the cdemu makefile checks for the root user, for some reason (could be my config problem, but i suspect its a gentoo problem), it fails checking to see if you're the current user. Removing the check from the cdemu makefile fixes this
reported and fixed upstream long ago *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 45948 ***
Same here: >>> Source unpacked. make -C /usr/src/linux SUBDIRS=/var/tmp/portage/cdemu-0.6_beta/work/cdemu-0.6_beta modules make[1]: Entering directory `/files/setups/linux/kernel/linux-2.6.7' make[1]: Warnung: Kein Jobserver verf
Same here: >>> Source unpacked. make -C /usr/src/linux SUBDIRS=/var/tmp/portage/cdemu-0.6_beta/work/cdemu-0.6_beta modules make[1]: Entering directory `/files/setups/linux/kernel/linux-2.6.7' make[1]: Warnung: Kein Jobserver verfügbar: setzen -j1. Fügen »+« zur Ursprungsregel hinzu. CC [M] /var/tmp/portage/cdemu-0.6_beta/work/cdemu-0.6_beta/cdemu.o Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST CC /var/tmp/portage/cdemu-0.6_beta/work/cdemu-0.6_beta/cdemu.mod.o LD [M] /var/tmp/portage/cdemu-0.6_beta/work/cdemu-0.6_beta/cdemu.ko make[1]: Leaving directory `/files/setups/linux/kernel/linux-2.6.7' >>> Install cdemu-0.6_beta into /var/tmp/portage/cdemu-0.6_beta/image/ category app-cdr You must be root to make install! make: *** [install] Fehler 1 !!! ERROR: app-cdr/cdemu-0.6_beta failed. !!! Function src_install, Line 28, Exitcode 2 !!! (no error message)