<snip> > > PS: I symlinked /var/tmp/portags to /tmp/portage (I carefully copied > > all permissions settings...) due to space problems. </snip> I've not noticed this before: Neil Botwick once wrote to me here, in gentoo-user: <quote> If you want to move directories, avoid wholesale symlinking like this as it always ends in tears ... </quote> You may take a look at: http://news.gmane.org/find-root.php?message_id=%3c434666D9.3070306% 40gmx.at%3e
Maybe you want to solve this issue before rebuilding your system (i would do that in either case). Regards, Matthias -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list