From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MDZSA-0005JO-Iy for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 08 Jun 2009 07:39:34 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DC673E02B8; Mon, 8 Jun 2009 07:39:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BDD78E02B8 for ; Mon, 8 Jun 2009 07:39:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5923C66587 for ; Mon, 8 Jun 2009 07:39:32 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -1.57 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.57 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-0.868, BAYES_00=-2.599, DATE_IN_FUTURE_06_12=1.897] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id Q7ZYzyEIZSwp for ; Mon, 8 Jun 2009 07:39:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from jumpgate.rods.id.au (ppp196-18.static.internode.on.net [59.167.196.18]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 231526678F for ; Mon, 8 Jun 2009 07:39:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from jumpgate.rods.id.au (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by jumpgate.rods.id.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9D726D0B7A for ; Sun, 7 Jun 2009 17:02:56 +1000 (EST) Received: from [192.168.3.44] (shadow.rods.id.au [192.168.3.44]) by jumpgate.rods.id.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id AAC2A6D0665 for ; Sun, 7 Jun 2009 17:02:56 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <4A2BF2BE.5020501@Rods.id.au> Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2009 03:02:54 +1000 From: Rod User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (X11/20080316) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] Portage Patch failed to apply - System will no longer upgrade Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: d87fd223-fc04-4b17-9d98-63dcce88856d X-Archives-Hash: 39c0095f85cbcce9991369ae92189c49 Hi. This issue is really pissing me off, I have ried almost all the fixes, even to the point of booting and copying a Stage3 tarball over the running system and doing a Stage3 Install. No matter what I do, and for almost ALL packages I get .. * Portage patch failed to apply (ltmain.sh version 1.5.24)! * Please bug azarah or vapier to add proper patch. * * ERROR: dev-libs/gmp-4.3.1 failed. * Call stack: * ebuild.sh, line 49: Called src_unpack * environment, line 2811: Called elibtoolize * environment, line 1065: Called die * The specific snippet of code: * die "Portage patch failed to apply!"; * The die message: * Portage patch failed to apply! For this package and everything else I wish to apply, this is locking my system in time so I can no longer upgrade any software ;o(