>>> /usr/include/mythtv/xmlparse.h >>> /usr/include/mythtv/mythmedia.h >>> /usr/include/mythtv/mythconfig.h >>> /usr/include/mythtv/volumebase.h >>> /usr/include/mythtv/mythhdd.h >>> /usr/include/mythtv/generictree.h >>> /usr/include/mythtv/mythevent.h >>> /usr/include/mythtv/mythwidgets.h >>> /usr/include/mythtv/dialogbox.h !!! Cannot write to '/home'. !!! Please check permissions and directories for broken symlinks. !!! You may start the merge process again by using ebuild: !!! ebuild /usr/portage/media-tv/mythtv/mythtv-0.20_p12172.ebuild merge !!! And finish by running this: env-update The ebuild media-tv/mythtv-0.20_p12172 installs files in /home and fails miserably. The cause at my setup is quite simple: my /home is a mounted nfs directory and the nfs server squashes all uids outside the trusted range. As the mythtv user of the ebuild is managed locally it's user id is untrusted and squashed. This okay as strange things may happen, when another box importing the very same nfs export and also wanting to install mythtv may conflict with the first nfs client. Only server managed uids must access the nfs share. I do not know what the policy for ebuilds and /home is, but I thought all ebuilds are doing nothing with /home thus allowing for easy sharing of home directories via nfs. I would recommend putting the files in /usr/share and leaving it up to the user to copy them like it's done with the example config files. Or at least make it optional to install these files via a use flag.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 23851 ***
