Bugzilla Bug 143149

odbc_config has an option called --static-libs, which suggests that the static
library /usr/lib/libodbc.a should be used. However this file does not exist. It
may have been compiled but it was never installed.

Portage 2.1-r1 (default-linux/x86/no-nptl, gcc-3.4.6, glibc-2.3.6-r3,
2.6.16-gentoo-r7 i686)
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System uname: 2.6.16-gentoo-r7 i686 Pentium III (Coppermine)
Gentoo Base System version 1.6.15
distcc 2.18.3 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632)
[disabled]
app-admin/eselect-compiler: [Not Present]
dev-lang/python:     2.4.3-r1
dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5
dev-util/ccache:     [Not Present]
dev-util/confcache:  [Not Present]
sys-apps/sandbox:    1.2.17
sys-devel/autoconf:  2.13, 2.59-r7
sys-devel/automake:  1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2
sys-devel/binutils:  2.16.1-r3
sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.13-r3
sys-devel/libtool:   1.5.22
virtual/os-headers:  2.6.11-r2
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium3 -pipe"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config
/usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/config"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo"
CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium3 -pipe"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="autoconfig distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo"
MAKEOPTS="-j3"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress
--force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180
--exclude='/distfiles' --exclude='/local' --exclude='/packages'"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="x86 X apache2 apm avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cgi cli crypt dlloader dri eds
emboss encode fam foomaticdb fortran gd gdbm gif gpm gstreamer gtk2 imlib
isdnlog javascript kde libg++ libwww mad mikmod motif mp3 mpeg ncurses nls ogg
oss pam pcre pdflib perl pic png postgres pppd python qt qt3 qt4 quicktime
readline reflection sasl session spell spl sqllite ssl subversion tcpd truetype
truetype-fonts type1-fonts usb vorbis xml xmms xorg xv zlib elibc_glibc
input_devices_keyboard input_devices_mouse input_devices_evdev kernel_linux
userland_GNU"
Unset:  CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS,
LINGUAS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS

fixed in 2.2.12 now.