[~]# emerge sync
!!! /etc/make.profile is not a symlink and will probably prevent most merges.
!!! It should point into a profile within /usr/portage/profiles/
!!! (You can safely ignore this message when syncing. It's harmless.)
Exiting due to signal
[root] [ion] 1 0.00 [15:18:44]
[~]# ls -ld /etc/make.profile/
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 152 Aug 29 22:36 /etc/make.profile/
[root] [ion] 0 0.00 [15:18:46]
[~]# ls -l /etc/make.profile/
total 12
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 144 Sep 16 12:36 2.4
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 590 Aug 29 22:20 make.defaults
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 663 Jul 7 21:09 packages
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 343 Jun 3 14:09 parent
[root] [ion] 0 0.00 [15:18:49]
[~]#