While updating world and after emerging a new version of texinfo, I
received the following error when it tried to remove the old version:

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sys-apps/texinfo
  selected: 4.8-r5
 protected: 4.11-r1
  omitted: none

>>> 'Selected' packages are slated for removal.
>>> 'Protected' and 'omitted' packages will not be removed.

>>> Unmerging sys-apps/texinfo-4.8-r5...
/var/tmp/binpkgs/sys-apps/texinfo-4.8-r5/temp/environment: line 256:
syntax error near unexpected token `('
/var/tmp/binpkgs/sys-apps/texinfo-4.8-r5/temp/environment: line 256:
`        done <<(get_mounts);'
*
* ERROR: sys-apps/texinfo-4.8-r5 failed.
* Call stack:
*          ebuild.sh, line 1641: Called die
* The specific snippet of code:
*    preprocess_ebuild_env || \
*         die "error processing environment"
* The die message:
*  error processing environment
*
* If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack
if relevant.
* A complete build log is located at
'/var/tmp/binpkgs/sys-apps/texinfo-4.8-r5/temp/build.log'.
* The ebuild environment file is located at
'/var/tmp/binpkgs/sys-apps/texinfo-4.8-r5/temp/environment'.
*
!!! FAILED prerm: 1
* The 'prerm' phase of the 'sys-apps/texinfo-4.8-r5' package has failed
* with exit value 1. The problem occurred while executing the ebuild
* located at '/var/db/pkg/sys-apps/texinfo-4.8-r5/texinfo-4.8-r5.ebuild'.
* If necessary, manually remove the ebuild in order to skip the execution
* of removal phases.
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How do I handle this? I notice it recommends removing the ebuild but
how would that remove the old package? Should I just wait and re-sync
after a while, hoping they fix it. Nothing in BGO yet.

Tony

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