diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-devel/binutils/binutils-2.42-r2.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-devel/binutils/binutils-2.42-r2.ebuild
index 5e6ae95311..7b0f6ea29f 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-devel/binutils/binutils-2.42-r2.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-devel/binutils/binutils-2.42-r2.ebuild
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ src_install() {
 pkg_postinst() {
 	# Make sure this ${CTARGET} has a binutils version selected
 	[[ -e ${EROOT}/etc/env.d/binutils/config-${CTARGET} ]] && return 0
-	binutils-config ${CTARGET}-${PV}
+	binutils-config ${CTARGET}-${PV} || eerror binutils-config returned an error
 }
 
 pkg_postrm() {
@@ -517,12 +517,12 @@ pkg_postrm() {
 		choice=${choice//$'\n'/ }
 		choice=${choice/* }
 		if [[ -z ${choice} ]] ; then
-			binutils-config -u ${CTARGET}
+			binutils-config -u ${CTARGET} || eerror binutils-config returned an error
 		else
-			binutils-config ${choice}
+			binutils-config ${choice} || eerror binutils-config returned an error
 		fi
 	elif [[ $(CHOST=${CTARGET} binutils-config -c) == ${CTARGET}-${PV} ]] ; then
-		binutils-config ${CTARGET}-${PV}
+		binutils-config ${CTARGET}-${PV} || eerror binutils-config returned an error
 	fi
 }
 
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-devel/binutils/binutils-9999.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-devel/binutils/binutils-9999.ebuild
index ec36fb66e1..ccf31a1014 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-devel/binutils/binutils-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-devel/binutils/binutils-9999.ebuild
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ src_install() {
 pkg_postinst() {
 	# Make sure this ${CTARGET} has a binutils version selected
 	[[ -e ${EROOT}/etc/env.d/binutils/config-${CTARGET} ]] && return 0
-	binutils-config ${CTARGET}-${PV}
+	binutils-config ${CTARGET}-${PV} || eerror binutils-config returned an error
 }
 
 pkg_postrm() {
@@ -511,12 +511,12 @@ pkg_postrm() {
 		choice=${choice//$'\n'/ }
 		choice=${choice/* }
 		if [[ -z ${choice} ]] ; then
-			binutils-config -u ${CTARGET}
+			binutils-config -u ${CTARGET} || eerror binutils-config returned an error
 		else
-			binutils-config ${choice}
+			binutils-config ${choice} || eerror binutils-config returned an error
 		fi
 	elif [[ $(CHOST=${CTARGET} binutils-config -c) == ${CTARGET}-${PV} ]] ; then
-		binutils-config ${CTARGET}-${PV}
+		binutils-config ${CTARGET}-${PV} || eerror binutils-config returned an error
 	fi
 }