I'm coming across this issue a *lot* on my new amd64 install, whereas on an older, though otherwise much the same installation I never get it. For example: Messages for package net-nds/openldap-2.3.43: * * ERROR: net-nds/openldap-2.3.43 failed. * Call stack: * ebuild.sh, line 1637: Called die * The specific snippet of code: * preprocess_ebuild_env || \n * die "error processing environment" * The die message: * error processing environment * * If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack if rele vant. * A complete build log is located at '/var/tmp/binpkgs/net-nds/openldap-2.3.43/ temp/build.log'. * The ebuild environment file is located at '/var/tmp/binpkgs/net-nds/openldap- 2.3.43/temp/environment'. * * The 'postrm' phase of the 'net-nds/openldap-2.3.43' package has failed * with exit value 1. * * The problem occurred while executing the ebuild file named * 'openldap-2.3.43.ebuild' located in the '/var/db/pkg/net- * nds/openldap-2.3.43' directory. If necessary, manually remove the * environment.bz2 file and/or the ebuild file located in that directory. Despite the problem cleaning up the old package, the new one appears to function properly. I tried linking busybox to /bin/touch as suggested in bug 211833 but it didn't help. Emerge -e system hasn't helped. Build log for this package: /usr/lib64/portage/bin/ebuild.sh: line 1496: /bin/touch: Argument list too long [31;01m*[0m [31;01m*[0m ERROR: net-nds/openldap-2.3.41 failed. [31;01m*[0m Call stack: [31;01m*[0m ebuild.sh, line 1637: Called die [31;01m*[0m The specific snippet of code: [31;01m*[0m preprocess_ebuild_env || \ [31;01m*[0m die "error processing environment" [31;01m*[0m The die message: [31;01m*[0m error processing environment [31;01m*[0m [31;01m*[0m If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack if relevant. [31;01m*[0m A complete build log is located at '/var/tmp/binpkgs/net-nds/openldap-2.3.41/temp/build.log'. [31;01m*[0m The ebuild environment file is located at '/var/tmp/binpkgs/net-nds/openldap-2.3.41/temp/environment'. [31;01m*[0m Removing the environment.bz2 file does allow me to proceed, but I'm having to do this with most packages that I emerge. emerge --info Portage 2.1.5.6 (default/linux/amd64/2008.0/desktop, gcc-4.1.2, glibc-2.6.1-r0, 2.6.25-gentoo-r7 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.25-gentoo-r7 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) Dual Core Processor 4850e Timestamp of tree: Unknown ccache version 2.4 [enabled] app-shells/bash: 3.2_p33 dev-lang/python: 2.4.4-r13, 2.5.2-r6 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-r2 sys-devel/automake: 1.7.9-r1, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10.1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.18-r3 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.0-r4 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.26 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.23-r3 ABI="amd64" ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" 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 mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" ARCH="amd64" ASFLAGS_x86="--32" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CCACHE_DIR="/var/tmp/ccache/" CCACHE_SIZE="2G" CDEFINE_amd64="__x86_64__" CDEFINE_x86="__i386__" CFLAGS="-march=k8 -pipe -O2" CFLAGS_x86="-m32" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CHOST_amd64="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CHOST_x86="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CLEAN_DELAY="5" COLORTERM="" 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/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/udev/rules.d" CVS_RSH="ssh" CXXFLAGS="-march=k8 -pipe -O2" DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS="unix:abstract=/tmp/dbus-ozEVutm5kP,guid=0752da605be5f4052985338648a6faf7" DCCC_PATH="/usr/lib/distcc/bin" DEFAULT_ABI="amd64" DESKTOP_SESSION="default" DISPLAY=":0.0" DISTCC_LOG="" DISTCC_VERBOSE="0" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" DM_CONTROL="/var/run/xdmctl" EDITOR="/bin/nano" ELIBC="glibc" EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--verbose" EMERGE_WARNING_DELAY="10" FEATURES="ccache distlocks fixpackages parallel-fetch sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-orphans userfetch" FETCHCOMMAND="/usr/bin/wget -t 5 -T 60 --passive-ftp -O "${DISTDIR}/${FILE}" "${URI}"" GCC_SPECS="" GDK_USE_XFT="1" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.virginmedia.com http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" GS_LIB="/home/Staff/.fonts" GTK2_RC_FILES="/etc/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:/home/Staff/.gtkrc-2.0:/home/Staff/.kde3.5/share/config/gtkrc-2.0" GTK_RC_FILES="/etc/gtk/gtkrc:/home/Staff/.gtkrc:/home/Staff/.kde3.5/share/config/gtkrc" HOME="/home/Staff" INFOPATH="/usr/share/info:/usr/share/binutils-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/2.18/info:/usr/share/gcc-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.2/info" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse" KDEDIR="/usr/kde/3.5" KDEDIRS="/usr:/usr/local:/usr/kde/3.5" KDE_FULL_SESSION="true" KDE_MULTIHEAD="false" KDE_SESSION_UID="1001" KERNEL="linux" KONSOLE_DCOP="DCOPRef(konsole-16454,konsole)" KONSOLE_DCOP_SESSION="DCOPRef(konsole-16454,session-1)" LANG="en_GB" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LC_ALL="en_GB" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1" LDFLAGS_x86="-m elf_i386" LDPATH="/usr/kde/3.5/lib:/usr/kde/3.5/lib64:/usr/kde/3.5/lib32:" LESS="-R -M --shift 5" LESSOPEN="|lesspipe.sh %s" LIBDIR_amd64="lib64" LIBDIR_ppc="lib32" LIBDIR_ppc64="lib64" LIBDIR_x86="lib32" LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH="/usr/lib64/dri:/usr/lib32/dri" LINGUAS="en_GB" LOGNAME="Staff" LS_COLORS="no=00:fi=00:di=01;34:ln=01;36:pi=40;33:so=01;35:do=01;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01:or=01;05;37;41:mi=01;05;37;41:su=37;41:sg=30;43:tw=30;42:ow=34;42:st=37;44:ex=01;32:*.tar=01;31:*.tgz=01;31:*.svgz=01;31:*.arj=01;31:*.taz=01;31:*.lzh=01;31:*.lzma=01;31:*.zip=01;31:*.z=01;31:*.Z=01;31:*.dz=01;31:*.gz=01;31:*.bz2=01;31:*.bz=01;31:*.tbz2=01;31:*.tz=01;31:*.deb=01;31:*.rpm=01;31:*.jar=01;31:*.rar=01;31:*.ace=01;31:*.zoo=01;31:*.cpio=01;31:*.7z=01;31:*.rz=01;31:*.jpg=01;35:*.jpeg=01;35:*.gif=01;35:*.bmp=01;35:*.pbm=01;35:*.pgm=01;35:*.ppm=01;35:*.tga=01;35:*.xbm=01;35:*.xpm=01;35:*.tif=01;35:*.tiff=01;35:*.png=01;35:*.svg=01;35:*.mng=01;35:*.pcx=01;35:*.mov=01;35:*.mpg=01;35:*.mpeg=01;35:*.m2v=01;35:*.mkv=01;35:*.ogm=01;35:*.mp4=01;35:*.m4v=01;35:*.mp4v=01;35:*.vob=01;35:*.qt=01;35:*.nuv=01;35:*.wmv=01;35:*.asf=01;35:*.rm=01;35:*.rmvb=01;35:*.flc=01;35:*.avi=01;35:*.fli=01;35:*.gl=01;35:*.dl=01;35:*.xcf=01;35:*.xwd=01;35:*.yuv=01;35:*.pdf=00;32:*.ps=00;32:*.txt=00;32:*.patch=00;32:*.diff=00;32:*.log=00;32:*.tex=00;32:*.doc=00;32:*.aac=00;36:*.au=00;36:*.flac=00;36:*.mid=00;36:*.midi=00;36:*.mka=00;36:*.mp3=00;36:*.mpc=00;36:*.ogg=00;36:*.ra=00;36:*.wav=00;36:" MAKEOPTS="-j5" MANPATH="/usr/local/share/man:/usr/share/man:/usr/share/binutils-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/2.18/man:/usr/share/gcc-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.2/man:/usr/lib64/php5/man/:/usr/kde/3.5/share/man:/usr/qt/3/doc/man:/opt/vmware/server/man" MULTILIB_ABIS="amd64 x86" MULTILIB_STRICT_DENY="64-bit.*shared object" MULTILIB_STRICT_DIRS="/lib32 /lib /usr/lib32 /usr/lib /usr/kde/*/lib32 /usr/kde/*/lib /usr/qt/*/lib32 /usr/qt/*/lib /usr/X11R6/lib32 /usr/X11R6/lib" MULTILIB_STRICT_EXEMPT="(perl5|gcc|gcc-lib|binutils|eclipse-3|debug|portage)" OPENGL_PROFILE="ati" PAGER="/usr/bin/less" PATH="/usr/kde/3.5/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/opt/bin:/usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/4.1.2:/usr/qt/3/bin:/opt/vmware/server/bin" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PKG_CONFIG_PATH="/usr/qt/3/lib64/pkgconfig" PORTAGE_ARCHLIST="ppc s390 amd64 x86 ppc64 x86-fbsd m68k arm sparc sh mips ia64 alpha hppa sparc-fbsd" PORTAGE_BINHOST_CHUNKSIZE="3000" PORTAGE_BIN_PATH="/usr/lib64/portage/bin" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" PORTAGE_DEBUG="0" PORTAGE_DEPCACHEDIR="/var/cache/edb/dep" PORTAGE_ELOG_CLASSES="log warn error" PORTAGE_ELOG_MAILFROM="portage@localhost" PORTAGE_ELOG_MAILSUBJECT="[portage] ebuild log for ${PACKAGE} on ${HOST}" PORTAGE_ELOG_MAILURI="root" PORTAGE_ELOG_SYSTEM="save_summary echo" PORTAGE_FETCH_CHECKSUM_TRY_MIRRORS="5" PORTAGE_FETCH_RESUME_MIN_SIZE="350K" PORTAGE_GID="250" PORTAGE_INST_GID="0" PORTAGE_INST_UID="0" PORTAGE_PYM_PATH="/usr/lib64/portage/pym" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_RETRIES="3" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTAGE_WORKDIR_MODE="0700" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PWD="/home/Staff" PYTHONPATH="/usr/lib64/portage/pym" QMAKESPEC="linux-g++" QTDIR="/usr/qt/3" RESUMECOMMAND="/usr/bin/wget -c -t 5 -T 60 --passive-ftp -O "${DISTDIR}/${FILE}" "${URI}"" ROOT="/" ROOTPATH="/usr/kde/3.5/sbin:/usr/kde/3.5/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/opt/bin:/usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/4.1.2:/usr/qt/3/bin:/opt/vmware/server/bin" RPMDIR="/usr/portage/rpm" SESSION_MANAGER="local/Linux_Server:/tmp/.ICE-unix/5289" SHELL="/bin/bash" SHLVL="2" STAGE1_USE="multilib nptl nptlonly unicode" SYMLINK_LIB="yes" SYNC="rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" TERM="xterm" USE="X acl acpi alsa amd64 arts berkdb bluetooth branding bzip2 cairo cdr cli cracklib crypt cups dbus dri dvd dvdr dvdread eds emboss encode esd evo fam ffmpeg foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif gpm hal iconv isdnlog jpeg kde kdeenablefinal kerberos ldap libnotify mad midi mikmod mmx mp3 mpeg mudflap multilib ncurses nls nptl nptlonly nsplugin ogg opengl openmp pam pcre pdf perl png ppds pppd python qt3 qt3support readline reflection samba sdl session spell spl sse sse2 ssl startup-notification svg sysfs tcpd tiff truetype unicode usb vorbis xml xorg xv 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 mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="en_GB" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="fglrx vesa" USER="Staff" USERLAND="GNU" USE_EXPAND="ALSA_CARDS ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS APACHE2_MODULES APACHE2_MPMS CAMERAS CROSSCOMPILE_OPTS DVB_CARDS ELIBC FCDSL_CARDS FOO2ZJS_DEVICES FRITZCAPI_CARDS INPUT_DEVICES KERNEL LCD_DEVICES LINGUAS LIRC_DEVICES MISDN_CARDS USERLAND VIDEO_CARDS" USE_EXPAND_HIDDEN="CROSSCOMPILE_OPTS ELIBC KERNEL USERLAND" USE_ORDER="env:pkg:conf:defaults:pkginternal:env.d" VIDEO_CARDS="fglrx vesa" WINDOWID="46137349" XCURSOR_THEME="default" XDG_CONFIG_DIRS="/usr/kde/3.5/etc/xdg" XDG_DATA_DIRS="/usr/share:/usr/kde/3.5/share:/usr/local/share" XDM_MANAGED="/var/run/xdmctl/xdmctl-:0,maysd,mayfn,sched,rsvd,method=classic" _="/usr/bin/emerge"
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 222091 ***
