I do have a tinderbox here where gawk was re-emerged after mawk was emerged, yielding into broken awk symlink: # grep awk task.20230304-140722._world.log [ebuild R ] sys-apps/gawk-5.2.1::gentoo USE="nls readline verify-sig* -mpfr -pma" 0 KiB [nomerge ] app-alternatives/awk-4::gentoo USE="mawk* (split-usr) -busybox -gawk* -nawk" [ebuild N ] sys-apps/mawk-1.3.4_p20230203::gentoo USE="verify-sig" 0 KiB [ebuild R ] app-alternatives/awk-4::gentoo USE="mawk* (split-usr) -busybox -gawk* -nawk" 0 KiB [nomerge ] sys-apps/gawk-5.2.1::gentoo USE="nls readline verify-sig* -mpfr -pma" [ebuild N ] sec-keys/openpgp-keys-gawk-20220407::gentoo 0 KiB >>> Emerging (37 of 179) sec-keys/openpgp-keys-gawk-20220407::gentoo >>> Installing (37 of 179) sec-keys/openpgp-keys-gawk-20220407::gentoo >>> Completed (37 of 179) sec-keys/openpgp-keys-gawk-20220407::gentoo >>> Emerging (101 of 179) app-alternatives/awk-4::gentoo >>> Installing (101 of 179) app-alternatives/awk-4::gentoo >>> Completed (101 of 179) app-alternatives/awk-4::gentoo ./config.status: line 1069: awk: command not found # grep awk /var/log/emerge.log 1677939588: >>> emerge (37 of 179) sec-keys/openpgp-keys-gawk-20220407 to / 1677939588: === (37 of 179) Cleaning (sec-keys/openpgp-keys-gawk-20220407::/var/db/repos/gentoo/sec-keys/openpgp-keys-gawk/openpgp-keys-gawk-20220407.ebuild) 1677939589: === (37 of 179) Compiling/Merging (sec-keys/openpgp-keys-gawk-20220407::/var/db/repos/gentoo/sec-keys/openpgp-keys-gawk/openpgp-keys-gawk-20220407.ebuild) 1677939591: === (37 of 179) Merging (sec-keys/openpgp-keys-gawk-20220407::/var/db/repos/gentoo/sec-keys/openpgp-keys-gawk/openpgp-keys-gawk-20220407.ebuild) 1677939592: >>> AUTOCLEAN: sec-keys/openpgp-keys-gawk:0 1677939593: === (37 of 179) Post-Build Cleaning (sec-keys/openpgp-keys-gawk-20220407::/var/db/repos/gentoo/sec-keys/openpgp-keys-gawk/openpgp-keys-gawk-20220407.ebuild) 1677939593: ::: completed emerge (37 of 179) sec-keys/openpgp-keys-gawk-20220407 to / 1677940719: >>> emerge (101 of 179) app-alternatives/awk-4 to / 1677940719: === (101 of 179) Cleaning (app-alternatives/awk-4::/var/db/repos/gentoo/app-alternatives/awk/awk-4.ebuild) 1677940719: === (101 of 179) Compiling/Merging (app-alternatives/awk-4::/var/db/repos/gentoo/app-alternatives/awk/awk-4.ebuild) 1677940722: === (101 of 179) Merging (app-alternatives/awk-4::/var/db/repos/gentoo/app-alternatives/awk/awk-4.ebuild) 1677940723: >>> AUTOCLEAN: app-alternatives/awk:0 1677940723: === Unmerging... (app-alternatives/awk-4) 1677940724: >>> unmerge success: app-alternatives/awk-4 1677940727: === (101 of 179) Post-Build Cleaning (app-alternatives/awk-4::/var/db/repos/gentoo/app-alternatives/awk/awk-4.ebuild) 1677940727: ::: completed emerge (101 of 179) app-alternatives/awk-4 to / # ls -l /usr/bin/*awk* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Mar 4 14:38 /usr/bin/awk -> mawk -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 671304 Jan 1 17:32 /usr/bin/gawk -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 6613 Jan 1 17:32 /usr/bin/gawkbug
17-1-systemd-j5-20230304-130004 /var/tmp/tb # emerge --info --verbose=n Portage 3.0.45.2 (python 3.10.9-final-0, default/linux/amd64/17.1/systemd, gcc-13, glibc-2.36-r7, 6.1.15 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-6.1.15-x86_64-AMD_Ryzen_9_5950X_16-Core_Processor-with-glibc2.36 KiB Mem: 131830352 total, 5621476 free KiB Swap: 268435448 total, 267664888 free Timestamp of repository gentoo: Sat, 04 Mar 2023 10:16:59 +0000 Head commit of repository gentoo: b87a55c1808b1a9a4b53d6c3e7042302ea72d2f5 sh bash 5.1_p16-r2 ld GNU ld (Gentoo 2.39 p5) 2.39.0 app-misc/pax-utils: 1.3.7::gentoo app-shells/bash: 5.1_p16-r2::gentoo dev-lang/perl: 5.36.0-r2::gentoo dev-lang/python: 3.10.9-r1::gentoo, 3.11.1-r1::gentoo dev-util/cmake: 3.25.2::gentoo dev-util/meson: 1.0.0::gentoo sys-apps/baselayout: 2.13-r1::gentoo sys-apps/sandbox: 2.30-r1::gentoo sys-apps/systemd: 252.4-r1::gentoo sys-devel/autoconf: 2.71-r5::gentoo sys-devel/automake: 1.16.5::gentoo sys-devel/binutils: 2.39-r4::gentoo sys-devel/binutils-config: 5.5::gentoo sys-devel/gcc: 13.0.1_pre20230226::gentoo sys-devel/gcc-config: 2.10::gentoo sys-devel/libtool: 2.4.7-r1::gentoo sys-devel/make: 4.3::gentoo sys-kernel/linux-headers: 6.2::gentoo (virtual/os-headers) sys-libs/glibc: 2.36-r7::gentoo Repositories: gentoo location: /var/db/repos/gentoo sync-type: git sync-uri: https://github.com/gentoo-mirror/gentoo.git priority: -1000 volatile: False ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64" ACCEPT_LICENSE="*" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-pipe -march=native -fno-diagnostics-color -O2" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-pipe -march=native -fno-diagnostics-color -O2" DISTDIR="/var/cache/distfiles" EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--deep --verbose --verbose-conflicts --nospinner --quiet-build --tree --color=n --ask=n" ENV_UNSET="CARGO_HOME DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS DISPLAY GDK_PIXBUF_MODULE_FILE GOBIN GOPATH PERL5LIB PERL5OPT PERLPREFIX PERL_CORE PERL_MB_OPT PERL_MM_OPT XAUTHORITY XDG_CACHE_HOME XDG_CONFIG_HOME XDG_DATA_HOME XDG_RUNTIME_DIR XDG_STATE_HOME" FCFLAGS="-pipe -march=native -fno-diagnostics-color -O2" FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-docompress binpkg-dostrip binpkg-logs binpkg-multi-instance buildpkg-live config-protect-if-modified distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles ipc-sandbox merge-sync multilib-strict network-sandbox parallel-fetch pid-sandbox preserve-libs protect-owned qa-unresolved-soname-deps sandbox sfperms strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch userpriv usersandbox usersync xattr" FFLAGS="-pipe -march=native -fno-diagnostics-color -O2" GENTOO_MIRRORS="https://ftp.fau.de/gentoo https://mirror.netcologne.de/gentoo/ http://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/gentoo/ https://ftp-stud.hs-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/gentoo/" LANG="C.UTF8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed -Wl,--defsym=__gentoo_check_ldflags__=0" LEX="flex" MAKEOPTS=" -j5" PKGDIR="/var/cache/binpkgs" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --omit-dir-times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --human-readable --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages --exclude=/.git" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" SHELL="/bin/bash" USE="acl amd64 bash-completion bzip2 cdb clamav cli colord crypt curl dts dvd gdbm geoip gsl gstreamer hdf5 heif hscolour iconv ipod ipv6 javascript jpeg jpeg2k jumbo-build libglvnd libtirpc multilib ncurses netcdf nls nptl nsplugin opengl openmp oracle pam pcmcia pcre pdf perl pie quicktime readline seccomp snappy split-usr systemd telemetry test-rust udev unicode usb verify-sig vhosts wavpack wxwidgets xattr xv zlib" ABI_X86="64" ADA_TARGET="gnat_2021" APACHE2_MODULES="authn_core authz_core socache_shmcb unixd actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="karbon sheets words" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" CPU_FLAGS_X86="mmx mmxext sse sse2 aes avx avx2 f16c fma3 pclmul popcnt rdrand sha sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock greis isync itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf skytraq superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ublox ubx" INPUT_DEVICES="libinput" KERNEL="linux" L10N="hus pl qu sl ss" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LIBREOFFICE_EXTENSIONS="presenter-console presenter-minimizer" LUA_SINGLE_TARGET="lua5-1" LUA_TARGETS="lua5-1" OFFICE_IMPLEMENTATION="libreoffice" PHP_TARGETS="php7-4 php8-0" POSTGRES_TARGETS="postgres12 postgres13" PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python3_10" PYTHON_TARGETS="python3_10" QEMU_SOFTMMU_TARGETS="i386 x86_64" QEMU_USER_TARGETS="i386 x86_64" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby27 ruby30" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="amdgpu fbdev intel dummy" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq proto steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account" Unset: ADDR2LINE, AR, ARFLAGS, AS, ASFLAGS, CC, CCLD, CONFIG_SHELL, CPP, CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, CXX, CXXFILT, ELFEDIT, EXTRA_ECONF, F77FLAGS, FC, GCOV, GPROF, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, LD, LFLAGS, LIBTOOL, LINGUAS, MAKE, MAKEFLAGS, NM, OBJCOPY, OBJDUMP, PORTAGE_BINHOST, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, RANLIB, READELF, RUSTFLAGS, SIZE, STRINGS, STRIP, YACC, YFLAGS
Do you happen to have logs from gawk emerge? Was eselect-awk installed?
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