ERROR: prerm

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/log/ebuild/sys-apps:texinfo-4.8-r5:20080330-072556.log'.
The ebuild environment file is located at '/var/tmp/binpkgs/sys-apps/texinfo-4.8-r5/temp/environment'.

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.