After merging openmotif-2.2.3-r5 I recieved a huge amount of ln errors. This happens when the ebuild calls: motif-config --finish-install The following is just the last fragment (note the cat error on the last line) <full output includes everything in /usr/lib /usr/include and /usr/bin> ln: `/usr/bin/timidity': File exists ln: `/usr/bin/tk8.4/tk8.4': File exists ln: `/usr/bin/tkConfig.sh': File exists ln: `/usr/bin/tls/tls': File exists ln: `/usr/bin/transcode': File exists ln: `/usr/bin/valgrind': File exists ln: `/usr/bin/vhook/vhook': File exists ln: `/usr/bin/win32/win32': File exists ln: `/usr/bin/wx/wx': File exists ln: `/usr/bin/xchat/xchat': File exists ln: `/usr/bin/xine': File exists ln: `/usr/bin/xml2Conf.sh': File exists ln: `/usr/bin/xmms': File exists ln: `/usr/bin/xsltConf.sh': File exists cat: /usr/lib/motif/: Is a directory Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.emerge -C openmotif motif-config 2.emerge openmotif 3. Actual Results: a lot of symlink errors Expected Results: no symlink errors # emerge info Portage 2.0.51.19 (default-linux/x86/2004.3, gcc-3.4.3-20050110, glibc-2.3.4.20050125-r1, 2.4.29-manuel i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.29-manuel i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2000+ Gentoo Base System version 1.6.10 Python: dev-lang/python-2.3.5 [2.3.5 (#1, Feb 18 2005, 02:09:44)] distcc 2.18.3 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [enabled] ccache version 2.4 [enabled] dev-lang/python: 2.3.5 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.59-r6, 2.13 sys-devel/automake: 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.5, 1.4_p6, 1.6.3, 1.9.5 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r6 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.14 virtual/os-headers: 2.4.22-r1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" ACCEPT_LICENSE="" ARCH="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" BASH_ENV="/etc/spork/is/not/valid/profile.env" CCACHE_DIR="/root/.ccache" CCACHE_SIZE="2G" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon-xp -mtune=athlon-xp -fomit-frame-pointer -ftracer -fprefetch-loop-arrays -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CLASSPATH="." CLEAN_DELAY="5" 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/3.4/env /usr/kde/3.4/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/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" CVS_RSH="ssh" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon-xp -mtune=athlon-xp -fomit-frame-pointer -ftracer -fprefetch-loop-arrays -pipe -fvisibility-inlines-hidden" DCCC_PATH="/usr/lib/distcc/bin" DISPLAY=":0" DISTCC_DIR="/var/tmp/portage/.distcc" DISTCC_LOG="" DISTCC_VERBOSE="0" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" EDITOR="/bin/nano" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distcc distlocks fixpackages sandbox sfperms" FETCHCOMMAND="/usr/bin/wget -t 5 --passive-ftp -P ${DISTDIR} ${URI}" GCC_SPECS="" GDK_USE_XFT="1" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://ftp.easynet.nl/mirror/gentoo/ http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" GRP_STAGE23_USE="ipv6 pam tcpd readline nls ssl gpm perl python berkdb ncurses" GUILE_LOAD_PATH="/usr/share/guile/1.6" G_BROKEN_FILENAMES="1" HISTCONTROL="ignoreboth" HOME="/root" INFOPATH="/usr/share/info:/usr/share/binutils-data/i686-pc-linux-gnu/2.15.92.0.2/info:/usr/share/gcc-data/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.4.3/info" JAVAC="/opt/sun-jdk-1.4.2.07/bin/javac" JAVA_HOME="/opt/sun-jdk-1.4.2.07" JDK_HOME="/opt/sun-jdk-1.4.2.07" KDEDIRS="/usr" LESS="-R" LESSOPEN="|lesspipe.sh %s" LOGNAME="root" MAIL="/var/mail/root" MAKEOPTS="-j3" MANPATH="/usr/local/share/man:/usr/share/man:/usr/share/binutils-data/i686-pc-linux-gnu/2.15.92.0.2/man:/usr/share/gcc-data/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.4.3/man::/opt/sun-jdk-1.4.2.07/man:/usr/qt/3/doc/man" NOCOLOR="false" OLDPWD="/root/bin" OPENGL_PROFILE="nvidia" PAGER="/usr/bin/less" PATH="/usr/lib/ccache/bin:/usr/lib/distcc/bin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/opt/bin:/usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/3.4.3:/opt/sun-jdk-1.4.2.07/bin:/opt/sun-jdk-1.4.2.07/jre/bin:/opt/sun-jdk-1.4.2.07/jre/javaws:/usr/qt/3/bin:/usr/kde/3.4/sbin:/usr/kde/3.4/bin:/usr/kde/3.3/sbin:/usr/kde/3.3/bin" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_ARCHLIST="alpha amd64 arm hppa ia64 m68k mips ppc ppc64 ppc-macos ppc-od s390 sh sparc x86 x86-fbsd x86-obsd x86-od" PORTAGE_BINHOST_CHUNKSIZE="3000" PORTAGE_CALLER="emerge" PORTAGE_GID="250" PORTAGE_MASTER_PID="11739" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/etc/portage/overlay" PRELINK_PATH="" PRELINK_PATH_MASK="/lib/modules:/usr/lib/locale:/usr/lib/wine:/usr/lib/valgrind:*.la:*.png:*.py:*.pl:*.pm:*.sh:*.xml:*.xslt:*.a:*.js" PWD="/root" PYTHONDOCS="/usr/share/doc/python-docs-2.4/html" QMAKESPEC="linux-g++" QTDIR="/usr/qt/3" RESUMECOMMAND="/usr/bin/wget -c -t 5 --passive-ftp -P ${DISTDIR} ${URI}" RPMDIR="/usr/portage/rpm" RSYNC_EXCLUDEFROM="/etc/portage/rsync_excludes" RSYNC_RETRIES="3" RSYNC_TIMEOUT="180" SANE_CONFIG_DIR="/etc/sane.d" SHELL="/bin/bash" SHLVL="1" SYNC="rsync://rsync4.nl.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" TERM="xterm" USE="3dnow X aalib acl acpi alsa apm arts avi bash-completion berkdb bitmap-fonts bluetooth cddb cdr crypt cups curl dga dvd dvdr emboss encode faac faad fam fbcon flac font-server foomaticdb fortran gd gdbm gif gimpprint gphoto2 gpm gtk gtk2 guile icc-pgo imagemagick imap imlib imlib2 innodb irmc java jpeg junit kde kdeenablefinal libg++ libwww mad maildir matroska mikmod mmx mng mp3 mpeg ncurses nls offensive oggvorbis opengl oss pam pcre pdflib perl pic png ppds python qt quicktime readline ruby samba scanner sdl slang spell sse ssl stroke svg svga tcltk tcpd tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode usb wmf x86 xml xml2 xmms xv xvid yv12 zlib" USER="root" USERLAND="GNU" USE_EXPAND="VIDEO_CARDS INPUT_DEVICES LINGUAS" XARGS="xargs -r" XAUTHORITY="/root/.xauthYeAvHy" XINITRC="/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc" _="/usr/bin/emerge"
fixed in motif-config-0.6