvg mpeg msn multilib ncurses net network nls noreiserfs nptl nvidia offensive oggvorbis opengl oss pam pcmcia pcre perl pg-intdatetime pg-vacuumdelay png pnp python readline rtc samba scanner sld ssl svg tcpd tiff truetype truetype-fonts trusted type1-fonts unicode usagi usb wmf wsconvert xml2 xmms xpm xprint xrandr xv xvid yahoo zlib video_cards_nvidia"
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