It appears there are syntax errors in the latest ebuild for mailx. Below is the screen buffer of what happens: >>> clean: No packages selected for removal. >>> Auto-cleaning packages ... mail-client/mailx selected: 8.1.2.20021129-r2 protected: 8.1.2.20021129-r3 omitted: none >>> '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 mail-client/mailx-8.1.2.20021129-r2... No package files given... Grabbing a set. /usr/sbin/ebuild.sh: /var/db/pkg/mail-client/mailx-8.1.2.20021129-r2/mailx-8.1.2.20021129-r2.ebuild: line 43: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `"' /usr/sbin/ebuild.sh: /var/db/pkg/mail-client/mailx-8.1.2.20021129-r2/mailx-8.1.2.20021129-r2.ebuild: line 70: syntax error: unexpected end of file !!! ERROR: mail-client/mailx-8.1.2.20021129-r2 failed. !!! Function , Line 1294, Exitcode 1 !!! error sourcing ebuild !!! FAILED prerm: 1 Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.emerge -u world 2. 3. Actual Results: emerge fails fataly when it cannot uninstall the old mailx Expected Results: emerge succeeds and says everything is up to date.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 54121 ***