Bugzilla Bug 186472

It works ok for me under amd64

Portage 2.1.2.9 (default-linux/amd64/2007.0, gcc-4.1.2, glibc-2.5-r4,
2.6.22-gentoo-r1 x86_64)
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System uname: 2.6.22-gentoo-r1 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+
Gentoo Base System release 1.12.9
Timestamp of tree: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:00:01 +0000
ccache version 2.4 [enabled]
dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.0.33-r1
dev-lang/python:     2.4.4-r4
dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5
dev-util/ccache:     2.4-r7
sys-apps/sandbox:    1.2.17
sys-devel/autoconf:  2.13, 2.61
sys-devel/automake:  1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10
sys-devel/binutils:  2.17
sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.16
sys-devel/libtool:   1.5.23b
virtual/os-headers:  2.6.21
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-march=k8 -O2 -pipe -msse3"
CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config
/usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild
/etc/splash /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/web2c"
CXXFLAGS="-march=k8 -O2 -pipe -msse3"
DISTDIR="/usr/distfiles"
FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache collision-protect cvs distlocks metadata-transfer
multilib-strict parallel-fetch sandbox sfperms strict"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://ftp.belnet.be/mirror/rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo/"
LANG="es_ES.UTF-8"
LC_ALL="es_ES.UTF-8"
LINGUAS="es en_US"
MAKEOPTS="-j2"
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
--filter=H_**/files/digest-*"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/portage/local/layman/musicbrainz
/usr/portage/local/layman/sunrise /usr/local/portage"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="3dnow 3dnowext X a52 aac acpi alsa amd64 arts asf audiofile avahi
bash-completion beagle bitmap-fonts bzip2 bzlib cairo caps cdb cdda cddb
cdparanoia cdr cli cpdflib cpudetection cracklib cross crypt cups curl daap
dbus dga divx4linux dlloader dri dts dvb dvd dvdr dvdread eds encode erandom
escreen esd evo evolution exif fam fbcon flac foomaticdb fortran ftp galago gb
gcj ggi gif gimp gimpprint glitz glut glx gnome gnome-print gphoto2 gpm
gstreamer gtk gtk2 gtkhtml hal iconv idn imagemagick imlib isdnlog ithreads
jabber java jpeg kde kdeenablefinal kdehiddenvisibility latex lcms libg++
libnotify logrotate mad madwifi midi mikmod mime mmx mmxext mng mono motif mp3
mpeg mpi mplayer mudflap musepack musicbrainz nas nautilus ncurses nethack
network nls nocardbus nptl nptlonly nvidia ogg oggvorbis openal opengl openmp
pam pcre pdf perl pic plotutils png posix ppds pppd python qt3 qt4 quicktime
readline reflection rtc ruby scanner sdl seamonkey session slang slp sockets
spell spl sse sse2 sse3 ssl startup-notification svg sysvipc tcltk tcpd tetex
theora threads tiff timidity tk totem trayicon truetype truetype-fonts
type1-fonts unicode usb v4l v4l2 vcd videos vim vorbis wma wmf xcomposite xine
xml xml2 xorg xpm xv xvid zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem
bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel
intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci"
ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file
hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mulaw multi null plug rate route
share shm softvol" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse" KERNEL="linux"
LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses
text" LINGUAS="es en_US" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia nv vesa fbdev vga"
Unset:  CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LDFLAGS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS,
PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS


Reproducible: Always

I think this bug can be closed - 3.7.2 is in Portage, and working fine for me.
:)

cc-ing proper arches.

sci-astronomy/xephem-3.7.2

* Emerges on AMD64.
* Works.

- -
Portage 2.1.3.19 (default-linux/amd64/2007.0, gcc-4.1.2, glibc-2.6.1-r0,
2.6.23-gentoo-r3 x86_64)
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System uname: 2.6.23-gentoo-r3 x86_64 AMD Turion(tm) 64 X2 Mobile Technology
TL-56
Timestamp of tree: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:30:01 +0000
distcc 2.18.3 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632)
[disabled]
app-shells/bash:     3.2_p17-r1
dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.0.33-r1
dev-lang/python:     2.4.4-r6
dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r6
sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.10-r5
sys-apps/sandbox:    1.2.18.1-r2
sys-devel/autoconf:  2.13, 2.61-r1
sys-devel/automake:  1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10
sys-devel/binutils:  2.18-r1
sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.0-r4
sys-devel/libtool:   1.5.24
virtual/os-headers:  2.6.23-r2
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64"
CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-march=k8 -Os -msse3 -pipe"
CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config
/usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /var/bind"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf
/etc/gconf /etc/php/apache2-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5/ext-active/
/etc/php/cli-php5/ext-active/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo
/etc/texmf/web2c /etc/udev/rules.d"
CXXFLAGS="-march=k8 -Os -msse3 -pipe"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="collision-protect distlocks metadata-transfer multilib-strict
parallel-fetch sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-orphans userfetch"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://213.186.33.38/gentoo-distfiles/
http://213.186.33.37/gentoo-distfiles/"
LANG="C"
LC_ALL="C"
MAKEOPTS="-j4"
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
--filter=H_**/files/digest-*"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="3dnow 3dnowext X a52 aac acpi alsa amd64 amr amrnb amrwb bash-completion
berkdb bitmap-fonts branding bzip2 cairo cli cracklib crypt cups dbus divx dvd
dvdr emerald ffmpeg firefox flac fortran gd gdbm gif glade glib glitz gtk
gtkspell hal hddtemp iconv insecure-savers isdnlog javascript jpeg jpeg2k kqemu
libcaca libnotify midi mmx mmxext mp2 mp3 mp4 mpeg mplayer mudflap musicbrainz
mysql ncurses nls nptl nptlonly offensive ogg opengl openmp pam pcre png pppd
python quicktime readline realmedia reflection samba sdl session smp spell spl
sse sse2 ssl stream svg syslog taglib tcpd threads truetype truetype-fonts
type1 type1-fonts unicode v4l v4l2 vhosts vim-syntax vorbis wmp xcomposite xorg
xosd xpm xscreensaver xvid zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp
atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801
hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem
ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug
file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mulaw multi null plug rate
route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias
authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default
authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache dav dav_fs
dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter
headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation
rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias"
ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev synaptics joystick"
KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="xosd" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="nv nvidia none"
Unset:  CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS,
PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS

amd64 stable

x86 stable

ppc and ppc64 done

stable now.