Patch does not include full path for patched texinfo2man.c file. Patch header at line 115 reads: --- texinfo2man.c.orig 2002-01-17 14:28:51.000000000 -0500 +++ texinfo2man.c 2005-01-03 22:16:21.510887200 -0500 should read --- indent-2.2.9.orig/man/texinfo2man.c 2002-01-17 14:28:51.000000000 -0500 +++ indent-2.2.9/man/texinfo2man.c 2005-01-03 22:16:21.510887200 -0500 Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: Portage 2.0.51-r3 (default-linux/x86/2004.3, gcc-3.3.4, glibc-2.3.4.20040808-r1, 2.6.9-gentoo-r9 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.9-gentoo-r9 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2400+ 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/linux-headers-2.4.21-r1 Libtools: sys-devel/libtool-1.5.2-r7 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O3 -mcpu=athlon-xp -march=athlon-xp -funroll-loops -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="" 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/share/config /var/bind /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -mcpu=athlon-xp -march=athlon-xp -funroll-loops -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://mirrors.sec.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/gentoo/ http://ftp.du.se/pub/os/gentoo http://gentoo.mirror.sdv.fr" MAKEOPTS="-j2" 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 3ds X aalib acl alsa apache2 apm arts artswrappersuid audiofile avi berkdb bitmap-fonts bluetooth cddb cdparanoia cdr crypt cups dga divx4linux dvb dvd dvdr dvdread encode esd fam fbcon flac foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif gimpprint gnokii gphoto2 gpm gtk gtk2 imagemagick imap imlib ipv6 java joystick jpeg junit kde ldap libwww lirc mad mikmod mmx mng monkey motif mozcalendar mozilla mpeg mysql mythtv ncurses network nls oggvorbis openal opengl oss pam pda pdflib perl pic png ppds python qt quicktime readline samba sasl scanner sdl slang speex spell sqlite sse ssl svga tcltk tcpd theora tiff transcode truetype usb v4l v4l2 videos xml2 xmms xv xvid zlib video_cards_radeon"
Did another emerge --sync 6 hours later and the problem appears to have gone away. The end of the patch file has been removed in the new sync. No change in version number though.