Emerging stops with this message: for frag in [a long list]; do \ if test -f ./$frag; then \ f=./$frag; \ else \ f=$frag; \ fi; \ cat $f; \ done >> magic /usr/bin/file -C -m magic WARNING: type lestring16 >0 Description: %15.15s invalid file: could not find any magic files! make[2]: *** [magic.mgc] Error 255 make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/file-4.12/work/file-4.12/magic' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/file-4.12/work/file-4.12' make: *** [all] Error 2 I've marked this bug as 'major', because it was a GLSA that made me upgrade 'file'. Now I'm left with an insecure system! Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge sys-apps/file Actual Results: Emerging 'file' failed. Expected Results: It should have compiled, built, done what needed to be done, and installed. Portage 2.0.51-r3 (default-linux/x86/2004.0, gcc-3.3.4, glibc-2.3.4.20040808-r1, 2.6.9-gentoo-r1 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.9-gentoo-r1 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) Processor Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 distcc 2.13 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] ccache version 2.3 [enabled] Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r5 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-r7 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O2 -mcpu=i686 -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /var/bind /var/qmail/control /var/www/localhost/error" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -mcpu=i686 -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://vlaai.snt.ipv6.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/gentoo/ http://www.gigaload.org/gentoo.org/" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/opt/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.thirdtower.com/gentoo-portage" USE="3dnow X509 acl acpi apache2 apm asterisk avi bash-completion berkdb bitmap-fonts crypt cups encode exiscan-acl f77 fam foomaticdb fortran gd gdbm ggi gif gpm gvim imagemagick imap imlib ipv6 jpeg kde libg++ libwww mad maildir mikmod mmx motif moznocompose moznoirc moznomail mozsvg mozxmlterm mysql ncurses nls nozaptel oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png postgres python quicktime readline samba slang snmp spell sse ssl tcpd tetex tiff truetype unicode usb vhosts vim x86 xml xml2 xmms xsl xslt xv zlib"
I have the exact same problem. I attach my emerge --info in order to give more info about the bug: Portage 2.0.51-r3 (default-linux/x86/2004.3, gcc-3.3.4, glibc-2.3.4.20040808-r1, 2.6.9 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.9 i686 AMD Athlon(TM) XP 2000+ Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r5 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-r7 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon-xp -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon-xp -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms userpriv" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.osuosl.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="3dnow X alsa apm arts avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cdr crypt cups encode esd f77 fam flac foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif gnome gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 guile imagemagick imlib java jpeg libg++ libwww mad mikmod mmx motif mozilla mpeg ncurses nls oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl plotutils png python qt quicktime readline samba sdl slang spell sse ssl svga tcltk tcpd tetex tiff truetype x86 xml2 xmms xv zlib"
your portage tree is out of date *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 73786 ***