When updating to Portage 2.0.51.19, Portage attempts to update the /usr/lib/portage/bin/emerge executable. The following error messages occur. !!! Failed to move /var/tmp/portage-pkg/portage-2.0.51.19/bin/usr/lib/portage/bi n/emerge to /usr/lib/portage/bin/emerge !!! [Errno 13] Permission denied Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.emerge -u portage 2.Portage attempts to update to version 2.0.51.19 3.failure Actual Results: Portage update fails Expected Results: Upgrade Portage to 2.0.51.19 emerge info Portage 2.0.51.19 (hardened/x86, gcc-3.3.5, glibc-2.3.4.20040808-r1, 2.6.10-hardened-r1 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.10-hardened-r1 i686 Pentium III (Katmai) Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 Python: dev-lang/python-2.3.4-r1 [2.3.4 (#1, Feb 12 2005, 03:52:11)] dev-lang/python: 2.3.4-r1 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r6 sys-devel/automake: 1.7.9-r1, 1.5, 1.8.5-r3, 1.6.3, 1.4_p6, 1.9.4 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r1 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.10-r4 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.8.1-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=pentium3 -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -fstack-protector-all" 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="-march=pentium3 -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -fstack-protector-all" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig buildpkg ccache cvs distlocks keeptemp keepwork noauto noclean notitles sandbox userpriv usersandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://ftp.ussg.iu.edu/pub/linux/gentoo http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage//packages/x86/" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage/" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="cups foomaticdb gd hardened java javascript jikes kerberos mmx mysql ncurses nptl oav offensive pam perl php pic pie postgres readline samba sse unicode usb x86" Unset: ASFLAGS, CBUILD, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS
if you're getting permission denied either your permissions are screwed up (you have to fix them yourself) or your filesystem needs to be fsck-ed