>>> emerge (4 of 41) kde-base/arts-3.4.0_beta2 to / >>> md5 src_uri ;-) arts-1.3.92.tar.bz2 >>> Unpacking source... >>> Unpacking arts-1.3.92.tar.bz2 to /var/tmp/portage/arts-3.4.0_beta2/work * Cannot find $EPATCH_SOURCE! Value for $EPATCH_SOURCE is: * * /usr/local/portage/kde-base/arts/files/1.3.0-jack-configure.in.in.patch * ( 1.3.0-jack-configure.in.in.patch ) Of course there's no such file in portage: roentgen ~ # ls /usr/local/portage/kde-base/arts/files/ digest-arts-3.4.0_beta2 roentgen ~ # Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. unmask kde-3.4_beta2 2. emerge arts 3. Portage 2.0.51-r15 (default-linux/amd64/2004.3, gcc-3.4.3, glibc-2.3.4.20041102-r0, 2.6.11-rc1-mm1-it87 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.11-rc1-mm1-it87 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+ Gentoo Base System version 1.6.9 Python: dev-lang/python-2.3.4-r1 [2.3.4 (#1, Feb 8 2005, 00:17:39)] ccache version 2.3 [enabled] dev-lang/python: 2.3.4-r1 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.59-r6, 2.13 sys-devel/automake: 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.5, 1.4_p6, 1.6.3, 1.9.4 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r2 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.10-r4 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.8.1-r3 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -march=k8 -funit-at-a-time -frename-registers -fweb" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/env /usr/kde/3.3/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/shutdown/usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /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" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -march=k8 -funit-at-a-time -frename-registers -fweb" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig candy ccache distlocks parallel-fetch sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/gentoo/ ftp://mirrors.sec.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/gentoo/ http://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/mirrors/gentoo" LANG="it_IT.UTF-8" LC_ALL="it_IT.UTF-8" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="amd64 X aalib acl acpi adns alsa apache2 app-crypt/gnupg:idea app-crypt/gpgme:smime arts artswrappersuidaudiofile avi bash-completion berkdb bidi bigger-fonts bitmap-fonts bootsplash caps cdr cluster crypt cups curl dba dev-dotnet/mono:nptl dev-util/eric:idl directfb divx4linux doc dvd dvdr encode esd f77 fam fbcon flac font-server fortran fpx gd gdbm gdm gif gimpprint gphoto2 gpm graphviz gstreamer gtk gtk2 guile icq imagemagickimap imlib innodb ipv6 ithreads jabber jack java jbig jp2 jpeg jpeg2k junit kde kde-base/kdeadmin:foreign-package kde-base/kdeadmin:foreign-sysvinit kde-base/kdemultimedia:cdparanoia ladcca lcms ldap libcaca libwww livelzo lzw lzw-tiff mad maildir makecheck media-sound/museseq:fluidsynth mikmod motif mozilla mpeg multilib mysql ncurses net-misc/openssh:X509 net-misc/openssh:chroot net-misc/openssh:sftplogging net-misc/openssh:skey net-www/apache:threads net-www/mozilla-firefox:xprint net-www/mozilla:mozp3p net-www/mozilla:mozsvg network nls nptl nsl nvidia oggvorbis openexr opengl oss pam pcre pdflib perl png python qt readline rrdtool rtc samba saslsdl slang speex spell ssl sys-devel/libperl:threads tcltk tcpd tetex tga theora threads tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode usb userlocales vim-with-x wmf xine xml xml2 xmms xpm xprint xrandr xv xvid xvmc zeo zlib linguas_en linguas_it" Unset: ASFLAGS, CBUILD, CTARGET, LDFLAGS
/usr/local/portage/kde-base/arts/files/1.3.0-jack-configure.in.in.patch ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ This is not the gentoo's portage but an overlay dir. So you are using the wrong ebuild.