OK, can anyone see how to fix this??? portage is trying to use "tar -xf" on a tar.bz2 file.
Calculating dependencies ...done! >>> emerge (1 of 1) sys-apps/portage-2.0.48-r2 to / >>> md5 src_uri ;-) portage-2.0.48-r2.tar.bz2 >>> Unpacking source... >>> Unpacking portage-2.0.48-r2.tar.bz2 to /var/tmp/portage/portage-2.0.48-r2/work tar: This does not look like a tar archive tar: Skipping to next header tar: Archive contains obsolescent base-64 headers tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors bzip2: I/O or other error, bailing out. Possible reason follows. bzip2: Broken pipe Input file = /usr/portage/distfiles/portage-2.0.48-r2.tar.bz2, output file = (stdout) !!! ERROR: sys-apps/portage-2.0.48-r2 failed. !!! Function unpack, Line 294, Exitcode 2 !!! failure unpacking portage-2.0.48-r2.tar.bz2 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list