Судя по всему, после обновления libshell.

% rpm -q libshell gear
libshell-0.0.9-alt1
gear-1.5.2-alt1

% gear-remote-hsh --build-only -m hsh --remote-repo --commit --target=i586 --apt-config=/etc/apt/apt.conf.SS.i586 devel.distance.ru /tmp/.private/vvk/hasher-SS-i586
[master]: created 48e1724: "Temporary commit by gear."
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
Pseudo-terminal will not be allocated because stdin is not a terminal.
ssh: Could not resolve hostname sh -efu: Name or service not known


При вызове с gear-command-remote-build -x видно, что неправильно выставились переменные:
+ verbose=
+ outdir=out
+ target=i586
+ server=--apt-config=/etc/apt/apt.conf.SS.i586
+ workdir=devel.distance.ru
+ method=hsh
+ not_remote_repo=1