When merging several large packages in parallel, it's sometimes not possible to interrupt emerge with CTRL+C. The output looks like this: >>> Emerging binary (45 of 192) sys-devel/gcc-4.6.3 >>> Emerging binary (46 of 192) dev-util/pkgconfig-0.27 >>> Emerging binary (47 of 192) net-misc/curl-7.26.0 >>> Jobs: 44 of 192 complete, 3 running Load avg: 1.22, 1.68, 1.52^C Exiting on signal 2 >>> Failed to emerge sys-devel/gcc-4.6.3, Log file: >>> '/var/log/portage/sys-devel:gcc-4.6.3:20120904-193104.log' >>> Jobs: 44 of 192 complete, 2 running, 1 failed Load avg: 1.22, 1.68, 1.52^C^C^C^C^C^C gcc failed because I pressed CTRL+C, but the others continue and are not interruptible. The log file it mentions does not exist. # emerge --version Portage 2.2.0_alpha124_p5 (default/linux/amd64/10.0/desktop, gcc-4.5.3, glibc-2.15-r2, 3.3.8-gentoo x86_64)
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 425554 ***