sys-apps/ed-0.2-r5 causes tetex emerge failure, please see below. reverting to sys-apps/ed-0.2-r4, solved the problem. hth PS this is a blocker as sys-apps/ed-0.2-r4 is no longer in portage the tetex emerge error: gcc -o squeeze squeeze.o -lm ./squeeze <tex.lpro >t-tex.pro mv t-tex.pro tex.pro ./squeeze <texps.lpro >t-texps.pro mv t-texps.pro texps.pro /bin/sh ./texc.script ./tex.lpro texc.lpro /tmp/ed.b6DR9o: Bad file descriptor make[2]: *** [texc.lpro] Error 2 make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/tetex-2.0.2-r4/work/tetex-src-2.0.2/texk/dvipsk' make[1]: *** [all] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/tetex-2.0.2-r4/work/tetex-src-2.0.2/texk' make: *** [all] Error 1 !!! ERROR: app-text/tetex-2.0.2-r4 failed. !!! Function tetex_src_compile, Line 163, Exitcode 2 !!! make teTeX failed !!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, NOT this status message.
sync'ing and updatind to ed-0.2-r6 solved the problem