Line 199 in /usr/bin/euse seems to call a "get_make_defaults" function, which uses readlink twice, so my theory is that either MAKE_PROFILE_PATH or ${curdir}/${parent} has a space in it at that point in the script. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Type "euse -i blah" (replace blah with any use flag) Actual Results: sterling ~ # euse -i minimal readlink: too many arguments Try `readlink --help' for more information. /usr/bin/euse: line 199: /make.defaults: No such file or directory readlink: too many arguments Try `readlink --help' for more information. /usr/bin/euse: line 199: /make.defaults: No such file or directory readlink: too many arguments Try `readlink --help' for more information. readlink: too many arguments Try `readlink --help' for more information. ERROR: /make.defaults is not readable sterling ~ # Gentoo Base System version 1.6.10 Portage 2.0.51.19 (default-linux/x86/2005.0, gcc-3.4.3-20050110, glibc-2.3.4.20050125-r1, 2.6.11-gentoo-r4 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.11-gentoo-r4 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 3200+ Python: dev-lang/python-2.3.5 [2.3.5 (#1, Mar 29 2005, 09:20:10)] dev-lang/python: 2.3.5 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, 1.9.5 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r7 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.14 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.8.1-r4 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon-xp -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon-xp -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://ftp.ucsb.edu/pub/mirrors/linux/gentoo/ http://gentoo.osuosl.org/" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 3dnow 3dnowex X acpi alsa apm avi berkdb bitmap-fonts crypt divx4linux emboss encode foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif gnome gpm gtk gtk2 imlib jpeg kde kdeenablefinal libg++ libwww mad mikmod mmx mmxext motif mp3 mpeg ncurses nls nptl oggvorbis opengl pam pdflib perl png python qt quicktime readline real samba sdl spell sse ssl tcpd theora tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts userlocales xml2 xmms xv xvid zlib" Unset: ASFLAGS, CBUILD, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
change line 157 of /usr/bin/euse from parent="$(grep -v '(^#|^ *$)' ${curdir}/parent)" to parent="$(egrep -v '(^#|^ *$)' ${curdir}/parent)"
Yay, that fixed it! Thanks.
Bug #87183 and Bug #84521 are duplicates. Resolve bug, mark it as duplicate of bug #75525
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 75525 ***
