When doing a system update and building dev-lang/python-2.7.1 following error occurs: configure: error: cannot run /bin/sh ./config.sub Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge =dev-lang/python-2.7.1 2. 3. Actual Results: build.log: ./configure --prefix=/usr --build=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu --host=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --datadir=/usr/share --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var/lib --libdir=/usr/lib64 --with-fpectl --enable-shared --enable-ipv6 --with-threads --enable-unicode=ucs4 --infodir=${prefix}/share/info --mandir=${prefix}/share/man --with-dbmliborder=gdbm:bdb --with-libc= --enable-loadable-sqlite-extensions --with-system-expat --with-system-ffi checking for --enable-universalsdk... no checking for --with-universal-archs... 32-bit checking MACHDEP... linux2 checking EXTRAPLATDIR... checking machine type as reported by uname -m... x86_64 checking for --without-gcc... no checking for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc checking whether the C compiler works... yes checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out checking for suffix of executables... checking whether we are cross compiling... no checking for suffix of object files... o checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes checking whether x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc accepts -g... yes checking for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed checking for --with-cxx-main=<compiler>... no configure: error: cannot run /bin/sh ./config.sub !!! Please attach the following file when seeking support: !!! /var/tmp/portage/dev-lang/python-2.7.1/work/Python-2.7.1/config.log * ERROR: dev-lang/python-2.7.1 failed: * econf failed * * Call stack: * ebuild.sh, line 56: Called src_configure * environment, line 5470: Called econf '--with-fpectl' '--enable-shared' '--enable-ipv6' '--with-threads' '--enable-unicode=ucs4' '--infodir=${prefix}/share/info' '--mandir=${prefix}/share/man' '--with-dbmliborder=gdbm:bdb' '--with-libc=' '--enable-loadable-sqlite-extensions' '--with-system-expat' '--with-system-ffi' * ebuild.sh, line 552: Called die * The specific snippet of code: * die "econf failed" * * If you need support, post the output of 'emerge --info =dev-lang/python-2.7.1', * the complete build log and the output of 'emerge -pqv =dev-lang/python-2.7.1'. * The complete build log is located at '/var/tmp/portage/dev-lang/python-2.7.1/temp/build.log'. * The ebuild environment file is located at '/var/tmp/portage/dev-lang/python-2.7.1/temp/environment'. * S: '/var/tmp/portage/dev-lang/python-2.7.1/work/Python-2.7.1' shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: No such file or directory shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: No such file or directory chdir: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: No such file or directory emerge --info: Portage 2.1.9.25 (default/linux/amd64/10.0/desktop/gnome, gcc-4.4.5, glibc-2.12.1-r3, 2.6.36-gentoo-r1 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-2.6.36-gentoo-r1-x86_64-Intel-R-_Atom-TM-_CPU_N450_@_1.66GHz-with-gentoo-2.0.1 Timestamp of tree: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:15:02 +0000 app-shells/bash: 4.1_p9 dev-lang/python: 2.6.6-r1, 3.1.2-r4 dev-util/cmake: 2.8.1-r2 sys-apps/baselayout: 2.0.1-r1 sys-apps/openrc: 0.6.4 sys-apps/sandbox: 2.4 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.68 sys-devel/automake: 1.9.6-r3, 1.10.3, 1.11.1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.20.1-r1 sys-devel/gcc: 4.4.5, 4.5.1-r1 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.1 sys-devel/libtool: 2.4-r1 sys-devel/make: 3.82 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.36.1 (sys-kernel/linux-headers) ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64" ACCEPT_LICENSE="*" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=core2 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/eselect/postgresql /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-march=core2 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs distlocks fixlafiles fixpackages news parallel-fetch protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.elen.ktu.lt/gentoo/ ftp://mirror.elen.ktu.lt/" LANG="C" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" 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="/var/lib/layman/desktop-effects" SYNC="rsync://rsync1.lt.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X a52 aac acl acpi alsa amd64 bash-completion berkdb branding bzip2 cairo cdr cleartype cli consolekit corefonts cracklib crypt cups cxx dbus djvu dri dts dvd dvdr eds emboss encode evo exif fam firefox flac fortran gdbm gdu gif git gnome gnome-keyring gpm gstreamer gtk iconv ipv6 jpeg laptop lcms ldap libnotify mad mikmod mmx mng modules mp3 mp4 mpeg mudflap multilib nautilus ncurses networkmanager nls nptl nptlonly ogg opengl openmp pam pango pcre pdf perl png policykit ppds pppd python qt-static readline sdl session spell sqlite sse sse2 ssl startup-notification subversion svg sysfs tcpd tiff truetype type1 udev unicode usb vorbis x264 xcb xml xorg xulrunner 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 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 cgi cgid 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" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ubx" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" PHP_TARGETS="php5-2" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby18" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="intel" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, FFLAGS, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, LINGUAS, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS
I seem to have the same problem, for some days now.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 347095 ***
