Without export emacs=no in the ebuild, I get this error, even with USE='-emacs' if test "emacs" != no; then \ set x; \ list='start-po.el po-mode.el po-compat.el'; for p in $list; do \ if test -f "$p"; then d=; else d="./"; fi; \ set x "$@" "$d$p"; shift; \ done; \ shift; \ EMACS="emacs" /bin/sh ../../build-aux/elisp-comp "$@" || exit 1; \ else : ; fi Warning: arch-dependent data dir (/usr/libexec/emacs/21.4/i686-pc-linux-gnu/) does not exist. Warning: arch-independent data dir (/usr/share/emacs/21.4/etc/) does not exist. Warning: Lisp directory `/usr/share/emacs/21.4/site-lisp' does not exist. Warning: Lisp directory `/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp' does not exist. Warning: Lisp directory `/usr/share/emacs/21.4/leim' does not exist. Warning: Lisp directory `/usr/share/emacs/21.4/lisp' does not exist. Cannot open load file: disp-table make[3]: *** [elc-stamp] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/gettext-0.15/work/gettext-0.15/gettext-tools/misc' make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/gettext-0.15/work/gettext-0.15/gettext-tools' make[1]: *** [all] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/gettext-0.15/work/gettext-0.15/gettext-tools' make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 !!! ERROR: sys-devel/gettext-0.15 failed. Call stack: ebuild.sh, line 1546: Called dyn_compile ebuild.sh, line 937: Called src_compile gettext-0.15.ebuild, line 64: Called die !!! (no error message) !!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack if relevant. Changing the line: 'use emacs || export EMACS=no' to 'use emacs || export EMACS=no && export emacs=no' makes it ignore emacs.
should be fixed in cvs now