I cannot uninstall texinfo-4.8 due to a bug in the ebuild (?). Transcript follows. Line 298 of that file is in the function _cdrom_locate_file_on_cd with text "done <<(get_mounts);" Any ideas? $ sudo emerge --unmerge =sys-apps/texinfo-4.8-r5 sys-apps/texinfo selected: 4.8-r5 protected: none omitted: 4.11-r1 >>> 'Selected' packages are slated for removal. >>> 'Protected' and 'omitted' packages will not be removed. >>> Waiting 5 seconds before starting... >>> (Control-C to abort)... >>> Unmerging in: 5 4 3 2 1 >>> Unmerging sys-apps/texinfo-4.8-r5... /var/tmp/binpkgs/sys-apps/texinfo-4.8-r5/temp/environment: line 298: syntax error near unexpected token `(' /var/tmp/binpkgs/sys-apps/texinfo-4.8-r5/temp/environment: line 298: ` done <<(get_mounts);' * * ERROR: sys-apps/texinfo-4.8-r5 failed. * Call stack: * ebuild.sh, line 1641: Called die * The specific snippet of code: * preprocess_ebuild_env || \ * die "error processing environment" * The die message: * error processing environment * * If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack if relevant. * A complete build log is located at '/var/tmp/binpkgs/sys-apps/texinfo-4.8-r5/temp/build.log'. * The ebuild environment file is located at '/var/tmp/binpkgs/sys-apps/texinfo-4.8-r5/temp/environment'. * !!! FAILED prerm: 1 * The 'prerm' phase of the 'sys-apps/texinfo-4.8-r5' package has failed * with exit value 1. The problem occurred while executing the ebuild * located at '/var/db/pkg/sys-apps/texinfo-4.8-r5/texinfo-4.8-r5.ebuild'. * If necessary, manually remove the ebuild in order to skip the execution * of removal phases. * Messages for package sys-apps/texinfo-4.8-r5: * * ERROR: sys-apps/texinfo-4.8-r5 failed. * Call stack: * ebuild.sh, line 1641: Called die * The specific snippet of code: * preprocess_ebuild_env || \ * die "error processing environment" * The die message: * error processing environment * * If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack if relevant. * A complete build log is located at '/var/tmp/binpkgs/sys-apps/texinfo-4.8-r5/temp/build.log'. * The ebuild environment file is located at '/var/tmp/binpkgs/sys-apps/texinfo-4.8-r5/temp/environment'. * * The 'prerm' phase of the 'sys-apps/texinfo-4.8-r5' package has failed * with exit value 1. The problem occurred while executing the ebuild * located at '/var/db/pkg/sys-apps/texinfo-4.8-r5/texinfo-4.8-r5.ebuild'. * If necessary, manually remove the ebuild in order to skip the execution * of removal phases. Reproducible: Always Portage 2.1.4.4 (default-linux/amd64/2007.0/desktop, gcc-4.2.3, glibc-2.6.1-r0, 2.6.22.1 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.22.1 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz Timestamp of tree: Mon, 12 May 2008 06:34:01 +0000 ccache version 2.4 [enabled] app-shells/bash: 3.2_p33 dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.1.6 dev-lang/python: 2.4.4-r9 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r6 dev-util/ccache: 2.4-r7 sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.11.1 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, 1.10.1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.18-r1 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.0-r4 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.26 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.23-r3 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=nocona -O2 -pipe -momit-leaf-frame-pointer" 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 /var/bind" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/php/apache2-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php5/ext-active/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/web2c /etc/udev/rules.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=nocona -O2 -pipe -momit-leaf-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="ccache distlocks metadata-transfer parallel-fetch sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-orphans userfetch" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo http://adelie.polymtl.ca/ http://gentoo.mirrors.tds.net/gentoo http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/gentoo-distfiles/ http://gentoo.chem.wisc.edu/gentoo/" LINGUAS="en" MAKEOPTS="-j4" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/portage/local/layman/toolchain /usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X a52 aac acl acpi alsa amd64 apache2 arts bash-completion berkdb branding cairo cdr cli cracklib crypt cups dbus doc dri dvd dvdr dvdread emacs emboss encode esd evo fam ffmpeg firefox flac fortran gdbm gif gpm gstreamer gtk hal iconv ipv6 isdnlog jpeg kerberos ldap mad mbox midi mikmod mmx mp3 mpeg mudflap ncurses nls nptl nptlonly offensive ogg opengl openmp oss pam pcre pdf perl png postgres pppd python qt3support qt4 quicktime readline reflection sdl session spell spl sqlite sse sse2 ssl svg tcpd tetex threads tiff truetype unicode vorbis xml xorg xv xvid 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" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic auth_digest authn_anon authn_default authn_file authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache deflate dir env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers imagemap include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif so status suexec unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias fastcgi" APACHE2_MPMS="worker" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="en" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="i810" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 211833 ***
