portage complains about `makecheck' not being in USE flags when trying to emerge expat. The problem is that `makecheck' *IS* in the USE flags (see details below) Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Ensure `makecheck' is in USE 2. emerge expat. Actual Results: See additional informations below Expected Results: expat merged (with testing) gentoobox / # emerge dev-libs/expat >>> emerge (1 of 234) dev-libs/expat-1.95.8 to / >>> md5 src_uri ;-) expat-1.95.8.tar.gz >>> Unpacking source... !!! ERROR: dev-libs/expat-1.95.8 failed. !!! Function src_unpack, Line 20, Exitcode 0 !!! You must put makecheck into your USE if you have FEATURES=maketest !!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, NOT this status message. gentoobox / # emerge info Portage 2.0.51-r12 (default-linux/x86/2004.3, gcc-3.4.3, glibc-2.3.4.20041102-r0, 2.4.21-0.13mdk i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.21-0.13mdk i686 AMD Athlon(tm) Processor Gentoo Base System version 1.6.8 Python: dev-lang/python-2.3.4 [2.3.4 (#1, Jan 4 2005, 10:10:39)] dev-lang/python: 2.3.4 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r6 sys-devel/automake: 1.9.4, 1.5, 1.8.5-r2, 1.6.3, 1.7.9, 1.4_p6 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r2 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.10-r2 virtual/os-headers: 2.4.22 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" 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/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks maketest sandbox sfperms" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X apm arts avi berkdb bitmap-fonts bonobo crypt cups emacs encode esd f77 fam flac font-server foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif gnome gpm gtk gtk2 gtkhtml imagemagick imlib ipv6 java jpeg junit kde libg++ libwww mad makecheck mikmod ^^^^^^^^^ motif mpeg ncurses nls oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl pic png postgres python qt quicktime readline samba sdl slang spell ssl svga tcpd tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts x86 xml xml2 xmms xv zlib" Unset: LDFLAGS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
updated package to USE=test