I'm getting the following error too much, many packages are no longer
insalling with this problem ;o(
>>> Emerging dev-libs/libmcrypt-2.5.8-r1
* libmcrypt-2.5.8.tar.gz RMD160 SHA1 SHA256 size ;-)
...
[ ok ]
* checking ebuild checksums ;-)
...
[ ok ]
* checking auxfile checksums ;-)
...
[ ok ]
* checking miscfile checksums ;-)
...
[ ok ]
>>> Unpacking source...
>>> Unpacking libmcrypt-2.5.8.tar.gz to
/var/tmp/portage/dev-libs/libmcrypt-2.5.8-r1/work
* Applying libmcrypt-2.5.8-rotate-mask.patch
...
[ ok ]
* Running elibtoolize in: libmcrypt-2.5.8
* Applying install-sh-1.5.patch ...
* Portage patch failed to apply (ltmain.sh version 1.5.22)!
* Please bug azarah or vapier to add proper patch.
*
* ERROR: dev-libs/libmcrypt-2.5.8-r1 failed.
* Call stack:
* ebuild.sh, line 49: Called src_unpack
* environment, line 2364: Called elibtoolize
* environment, line 943: Called die
* The specific snippet of code:
* die "Portage patch failed to apply!";
* The die message:
* Portage patch failed to apply!
*
* If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack
if relevant.
* A complete build log is located at
'/var/log/portage/dev-libs:libmcrypt-2.5.8-r1:20081226-103235.log'.
* The ebuild environment file is located at
'/var/tmp/portage/dev-libs/libmcrypt-2.5.8-r1/temp/environment'.
*
Searching the Gentoo Forums, I get most posts about this from
2005... this is upgrading a currently working install.