If I specify "ROOT=/blahblahblah emerge -K vim" the symlinks created for /usr/bin/ex, view and vi all point to /blahblahblah/usr/bin instead of just /usr/bin /usr/bin/ex -> //blahblahblah/usr/bin/vim /usr/bin/view -> //blahblahblah/usr/bin/vim /usr/bin/vi -> //blahblahblah/usr/bin/vim Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.ROOT=/blahblahblah emerge -K vim 2.ls -l /usr/bin 3.
actually there is already an open bug for this with a patch *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 260593 ***