i faced the same problem today http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-435291.html check there
On 2/20/06, Marko Kocić <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have this problem couple of times. emerge says that I should > downgrade coreutils: > citadela ~ # emerge -pvuD system > [ebuild UD] sys-apps/coreutils-5.93 [5.94] USE="nls -acl -build > -static" 0 kB > [ebuild U ] sys-devel/make-3.80-r4 [3.80-r3] USE="nls -build -static" 0 kB > > But when I try emerge -uD system I got the following error: > > zip2: > /var/tmp/portage/coreutils-5.93/distdir/coreutils-5.93-patches-1.1.tar.bz2: > trailing garbage after EOF ignored > * Applying patches from Mandrake ... > * 005_all_coreutils-mdk-timestyle.patch ... > > [ ok ] > * 007_all_coreutils-mdk-dumbterm.patch ... > > [ ok ] > * 017_all_coreutils-mdk-mem.patch ... > > [ ok ] > * Done with patching > * Applying various patches (bugfixes/updates) ... > * 000_all_coreutils-i18n.patch ... > > [ ok ] > * 001_all_coreutils-gen-progress-bar.patch ... > > [ ok ] > * 003_all_coreutils-gentoo-uname.patch ... > > [ ok ] > * 009_all_coreutils-tests.patch ... > > [ ok ] > * 020_all_coreutils-overflow.patch ... > > [ ok ] > * 030_all_coreutils-more-dir-colors.patch ... > > [ ok ] > * Done with patching > * Reconfiguring configure scripts (be patient) ... > /usr/share/aclocal/gtk.m4:7: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_GTK > run info '(automake)Extending aclocal' > or see http://sources.redhat.com/automake/automake.html#Extending-aclocal > /usr/share/aclocal/glib.m4:8: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_GLIB > /usr/share/aclocal/audiofile.m4:12: warning: underquoted definition of > AM_PATH_AUDIOFILE > configure.ac: no proper invocation of AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE was found. > configure.ac: You should verify that configure.ac invokes AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE, > configure.ac: that aclocal.m4 is present in the top-level directory, > configure.ac: and that aclocal.m4 was recently regenerated (using aclocal). > configure.ac: required file `./install-sh' not found > configure.ac: required file `./missing' not found > automake-1.9: no `Makefile.am' found for any configure output > automake-1.9: Did you forget AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile]) in configure.ac? > > !!! ERROR: sys-apps/coreutils-5.93 failed. > Call stack: > ebuild.sh, line 1894: Called dyn_unpack > ebuild.sh, line 694: Called src_unpack > > > > I'm using ~x86. > Does anyone have any idea what should I do to fix my box. > Similar problems appear with emerging of almost any package. > > Thanks, > Marko > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > -- Cheers, Ghaith -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list