rm -r misc rfc || die is the problem, because there is no misc nor rfc file.
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=44c4b99fc8908b0080c63f86434af767f1c2ae62 commit 44c4b99fc8908b0080c63f86434af767f1c2ae62 Author: Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2017-12-04 13:31:42 +0000 Commit: Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2017-12-04 13:32:44 +0000 sys-apps/miscfiles: Rev bump to fix build with minimal USE flag set Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/638302 Package-Manager: Portage-2.3.16, Repoman-2.3.6 sys-apps/miscfiles/Manifest | 6 +-- sys-apps/miscfiles/miscfiles-1.5-r3.ebuild | 66 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 69 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)