`quickpkg PKG` creates incomplete binpkgs. After inspecting the broken binpkg, the file structure seems to be there, but files seem to contain: # empty file because --include-config=n when `quickpkg` was used `quickpkg --include-config=y PKG` seems to create proper binpkgs. Reported-By: josef64 (IRC)
The "broken" binary packages are a "secure default" added for bug 182428: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/portage.git/commit/?id=e8fa32b8a6342ba4dff2333abd2af0a89fb25ca2
Since https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/portage.git/commit/?id=cff2c0149142843316e1851c2e73bcec30f08471, it treats all files as config files.
Patch sent for review: https://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage-dev/message/010fd672322a32f8071ecda201dc10e9 https://github.com/gentoo/portage/pull/191
Fixed in 2.3.8.