On Wednesday 30 January 2008, maxim wexler wrote:
>  *
>  * ERROR: net-analyzer/tcpdump-3.9.8 failed.
>  * Call stack:
>  *              ebuild.sh, line 1717:  Called
> dyn_preinst
>  *              ebuild.sh, line 1156:  Called
> pkg_preinst
>  *   tcpdump-3.9.8.ebuild, line   67:  Called
> enewgroup 'tcpdump'
>  *          eutils.eclass, line  707:  Called die
>  * The specific snippet of code:
>  *              groupadd ${opts} ${egroup} || die
> "enewgroup failed"
>  *  The die message:
>  *   enewgroup failed
>  *
>  * 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/net-analyzer:tcpdump-3.9.8:20080130-072451.log'.
>  *
> !!! FAILED preinst: 1
>
> google was not forthcoming. I added
> 'net-analyzer/tcpdump ~x86' to package.keywords but
> that didn't help.

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