MySQL : Installation of system tables failed!

Сразу : с юниксом пока еще мало знаком, но достаточно перечитал чтобы установить Gentoo, поставить и настроить все что мне нужно и ,собственно, споткнулся на конфигурировании MySQL. Сама установка прошла успешно.
# emerge --config =dev-db/mysql-5.0.72-r1
Configuring pkg...

* Creating the mysql database and setting proper
* permissions on it ...
* Insert a password for the mysql 'root' user
* Avoid ["'\_%] characters in the password
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* Retype the password
>
*
* ERROR: dev-db/mysql-5.0.72-r1 failed.
* Call stack:
* ebuild.sh, line 49: Called pkg_config
* environment, line 3359: Called mysql_pkg_config
* environment, line 3057: Called die
* The specific snippet of code:
* die "Failed to run mysql_install_db. Please review /var/log/mysql/mysqld.err AND ${TMPDIR}/mysql_install_db.log";
* The die message:
* Failed to run mysql_install_db. Please review /var/log/mysql/mysqld.err AND /var/tmp/portage/dev-db/mysql-5.0.72-r1/temp/mysql_install_db.log
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* If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack if relevant.
* A complete build log is located at '/var/tmp/portage/dev-db/mysql-5.0.72-r1/temp/build.log'.
* The ebuild environment file is located at '/var/tmp/portage/dev-db/mysql-5.0.72-r1/temp/environment'.
* This ebuild is from an overlay: '/var/db/pkg/'
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Нигде не нашел внятных рекомендаций по решению, хотя проблема существует. Сам пока тоже не знаю куда копать.