Line 93 in the Q1-2005 updates file: move kde-base/kate-plugins kde-base/kate-plugins This line makes fixpackages try to update /var/db every time it runs. Removing it should fix that, as it doesn't do anything to begin with AFAIK. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: Run fixpackages. Portage 2.0.51.19 (default-linux/x86/2005.0, gcc-3.4.3-20050110, glibc-2.3.4.20050125-r1, 2.6.11-gentoo-r4 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.11-gentoo-r4 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3400+ Gentoo Base System version 1.6.10 Python: dev-lang/python-2.3.5 [2.3.5 (#1, Feb 24 2005, 04:42:31)] 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-r7 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.14 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.8.1-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O3 -march=athlon-xp -fforce-addr -momit-leaf-frame-pointer -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /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/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O3 -march=athlon-xp -fforce-addr -momit-leaf-frame-pointer -pipe -fvisibility-inlines-hidden" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo http://gentoo.seren.com/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage /usr/local/bmg-main /usr/local/fluidportage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.us.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 3dnow X aac aalib acpi aim alsa arts artswrappersuid audiofile avi bash-completion berkdb bidi bitmap-fonts cairo cdda cddb cdio cdr cjk crypt cups curl dga divx4linux dpms dvd dvdr dvdread encode esd faad fam ffmpeg flac foomaticdb fortran freetype gcj gdbm gif glitz gphoto2 gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 imagemagick imlib java jikes jpeg junit kde kdeenablefinal kdexdeltas libg++ libwww lzo mad mikmod mmap mmx mmxext mng motif mozilla moznomail mp3 mpeg ncurses nls nptl nptlonly ogg oggvorbis openal opengl oss pam pdflib perl png pnp ppds python qt quicktime rdesktop readline real samba sdl slang sndfile spell sqlite sse sse2 ssl svg svga tcpd tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode userlocales utf8 wxwindows xine xml xml2 xmms xscreensaver xv xvid zlib" Unset: ASFLAGS, CBUILD, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS
Fixed. Thanks.
