Make utilities die on failure in EAPI 4, bug 273651

34 files changed, 172 insertions, 60 deletions

diff --git a/bin/ebuild-helpers/4/dodoc b/bin/ebuild-helpers/4/dodoc
index 0539de110..c9068a8b5 100755
--- a/bin/ebuild-helpers/4/dodoc
+++ b/bin/ebuild-helpers/4/dodoc
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 source "${PORTAGE_BIN_PATH:-/usr/lib/portage/bin}"/isolated-functions.sh
 
 if [ $# -lt 1 ] ; then
-	vecho "${0##*/}: at least one argument needed" 1>&2
+	die "${0##*/}: at least one argument needed"
 	exit 1
 fi
 
@@ -46,4 +46,5 @@ for x in "$@" ; do
 
 done
 
+[[ $ret -ne 0 ]] && die "$0 failed"
 exit ${ret}
diff --git a/bin/ebuild-helpers/dobin b/bin/ebuild-helpers/dobin
index 821ce07c3..fc0b0359f 100755
--- a/bin/ebuild-helpers/dobin
+++ b/bin/ebuild-helpers/dobin
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
 source "${PORTAGE_BIN_PATH:-/usr/lib/portage/bin}"/isolated-functions.sh
 
 if [[ $# -lt 1 ]] ; then
-	vecho "$0: at least one argument needed" 1>&2
+	helpers_die "$0: at least one argument needed"
 	exit 1
 fi
 
 if [[ ! -d ${D}${DESTTREE}/bin ]] ; then
-	install -d "${D}${DESTTREE}/bin" || exit 2
+	install -d "${D}${DESTTREE}/bin" || { helpers_die "$0: failed to install ${D}${DESTTREE}/bin"; exit 2; }
 fi
 
 ret=0
@@ -25,4 +25,5 @@ for x in "$@" ; do
 	((ret|=$?))
 done
 
+[[ $ret -ne 0 ]] && helpers_die "$0 failed"
 exit ${ret}
diff --git a/bin/ebuild-helpers/doconfd b/bin/ebuild-helpers/doconfd
index 718c21ece..749372a4a 100755
--- a/bin/ebuild-helpers/doconfd
+++ b/bin/ebuild-helpers/doconfd
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 if [[ $# -lt 1 ]] ; then
-	echo "$0: at least one argument needed" 1>&2
+	source "${PORTAGE_BIN_PATH:-/usr/lib/portage/bin}"/isolated-functions.sh
+	helpers_die "$0: at least one argument needed"
 	exit 1
 fi
 
diff --git a/bin/ebuild-helpers/dodir b/bin/ebuild-helpers/dodir
index 50e10f45a..58303b2fc 100755
--- a/bin/ebuild-helpers/dodir
+++ b/bin/ebuild-helpers/dodir
@@ -2,4 +2,9 @@
 # Copyright 1999-2006 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
-exec install -d ${DIROPTIONS} "${@/#/${D}/}"
+source "${PORTAGE_BIN_PATH:-/usr/lib/portage/bin}"/isolated-functions.sh
+
+install -d ${DIROPTIONS} "${@/#/${D}/}"
+ret=$?
+[[ $ret -ne 0 ]] && helpers_die "$0 failed"
+exit $ret
diff --git a/bin/ebuild-helpers/dodoc b/bin/ebuild-helpers/dodoc
index 796e96c65..6d750c939 100755
--- a/bin/ebuild-helpers/dodoc
+++ b/bin/ebuild-helpers/dodoc
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@
 # Copyright 1999-2007 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
+source "${PORTAGE_BIN_PATH:-/usr/lib/portage/bin}"/isolated-functions.sh
+
 if [ $# -lt 1 ] ; then
-	source "${PORTAGE_BIN_PATH:-/usr/lib/portage/bin}"/isolated-functions.sh
-	vecho "${0##*/}: at least one argument needed" 1>&2
+	helpers_die "${0##*/}: at least one argument needed"
 	exit 1 	
 fi
 
@@ -24,4 +25,5 @@ for x in "$@" ; do
 	fi
 done
 
+[[ $ret -ne 0 ]] && helpers_die "$0 failed"
 exit ${ret}
diff --git a/bin/ebuild-helpers/doenvd b/bin/ebuild-helpers/doenvd
index cfc70e2a5..bd21f5aea 100755
--- a/bin/ebuild-helpers/doenvd
+++ b/bin/ebuild-helpers/doenvd
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 if [[ $# -lt 1 ]] ; then
-	echo "$0: at least one argument needed" 1>&2
+	source "${PORTAGE_BIN_PATH:-/usr/lib/portage/bin}"/isolated-functions.sh
+	helpers_die "$0: at least one argument needed"
 	exit 1
 fi
 
diff --git a/bin/ebuild-helpers/doexe b/bin/ebuild-helpers/doexe
index fb1c5668b..191e7f918 100755
--- a/bin/ebuild-helpers/doexe
+++ b/bin/ebuild-helpers/doexe
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 source "${PORTAGE_BIN_PATH:-/usr/lib/portage/bin}"/isolated-functions.sh
 
 if [[ $# -lt 1 ]] ; then
-	echo "$0: at least one argument needed" 1>&2
+	helpers_die "$0: at least one argument needed"
 	exit 1
 fi
 
@@ -39,4 +39,5 @@ done
 
 rm -rf "$TMP"
 
+[[ $ret -ne 0 ]] && helpers_die "$0 failed"
 exit $ret
diff --git a/bin/ebuild-helpers/dohtml b/bin/ebuild-helpers/dohtml
index cfcab2af0..c5bfd0637 100755
--- a/bin/ebuild-helpers/dohtml
+++ b/bin/ebuild-helpers/dohtml
@@ -2,9 +2,15 @@
 # Copyright 2009 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
+source "${PORTAGE_BIN_PATH:-/usr/lib/portage/bin}"/isolated-functions.sh
+
 PORTAGE_BIN_PATH=${PORTAGE_BIN_PATH:-/usr/lib/portage/bin}
 PORTAGE_PYM_PATH=${PORTAGE_PYM_PATH:-/usr/lib/portage/pym}
 # Set EPYTHON variable as empty so that dohtml doesn't try
 # to use potentially unsupported version of Python.
 EPYTHON= PYTHONPATH=$PORTAGE_PYM_PATH${PYTHONPATH:+:}$PYTHONPATH \
-	exec "$PORTAGE_BIN_PATH/dohtml.py" "$@"
+	"$PORTAGE_BIN_PATH/dohtml.py" "$@"
+
+ret=$?
+[[ $ret -ne 0 ]] && helpers_die "$0 failed"
+exit $ret
diff --git a/bin/ebuild-helpers/doinfo b/bin/ebuild-helpers/doinfo
index 96413aa6a..2c3d1e071 100755
--- a/bin/ebuild-helpers/doinfo
+++ b/bin/ebuild-helpers/doinfo
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
 source "${PORTAGE_BIN_PATH:-/usr/lib/portage/bin}"/isolated-functions.sh
 
 if [[ -z $1 ]] ; then
-	vecho "${0##*/}: at least one argument needed"
+	helpers_die "${0##*/}: at least one argument needed"
 	exit 1 	
 fi
 
 if [[ ! -d ${D}usr/share/info ]] ; then
-	install -d "${D}usr/share/info" || exit 1
+	install -d "${D}usr/share/info" || { helpers_die "$0: failed to install ${D}usr/share/info"; exit 1; }
 fi
 
 install -m0644 "$@" "${D}usr/share/info"
@@ -19,5 +19,6 @@ if [ $rval -ne 0 ] ; then
 	for x in "$@" ; do
 		[ -e "$x" ] || echo "!!! ${0##*/}: $x does not exist" 1>&2
 	done
+	helpers_die "$0 failed"
 fi
 exit $rval
diff --git a/bin/ebuild-helpers/doinitd b/bin/ebuild-helpers/doinitd
index 56c8396c8..8ea51f1ee 100755
--- a/bin/ebuild-helpers/doinitd
+++ b/bin/ebuild-helpers/doinitd
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 if [[ $# -lt 1 ]] ; then
-	echo "$0: at least one argument needed" 1>&2
+	source "${PORTAGE_BIN_PATH:-/usr/lib/portage/bin}"/isolated-functions.sh
+	helpers_die "$0: at least one argument needed"
 	exit 1
 fi
 
diff --git a/bin/ebuild-helpers/doins b/bin/ebuild-helpers/doins
index 64d2af23c..c59b9bcfd 100755
--- a/bin/ebuild-helpers/doins
+++ b/bin/ebuild-helpers/doins
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 source "${PORTAGE_BIN_PATH:-/usr/lib/portage/bin}"/isolated-functions.sh
 
 if [ $# -lt 1 ] ; then
-	echo "${0##*/}: at least one argument needed" 1>&2
+	helpers_die "${0##*/}: at least one argument needed"
 	exit 1
 fi
 
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ if [[ ${INSDESTTREE#${D}} != "${INSDESTTREE}" ]]; then
 	vecho "You should not use \${D} with helpers." 1>&2
 	vecho "  --> ${INSDESTTREE}" 1>&2
 	vecho "-------------------------------------------------------" 1>&2
+	helpers_die "$0 used with \${D}"
 	exit 1
 fi
 
@@ -126,4 +127,4 @@ for x in "$@" ; do
 	fi
 done
 rm -rf "$TMP"
-[[ $failed -ne 0 || $success -eq 0 ]] && exit 1 || exit 0
+[[ $failed -ne 0 || $success -eq 0 ]] && { helpers_die "$0 failed"; exit 1; } || exit 0
diff --git a/bin/ebuild-helpers/dolib b/bin/ebuild-helpers/dolib
index 794fdb64f..821e1321e 100755
--- a/bin/ebuild-helpers/dolib
+++ b/bin/ebuild-helpers/dolib
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 # Copyright 1999-2006 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
+source "${PORTAGE_BIN_PATH:-/usr/lib/portage/bin}"/isolated-functions.sh
+
 # Setup ABI cruft
 LIBDIR_VAR="LIBDIR_${ABI}"
 if [[ -n ${ABI} && -n ${!LIBDIR_VAR} ]] ; then
@@ -14,11 +16,11 @@ libdir="${D}${DESTTREE}/${CONF_LIBDIR}"
 
 
 if [[ $# -lt 1 ]] ; then
-	echo "$0: at least one argument needed" 1>&2
+	helpers_die "$0: at least one argument needed"
 	exit 1
 fi
 if [[ ! -d ${libdir} ]] ; then
-	install -d "${libdir}" || exit 1
+	install -d "${libdir}" || { helpers_die "$0: failed to install ${libdir}"; exit 1; }
 fi
 
 ret=0
@@ -37,4 +39,5 @@ for x in "$@" ; do
 	((ret|=$?))
 done
 
+[[ $ret -ne 0 ]] && helpers_die "$0 failed"
 exit ${ret}
diff --git a/bin/ebuild-helpers/doman b/bin/ebuild-helpers/doman
index e428b7292..0d95c18ba 100755
--- a/bin/ebuild-helpers/doman
+++ b/bin/ebuild-helpers/doman
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 source "${PORTAGE_BIN_PATH:-/usr/lib/portage/bin}"/isolated-functions.sh
 
 if [[ $# -lt 1 ]] ; then
-	echo "$0: at least one argument needed" 1>&2
+	helpers_die "$0: at least one argument needed"
 	exit 1
 fi
 
@@ -60,4 +60,5 @@ for x in "$@" ; do
 	fi
 done
 
+[[ $ret -ne 0 ]] && helpers_die "$0 failed"
 exit ${ret}
diff --git a/bin/ebuild-helpers/domo b/bin/ebuild-helpers/domo
index 5a1e808e7..43f78d010 100755
--- a/bin/ebuild-helpers/domo
+++ b/bin/ebuild-helpers/domo
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@
 # Copyright 1999-2006 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
+source "${PORTAGE_BIN_PATH:-/usr/lib/portage/bin}"/isolated-functions.sh
+
 mynum=${#}
 if [ ${mynum} -lt 1 ] ; then
-	echo "${0}: at least one argument needed"
+	helpers_die "${0}: at least one argument needed"
 	exit 1
 fi
 if [ ! -d "${D}${DESTTREE}/share/locale" ] ; then
@@ -28,4 +30,5 @@ for x in "$@" ; do
 	((ret|=$?))
 done
 
+[[ $ret -ne 0 ]] && helpers_die "$0 failed"
 exit $ret
diff --git a/bin/ebuild-helpers/dosbin b/bin/ebuild-helpers/dosbin
index 8920d37e8..a16015ed6 100755
--- a/bin/ebuild-helpers/dosbin
+++ b/bin/ebuild-helpers/dosbin
@@ -2,13 +2,15 @@
 # Copyright 1999-2006 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
+source "${PORTAGE_BIN_PATH:-/usr/lib/portage/bin}"/isolated-functions.sh
+
 if [[ $# -lt 1 ]] ; then
-	echo "$0: at least one argument needed" 1>&2
+	helpers_die "$0: at least one argument needed"
 	exit 1
 fi
 
 if [[ ! -d ${D}${DESTTREE}/sbin ]] ; then
-	install -d "${D}${DESTTREE}/sbin" || exit 2
+	install -d "${D}${DESTTREE}/sbin" || { helpers_die "$0: failed to install ${D}${DESTTREE}/sbin"; exit 2; }
 fi
 
 ret=0
@@ -23,4 +25,5 @@ for x in "$@" ; do
 	((ret|=$?))
 done
 
+[[ $ret -ne 0 ]] && helpers_die "$0 failed"
 exit ${ret}
diff --git a/bin/ebuild-helpers/dosym b/bin/ebuild-helpers/dosym
index 52defbe85..1015a28e5 100755
--- a/bin/ebuild-helpers/dosym
+++ b/bin/ebuild-helpers/dosym
@@ -2,12 +2,17 @@
 # Copyright 1999-2006 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
+source "${PORTAGE_BIN_PATH:-/usr/lib/portage/bin}"/isolated-functions.sh
+
 if [[ $# -ne 2 ]] ; then
-	echo "$0: two arguments needed" 1>&2
+	helpers_die "$0: two arguments needed"
 	exit 1
 fi
 
 destdir=${2%/*}
 [[ ! -d ${D}${destdir} ]] && dodir "${destdir}"
 
-exec ln -snf "$1" "${D}$2"
+ln -snf "$1" "${D}$2"
+ret=$?
+[[ $ret -ne 0 ]] && helpers_die "$0 failed"
+exit $ret
diff --git a/bin/ebuild-helpers/ecompress b/bin/ebuild-helpers/ecompress
index c6817ec3a..8e6fc9c8d 100755
--- a/bin/ebuild-helpers/ecompress
+++ b/bin/ebuild-helpers/ecompress
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 source "${PORTAGE_BIN_PATH:-/usr/lib/portage/bin}"/isolated-functions.sh
 
 if [[ -z $1 ]] ; then
-	vecho "${0##*/}: at least one argument needed" 1>&2
+	helpers_die "${0##*/}: at least one argument needed"
 	exit 1
 fi
 
@@ -95,7 +95,10 @@ case $1 in
 		;;
 	--queue)
 		shift
-		exec touch "${@/%/.ecompress.file}"
+		touch "${@/%/.ecompress.file}"
+		ret=$?
+		[[ $ret -ne 0 ]] && helpers_die "$0 failed"
+		exit $ret
 		;;
 	--dequeue)
 		[[ -n $2 ]] && vecho "${0##*/}: --dequeue takes no additional arguments" 1>&2
@@ -105,7 +108,7 @@ case $1 in
 		find "${D}" -name '*.ecompress.file' -print0 | ${XARGS} -0 rm -f
 		;;
 	--*)
-		vecho "${0##*/}: unknown arguments '$*'" 1>&2
+		helpers_die "${0##*/}: unknown arguments '$*'"
 		exit 1
 		;;
 	*)
@@ -142,6 +145,9 @@ case $1 in
 		[[ -n ${suffix} ]] && echo -n "${@/%/${suffix}$'\001'}" | \
 			tr '\001' '\000' | ${XARGS} -0 rm -f
 		# Finally, let's actually do some real work
-		exec "${PORTAGE_COMPRESS}" ${PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS} "$@"
+		"${PORTAGE_COMPRESS}" ${PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS} "$@"
+		ret=$?
+		[[ $ret -ne 0 ]] && helpers_die "$0 failed"
+		exit $ret
 		;;
 esac
diff --git a/bin/ebuild-helpers/ecompressdir b/bin/ebuild-helpers/ecompressdir
index 5d7fdf04b..fdecaf0a2 100755
--- a/bin/ebuild-helpers/ecompressdir
+++ b/bin/ebuild-helpers/ecompressdir
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 source "${PORTAGE_BIN_PATH:-/usr/lib/portage/bin}"/isolated-functions.sh
 
 if [[ -z $1 ]] ; then
-	vecho "${0##*/}: at least one argument needed" 1>&2
+	helpers_die "${0##*/}: at least one argument needed"
 	exit 1
 fi
 
@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@ case $1 in
 		shift
 		set -- "${@/%/.ecompress.dir}"
 		set -- "${@/#/${D}}"
-		exec touch "$@"
+		touch "$@"
+		ret=$?
+		[[ $ret -ne 0 ]] && helpers_die "$0 failed"
+		exit $?
 		;;
 	--dequeue)
 		[[ -n $2 ]] && vecho "${0##*/}: --dequeue takes no additional arguments" 1>&2
@@ -32,7 +35,7 @@ case $1 in
 		exit 0
 		;;
 	--*)
-		vecho "${0##*/}: unknown arguments '$*'"
+		helpers_die "${0##*/}: unknown arguments '$*'"
 		exit 1
 		;;
 esac
@@ -132,4 +135,5 @@ for dir in "$@" ; do
 	restore_skip_dirs
 done
 
+[[ $ret -ne 0 ]] && helpers_die "$0 failed"
 exit ${ret}
diff --git a/bin/ebuild-helpers/emake b/bin/ebuild-helpers/emake
index 97ea13660..7103585ce 100755
--- a/bin/ebuild-helpers/emake
+++ b/bin/ebuild-helpers/emake
@@ -21,4 +21,7 @@ if [[ $PORTAGE_QUIET != 1 ]] ; then
 	) >&2
 fi
 
-exec ${MAKE:-make} ${MAKEOPTS} ${EXTRA_EMAKE} "$@"
+${MAKE:-make} ${MAKEOPTS} ${EXTRA_EMAKE} "$@"
+ret=$?
+[[ $ret -ne 0 ]] && helpers_die "$0 failed"
+exit $ret
diff --git a/bin/ebuild-helpers/fowners b/bin/ebuild-helpers/fowners
index 1097296da..95a49fdad 100755
--- a/bin/ebuild-helpers/fowners
+++ b/bin/ebuild-helpers/fowners
@@ -2,7 +2,12 @@
 # Copyright 1999-2007 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
+source "${PORTAGE_BIN_PATH:-/usr/lib/portage/bin}"/isolated-functions.sh
+
 # we can't prefix all arguments because
 # chown takes random options
 slash="/"
-exec chown "${@/#${slash}/${D}${slash}}"
+chown "${@/#${slash}/${D}${slash}}"
+ret=$?
+[[ $ret -ne 0 ]] && helpers_die "$0 failed"
+exit $ret
diff --git a/bin/ebuild-helpers/fperms b/bin/ebuild-helpers/fperms
index 6c236ab68..cdd409a05 100755
--- a/bin/ebuild-helpers/fperms
+++ b/bin/ebuild-helpers/fperms
@@ -2,7 +2,12 @@
 # Copyright 1999-2007 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
+source "${PORTAGE_BIN_PATH:-/usr/lib/portage/bin}"/isolated-functions.sh
+
 # we can't prefix all arguments because
 # chmod takes random options
 slash="/"
-exec chmod "${@/#${slash}/${D}${slash}}"
+chmod "${@/#${slash}/${D}${slash}}"
+ret=$?
+[[ $ret -ne 0 ]] && helpers_die "$0 failed"
+exit $ret
diff --git a/bin/ebuild-helpers/newbin b/bin/ebuild-helpers/newbin
index fb2752a10..7bfb19407 100755
--- a/bin/ebuild-helpers/newbin
+++ b/bin/ebuild-helpers/newbin
@@ -2,13 +2,15 @@
 # Copyright 1999-2006 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
+source "${PORTAGE_BIN_PATH:-/usr/lib/portage/bin}"/isolated-functions.sh
+
 if [[ -z ${T} ]] || [[ -z ${2} ]] ; then
-	echo "$0: Need two arguments, old file and new file" 1>&2
+	helpers_die "$0: Need two arguments, old file and new file"
 	exit 1
 fi
 
 if [ ! -e "$1" ] ; then
-	echo "!!! ${0##*/}: $1 does not exist" 1>&2
+	helpers_die "!!! ${0##*/}: $1 does not exist"
 	exit 1
 fi
 
diff --git a/bin/ebuild-helpers/newconfd b/bin/ebuild-helpers/newconfd
index 94497d18d..68a7ed76b 100755
--- a/bin/ebuild-helpers/newconfd
+++ b/bin/ebuild-helpers/newconfd
@@ -2,13 +2,15 @@
 # Copyright 1999-2006 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
+source "${PORTAGE_BIN_PATH:-/usr/lib/portage/bin}"/isolated-functions.sh
+
 if [[ -z ${T} ]] || [[ -z ${2} ]] ; then
-	echo "$0: Need two arguments, old file and new file" 1>&2
+	helpers_die "$0: Need two arguments, old file and new file"
 	exit 1
 fi
 
 if [ ! -e "$1" ] ; then
-	echo "!!! ${0##*/}: $1 does not exist" 1>&2
+	helpers_die "!!! ${0##*/}: $1 does not exist"
 	exit 1
 fi
 
diff --git a/bin/ebuild-helpers/newdoc b/bin/ebuild-helpers/newdoc
index 1bc6a05f8..1a353784d 100755
--- a/bin/ebuild-helpers/newdoc
+++ b/bin/ebuild-helpers/newdoc
@@ -2,13 +2,15 @@
 # Copyright 1999-2006 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
+source "${PORTAGE_BIN_PATH:-/usr/lib/portage/bin}"/isolated-functions.sh
+
 if [[ -z ${T} ]] || [[ -z ${2} ]] ; then
-	echo "$0: Need two arguments, old file and new file" 1>&2
+	helpers_die "$0: Need two arguments, old file and new file"
 	exit 1
 fi
 
 if [ ! -e "$1" ] ; then
-	echo "!!! ${0##*/}: $1 does not exist" 1>&2
+	helpers_die "!!! ${0##*/}: $1 does not exist"
 	exit 1
 fi
 
diff --git a/bin/ebuild-helpers/newenvd b/bin/ebuild-helpers/newenvd
index 06b44050a..c7a073202 100755
--- a/bin/ebuild-helpers/newenvd
+++ b/bin/ebuild-helpers/newenvd
@@ -2,13 +2,15 @@
 # Copyright 1999-2006 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
+source "${PORTAGE_BIN_PATH:-/usr/lib/portage/bin}"/isolated-functions.sh
+
 if [[ -z ${T} ]] || [[ -z ${2} ]] ; then
-	echo "$0: Need two arguments, old file and new file" 1>&2
+	helpers_die "$0: Need two arguments, old file and new file"
 	exit 1
 fi
 
 if [ ! -e "$1" ] ; then
-	echo "!!! ${0##*/}: $1 does not exist" 1>&2
+	helpers_die "!!! ${0##*/}: $1 does not exist"
 	exit 1
 fi
 
diff --git a/bin/ebuild-helpers/newexe b/bin/ebuild-helpers/newexe
index 63dff5002..b2173fbfb 100755
--- a/bin/ebuild-helpers/newexe
+++ b/bin/ebuild-helpers/newexe
@@ -2,13 +2,15 @@
 # Copyright 1999-2006 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
+source "${PORTAGE_BIN_PATH:-/usr/lib/portage/bin}"/isolated-functions.sh
+
 if [[ -z ${T} ]] || [[ -z ${2} ]] ; then
-	echo "$0: Need two arguments, old file and new file" 1>&2
+	helpers_die "$0: Need two arguments, old file and new file"
 	exit 1
 fi
 
 if [ ! -e "$1" ] ; then
-	echo "!!! ${0##*/}: $1 does not exist" 1>&2
+	helpers_die "!!! ${0##*/}: $1 does not exist"
 	exit 1
 fi
 
diff --git a/bin/ebuild-helpers/newinitd b/bin/ebuild-helpers/newinitd
index e74a6aaf6..384942604 100755
--- a/bin/ebuild-helpers/newinitd
+++ b/bin/ebuild-helpers/newinitd
@@ -2,13 +2,15 @@
 # Copyright 1999-2006 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
+source "${PORTAGE_BIN_PATH:-/usr/lib/portage/bin}"/isolated-functions.sh
+
 if [[ -z ${T} ]] || [[ -z ${2} ]] ; then
-	echo "$0: Need two arguments, old file and new file" 1>&2
+	helpers_die "$0: Need two arguments, old file and new file"
 	exit 1
 fi
 
 if [ ! -e "$1" ] ; then
-	echo "!!! ${0##*/}: $1 does not exist" 1>&2
+	helpers_die "!!! ${0##*/}: $1 does not exist"
 	exit 1
 fi
 
diff --git a/bin/ebuild-helpers/newins b/bin/ebuild-helpers/newins
index 1e11b432e..3d4870f8d 100755
--- a/bin/ebuild-helpers/newins
+++ b/bin/ebuild-helpers/newins
@@ -2,13 +2,15 @@
 # Copyright 1999-2009 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
+source "${PORTAGE_BIN_PATH:-/usr/lib/portage/bin}"/isolated-functions.sh
+
 if [[ -z ${T} ]] || [[ -z ${2} ]] ; then
-	echo "$0: Need two arguments, old file and new file" 1>&2
+	helpers_die "$0: Need two arguments, old file and new file"
 	exit 1
 fi
 
 if [ ! -e "$1" ] ; then
-	echo "!!! ${0##*/}: $1 does not exist" 1>&2
+	helpers_die "!!! ${0##*/}: $1 does not exist"
 	exit 1
 fi
 
@@ -18,10 +20,14 @@ case "$EAPI" in
 		cp "$1" "$T/$2" || exit $?
 		;;
 	*)
-		cp -P "$1" "$T/$2" || exit $?
+		cp -P "$1" "$T/$2"
+		ret=$?
+		[[ $ret -ne 0 ]] && helpers_die "$0 failed"
+		exit $ret
 		;;
 esac
 doins "${T}/${2}"
 ret=$?
 rm -rf "${T}/${2}"
+[[ $ret -ne 0 ]] && helpers_die "$0 failed"
 exit $ret
diff --git a/bin/ebuild-helpers/newlib.a b/bin/ebuild-helpers/newlib.a
index 120e8a257..cdc908245 100755
--- a/bin/ebuild-helpers/newlib.a
+++ b/bin/ebuild-helpers/newlib.a
@@ -2,13 +2,15 @@
 # Copyright 1999-2006 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
+source "${PORTAGE_BIN_PATH:-/usr/lib/portage/bin}"/isolated-functions.sh
+
 if [[ -z ${T} ]] || [[ -z ${2} ]] ; then
-	echo "$0: Need two arguments, old file and new file" 1>&2
+	helpers_die "$0: Need two arguments, old file and new file"
 	exit 1
 fi
 
 if [ ! -e "$1" ] ; then
-	echo "!!! ${0##*/}: $1 does not exist" 1>&2
+	helpers_die "!!! ${0##*/}: $1 does not exist"
 	exit 1
 fi
 
diff --git a/bin/ebuild-helpers/newlib.so b/bin/ebuild-helpers/newlib.so
index 2fbe59a1f..cd1469325 100755
--- a/bin/ebuild-helpers/newlib.so
+++ b/bin/ebuild-helpers/newlib.so
@@ -2,13 +2,15 @@
 # Copyright 1999-2006 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
+source "${PORTAGE_BIN_PATH:-/usr/lib/portage/bin}"/isolated-functions.sh
+
 if [[ -z ${T} ]] || [[ -z ${2} ]] ; then
-	echo "$0: Need two arguments, old file and new file" 1>&2
+	helpers_die "$0: Need two arguments, old file and new file"
 	exit 1
 fi
 
 if [ ! -e "$1" ] ; then
-	echo "!!! ${0##*/}: $1 does not exist" 1>&2
+	helpers_die "!!! ${0##*/}: $1 does not exist"
 	exit 1
 fi
 
diff --git a/bin/ebuild-helpers/newman b/bin/ebuild-helpers/newman
index 758112c3d..fdc2fe629 100755
--- a/bin/ebuild-helpers/newman
+++ b/bin/ebuild-helpers/newman
@@ -2,13 +2,15 @@
 # Copyright 1999-2006 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
+source "${PORTAGE_BIN_PATH:-/usr/lib/portage/bin}"/isolated-functions.sh
+
 if [[ -z ${T} ]] || [[ -z ${2} ]] ; then
-	echo "$0: Need two arguments, old file and new file" 1>&2
+	helpers_die "$0: Need two arguments, old file and new file"
 	exit 1
 fi
 
 if [ ! -e "$1" ] ; then
-	echo "!!! ${0##*/}: $1 does not exist" 1>&2
+	helpers_die "!!! ${0##*/}: $1 does not exist"
 	exit 1
 fi
 
diff --git a/bin/ebuild-helpers/newsbin b/bin/ebuild-helpers/newsbin
index bf1fbc8e6..4d21549af 100755
--- a/bin/ebuild-helpers/newsbin
+++ b/bin/ebuild-helpers/newsbin
@@ -2,13 +2,15 @@
 # Copyright 1999-2006 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
+source "${PORTAGE_BIN_PATH:-/usr/lib/portage/bin}"/isolated-functions.sh
+
 if [[ -z ${T} ]] || [[ -z ${2} ]] ; then
-	echo "$0: Need two arguments, old file and new file" 1>&2
+	helpers_die "$0: Need two arguments, old file and new file"
 	exit 1
 fi
 
 if [ ! -e "$1" ] ; then
-	echo "!!! ${0##*/}: $1 does not exist" 1>&2
+	helpers_die "!!! ${0##*/}: $1 does not exist"
 	exit 1
 fi
 
diff --git a/bin/ebuild.sh b/bin/ebuild.sh
index ee565b1f7..01fa46217 100755
--- a/bin/ebuild.sh
+++ b/bin/ebuild.sh
@@ -779,7 +779,11 @@ into() {
 	else
 		export DESTTREE=$1
 		if [ ! -d "${D}${DESTTREE}" ]; then
-			install -d "${D}${DESTTREE}"
+			if ! install -d "${D}${DESTTREE}"; then
+				ret=$?
+				[[ $ret -ne 0 ]] && helpers_die "$0 failed"
+				return $ret
+			fi
 		fi
 	fi
 }
@@ -790,7 +794,11 @@ insinto() {
 	else
 		export INSDESTTREE=$1
 		if [ ! -d "${D}${INSDESTTREE}" ]; then
-			install -d "${D}${INSDESTTREE}"
+			if ! install -d "${D}${INSDESTTREE}"; then
+				ret=$?
+				[[ $ret -ne 0 ]] && helpers_die "$0 failed"
+				return $ret
+			fi
 		fi
 	fi
 }
@@ -801,7 +809,11 @@ exeinto() {
 	else
 		export _E_EXEDESTTREE_="$1"
 		if [ ! -d "${D}${_E_EXEDESTTREE_}" ]; then
-			install -d "${D}${_E_EXEDESTTREE_}"
+			if ! install -d "${D}${_E_EXEDESTTREE_}"; then
+				ret=$?
+				[[ $ret -ne 0 ]] && helpers_die "$0 failed"
+				return $ret
+			fi
 		fi
 	fi
 }
@@ -812,7 +824,11 @@ docinto() {
 	else
 		export _E_DOCDESTTREE_="$1"
 		if [ ! -d "${D}usr/share/doc/${PF}/${_E_DOCDESTTREE_}" ]; then
-			install -d "${D}usr/share/doc/${PF}/${_E_DOCDESTTREE_}"
+			if ! install -d "${D}usr/share/doc/${PF}/${_E_DOCDESTTREE_}"; then
+				ret=$?
+				[[ $ret -ne 0 ]] && helpers_die "$0 failed"
+				return $ret
+			fi
 		fi
 	fi
 }
diff --git a/bin/isolated-functions.sh b/bin/isolated-functions.sh
index fb6ad64ff..ddcf8f0d7 100644
--- a/bin/isolated-functions.sh
+++ b/bin/isolated-functions.sh
@@ -70,6 +70,17 @@ nonfatal() {
 	PORTAGE_NONFATAL=1 "$@"
 }
 
+helpers_die() {
+	case "${EAPI:-0}" in
+		0|1|2|3)
+			echo -e "$@" >&2
+			;;
+		*)
+			die "$@"
+			;;
+	esac
+}
+
 die() {
 	if [[ $PORTAGE_NONFATAL -eq 1 ]]; then
 		echo -e " $WARN*$NORMAL ${FUNCNAME[1]}: WARNING: $@" >&2