with -j3 in MAKEOPTS, d4x fails to install with: test -z "/usr/bin" || mkdir -p -- "/var/tmp/portage/net-misc/d4x-2.5.7.1-r2/image//usr/bin" if test -f /var/tmp/portage/net-misc/d4x-2.5.7.1-r2/image//usr/bin/d4x; then \ rm -f /var/tmp/portage/net-misc/d4x-2.5.7.1-r2/image//usr/bin/d4x; \ fi; \ cd /var/tmp/portage/net-misc/d4x-2.5.7.1-r2/image//usr/bin && ln -s -f nt d4x /bin/sh: line 3: cd: /var/tmp/portage/net-misc/d4x-2.5.7.1-r2/image//usr/bin: No such file or directory make[3]: Nothing to do in `install-data-am'. make[3]: *** [install-exec-local] Error 1 make[3]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... /usr/bin/install -c 'nt' '/var/tmp/portage/net-misc/d4x-2.5.7.1-r2/image//usr/bin/nt' make[3]: Opuszczenie katalogu `/var/tmp/portage/net-misc/d4x-2.5.7.1-r2/work/d4x-2.5.7.1/main' make[2]: *** [install-am] Error 2 make[2]: Opuszczenie katalogu `/var/tmp/portage/net-misc/d4x-2.5.7.1-r2/work/d4x-2.5.7.1/main' make[1]: *** [install-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Opuszczenie katalogu `/var/tmp/portage/net-misc/d4x-2.5.7.1-r2/work/d4x-2.5.7.1/main' make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1 * * ERROR: net-misc/d4x-2.5.7.1-r2 failed. * Call stack: * ebuild.sh, line 1695: Called dyn_install * ebuild.sh, line 1132: Called qa_call 'src_install' * ebuild.sh, line 44: Called src_install * d4x-2.5.7.1-r2.ebuild, line 49: Called die * The specific snippet of code: * emake DESTDIR="${D}" install || die "emake install failed." * The die message: * emake install failed. reproducible: always fix: lower to -j2 at least emerge --info (i belive it doesn't matter anyways): Portage 2.1.3.16 (default-linux/amd64/2007.0, gcc-4.2.2, glibc-2.6.1-r0, 2.6.22-r9 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.22-r9 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+ Timestamp of tree: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 08:50:01 +0000 ccache version 2.4 [enabled] app-shells/bash: 3.2_p17-r1 dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.1.2-r1 dev-lang/python: 2.5.1-r3 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r6 dev-util/ccache: 2.4-r7 sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.10-r5 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.18.1-r2 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.61-r1 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: 2.18-r1 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.0-r4 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.24 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.22-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -march=athlon64 -fomit-frame-pointer -ftracer -fstack-protector -msse3" 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/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/splash /etc/terminfo /etc/udev/rules.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -march=athlon64 -fomit-frame-pointer -ftracer -fstack-protector -msse3" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="ccache distlocks metadata-transfer parallel-fetch prelink sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-orphans userfetch" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.prz.rzeszow.pl/ http://gentoo.po.opole.pl/ http://gentoo.zie.pg.gda.pl " LANG="pl_PL" LC_ALL="pl_PL" LINGUAS="pl en" MAKEOPTS="-j3" PKGDIR="/usr/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="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="3dnow 3dnowext X a52 aac acpi alsa amd64 asf atk bash-completion berkdb bitmap-fonts boost bzip2 cairo cdparanoia cdr cli cracklib crypt cups curl dar64 dbus divx dts dvd dvdr dvdread exif expat ffmpeg fltk fontconfig foomaticdb gd gdbm gif glib glitz gnutls gphoto2 gpm gtk hal hardened hpn iconv icu idn ieee1394 imagemagick imlib isdnlog jpeg jpeg2k kde kipi lame lcms log4j logrotate mad midi mikmod mmx mmxext mng mp3 msn mudflap ncurses nls nptl nptlonly nvidia ogg openexr opengl openmp pam pango pch pcre pdf perl png ppds pppd python qt3 quicktime readline realmedia reflection rtc ruby scanner seamonkey session slang smp sndfile spell spl sqlite3 sse sse2 ssl svg symlink tcpd threads tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode urandom usb vcd vorbis wmf wmp x264 xcomposite xml xorg xpm xscreensaver xv xvid xvmc zlib" ALSA_CARDS="hda-intel" 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" CAMERAS="panasonic template directory" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="pl en" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia nv" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LDFLAGS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
Reproduced, confirmed, fixed by forcing -j1 in src_install.
