When i try to emerge -u mailx to 8.1.2.20021129-r4, all is ok (compile, install) but at the uninstall it stop with error. Rem: portage was update recently to 2.0.51_rc4 Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge -u "=sys-apps/portage-2.0.51_rc4"' 2. emerge -u "=mail-client/mailx-8.1.2.20021129-r4" After those steps emerge unmerge "=mail-client/mailx-8.1.2.20021129-r2" stop with error Actual Results: root@efflam:/data/portage # emerge unmerge "=mail-client/mailx-8.1.2.20021129-r2" mail-client/mailx selected: 8.1.2.20021129-r2 protected: none omitted: 8.1.2.20021129-r4 >>> '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. QA Notice: ECLASS 'ccc' inherited illegally in mail-client/mailx-8.1.2.20021129-r2 QA Notice: ECLASS 'flag-o-matic' inherited illegally in mail-client/mailx-8.1.2.20021129-r2 /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 `"' /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 1542, Exitcode 1 !!! error sourcing ebuild !!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, NOT this status message. !!! FAILED prerm: 1 Expected Results: a correct uninstall correct root@efflam:/data/portage # emerge info Portage 2.0.51_rc4 (default-x86-2004.2, gcc-3.4.2, glibc-2.3.4.20040808-r0, 2.6.7-hardened-r4 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.7-hardened-r4 i686 Pentium III (Coppermine) Gentoo Base System version 1.5.3 distcc[4799] (dcc_mkdir) ERROR: mkdir /root/.distcc/state failed: No such file or directory [disabled] Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r4 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.5-r1 Binutils: sys-devel/binutils-2.15.90.0.1.1-r3 Headers: sys-kernel/linux26-headers-2.6.8.1 Libtools: sys-devel/libtool-1.5.2-r5 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O2 -mcpu=i686 -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/share/config:/usr/kde/3.3/env:/usr/kde/3.3/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /var/bind /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -mcpu=i686 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache collision-protect distlocks maketest noauto notitles sandbox sfperms strict userpriv usersandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://mir.zyrianes.net/gentoo/ ftp://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/gentoo/ http://mirrors.sec.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/gentoo/ http://gentoo.inode.at/ http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/www.ibiblio.org/gentoo/ http://gentoo.mirror.sdv.fr/ http://ftp.belnet.be/mirror/rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.tu-clausthal.de/pub/linux/gentoo/ http://ftp.gentoo.skynet.be/pub/gentoo/ http://mirror.pudas.net/gentoo/" MAKEOPTS="-j4" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/data" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://hsc.hsc.fr/gentoo-portage" USE="X aalib acpi alsa apache2 apm arts async avi berkdb bindist bitmap-fonts crypt cups devfs26 devmap divx4linux dvd encode esd ethereal ffmpeg foomaticdb gdbm gif gnome gpm gps graphviz gtk gtk2 hardened hardenedphp hostap-nopci hostap-noplx imagemagick imap imlib irda jabber java jpeg kde lcms ldap libg++ libwww mad mbox md5sum mikmod mmx motif mozcalendar mpeg mysql ncurses nls oggvorbis opengl openssh oss pam pcmcia pdflib perl pic pie png pnp pthreads python qt quicktime readline ruby sdl slang spell sqlite sse ssl svga tcltk tcpd tiff truetype usb vhosts video_cards_i810 video_cards_i830 wifi wmf x86 xml2 xmms xprint xv yahoo zlib"
change ^A at end of line 19 to " to resolve the bug an another char ^A is at line 3 position 54 : replace by a "/".
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 54121 ***
