In this example the emerge wouldn't complete until I'd installed the kernel sources. This is needless as it is a binary package. There should be some sort of mechanism to detect that this is a build time only probe and not run it as part of a binary package installation. >>> Emerging (1 of 338) dev-util/oprofile-0.9.1-r1 to / >>> Extracting info * Determining the location of the kernel source code * Found kernel source directory: * /usr/src/linux * Found sources for kernel version: * 2.6.22-gentoo >>> Extracting oprofile-0.9.1-r1 >>> Merging dev-util/oprofile-0.9.1-r1 to / >>> Performing suid scan in /var/tmp/portage/dev-util/oprofile-0.9.1-r1/image/ --- /usr/ --- /usr/bin/ >>> /usr/bin/ophelp >>> /usr/bin/opgprof Reproducible: Always emerge --info 'Portage 2.1.2.9 (!../usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/amd64/2007.0, gcc-4.1.2, glibc-2.5-r3, 2.6.21-gentoo x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.21-gentoo x86_64 Dual Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 285 Gentoo Base System release 1.12.9 Timestamp of tree: Mon, 09 Jul 2007 18:00:01 +0000 distcc 2.18.3 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] ccache version 2.4 [enabled] dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.0.33-r1 dev-lang/python: 2.4.4-r4 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5 dev-util/ccache: 2.4-r7 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.17 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.61 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10 sys-devel/binutils: 2.17 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.16 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.23b virtual/os-headers: 2.6.17-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -march=k8" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /usr/share/genkernel" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/gconf /etc/init.d /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/web2c" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -march=k8" DISTDIR="/data/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="buildpkg ccache digest distlocks fixpackages metadata-transfer parallel-fetch sandbox sfperms strict suidctl userfetch userpriv usersandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j5" PKGDIR="/data/portage/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages --filter=H_**/files/digest-*" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/data/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/data/portage_overlay" SYNC="rsync://gentoo.ifa.hawaii.edu/gentoo-portage-ipp" USE="X acl acpi amd64 apache2 bash-completion berkdb bitmap-fonts cli cracklib crypt cups dri firefox fortran gdbm gnome gnome2 gnutls gpm gtk gtk2 iconv imap ipv6 isdnlog libg++ mbox midi mmx mudflap ncurses nls nptl ntpl openmp pam pcre perl pic pppd python readline reflection samba session spl sse sse2 ssl sysfs tcpd truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode vim-with-x xattr xinerama xorg zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="r128" Unset: CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS
Not portage.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 154495 ***