ppctux root # emerge bastille Calculating dependencies ...done! >>> emerge (1 of 1) app-admin/bastille-2.1.1-r3 to / !!! Digest verification Failed: !!! /usr/portage/app-admin/bastille/bastille-2.1.1-r3.ebuild !!! Reason: Filesize does not match recorded size >>> Please ensure you have sync'd properly. Please try 'emerge sync' and >>> optionally examine the file(s) for corruption. A sync will fix most cases. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.emerge bastille 2. 3. Actual Results: It failed Expected Results: emerged properly ppctux root # emerge info Portage 2.0.51.19 (default-linux/ppc/2004.3, gcc-3.4.3, glibc-2.3.4.20041102-r1, 2.6.11.7 ppc) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.11.7 ppc 750FX Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 Python: dev-lang/python-2.2.3-r6,dev-lang/python-2.3.4-r1 [2.3.4 (#1, Feb 9 2005, 10:40:20)] dev-lang/python: 2.2.3-r6, 2.3.4-r1 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, 1.9.4 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.90.0.3-r4 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.14 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.8.1-r4 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="ppc" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O3 -mtune=G3 -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe" CHOST="powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /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="-O3 -mtune=G3 -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://ftp.ussg.iu.edu/pub/linux/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X alsa bitmap-fonts cdr crypt cups dvd emboss esd fam font-server gdbm gif gtk gtk2 imlib java jpeg mad mp3 ncurses nptl opengl pam png ppc python radeon samba spell tcpd tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode xml xml2 xprint xv zlib" Unset: ASFLAGS, CBUILD, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
Wait... sorry... it was a file size miss match not md5... my typo...
I rm -r /usr/portage/* and then emerge sync'ed... and then the problems resolved. It appears that the problem may have been between the keyboard and the chair.