>>> emerge (1 of 1) app-shells/tcsh-6.14-r3 to / >>> checksums files ;-) tcsh-6.14-r2.ebuild >>> checksums files ;-) tcsh-6.14-r3.ebuild >>> checksums files ;-) files/tcsh-6.14-r2.patch >>> checksums files ;-) files/digest-tcsh-6.14-r2 >>> checksums files ;-) files/digest-tcsh-6.14-r3 >>> checksums files ;-) files/tcsh-6.14.00-debian-dircolors.patch >>> checksums src_uri ;-) tcsh-6.14.00.tar.gz >>> checksums src_uri ;-) tcsh-6.14-conffiles.tar.bz2 >>> Unpacking source... >>> Unpacking tcsh-6.14.00.tar.gz to /var/tmp/portage/tcsh-6.14-r3/work >>> Unpacking tcsh-6.14-conffiles.tar.bz2 to /var/tmp/portage/tcsh-6.14-r3/work * Applying tcsh-6.14.00-debian-dircolors.patch ... [ ok ] * Applying tcsh-6.14-r2.patch ... [ ok ] >>> Source unpacked. >>> Compiling source in /var/tmp/portage/tcsh-6.14-r3/work/tcsh-6.14.00 ... * econf: updating tcsh-6.14.00/config.guess with /usr/share/gnuconfig/config.guess * econf: updating tcsh-6.14.00/config.sub with /usr/share/gnuconfig/config.sub ./configure --prefix=/usr --host=i686-pc-linux-gnu --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --datadir=/usr/share --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var/lib --prefix=/ --build=i686-pc-linux-gnu configure: error: expected an absolute directory name for --datadir: !!! ERROR: app-shells/tcsh-6.14-r3 failed. Call stack: ebuild.sh, line 1894: Called dyn_compile ebuild.sh, line 941: Called src_compile tcsh-6.14-r3.ebuild, line 32: Called econf 'compile' !!! econf failed !!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack if relevant. # emerge --info Portage 2.1_pre4-r1 (default-linux/x86/2005.1, gcc-3.3.4, glibc-2.3.6-r3, 2.6.10-gentoo-r7 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.10-gentoo-r7 i686 Pentium III (Coppermine) Gentoo Base System version 1.12.0_pre16 dev-lang/python: 2.3.4-r1, 2.4.2-r1 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.17 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r7 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.16.1-r1 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.22 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r3 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=pentium3 -O3 -pipe" 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" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig distlocks sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j3" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://mgmt-01/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 acpi apache2 apm berkdb bitmap-fonts bzip2 crypt curl eds emacs emboss exif fortran freetype gd gdbm gif gstreamer imlib innodb ipv6 java jpeg libwww lm_sensors log4j maildir mp3 mssql mysql ncurses nptl nptlonly ogg pam pdflib perl php png python readline regexp snmp spell ssl tcpd threads tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts userlocales vorbis xml2 zlib elibc_glibc kernel_linux userland_GNU" Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS
is your /usr by any chance a symlink? what does `ls -la /usr` and `ls -la /usr/share` say?
Sorry, this is a result of the *$*&^$ coreutils bug...
ah thanks, do you have a pointer to that bug? and, can I mark this one as invalid, or does it still needs some fixing?
I think http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=123342 is the definitive bug, but it's hard to tell.
Reopen to dupe...
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 123342 ***
