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make[3]: Entering directory `/var/tmp/portage/sys-libs/e2fsprogs-libs-1.41.14/work/e2fsprogs-libs-1.41.14/lib/et'
        MKDIR elfshared
make[3]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/sys-libs/e2fsprogs-libs-1.41.14/work/e2fsprogs-libs-1.41.14/lib/et'
touch: setting times of `subdirs': No such file or directory
make[2]: *** [subdirs] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/sys-libs/e2fsprogs-libs-1.41.14/work/e2fsprogs-libs-1.41.14/lib/et'
make[1]: *** [all-libs-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/sys-libs/e2fsprogs-libs-1.41.14/work/e2fsprogs-libs-1.41.14'
make: *** [all] Error 2
emake failed
 * ERROR: sys-libs/e2fsprogs-libs-1.41.14 failed (compile phase):
 *   emake failed
 *
 * Call stack:
 *     ebuild.sh, line  56:  Called src_compile
 *   environment, line 666:  Called _eapi2_src_compile
 *     ebuild.sh, line 669:  Called die
 * The specific snippet of code:
 *              emake || die "emake failed"