R 1.7.1 is out (http://cran.r-project.org/src/base/NEWS). Here's an updated ebuild, which also includes the fix in bug #22018 Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3.
Created attachment 13431 [details] R 1.7.1 ebuild
*** Bug 22018 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Hi Tristan. Thank you for submission. I have processed and committed the ebuild. Please test. George
Seems to work for me. Here's my info for reference: palmer:/> emerge info Portage 2.0.48-r1 (default-1.0, gcc-2.95.3, glibc-2.2.5-r8) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.21 i686 Transmeta(tm) Crusoe(tm) Processor TM5800 GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /var/qmail/control /usr/share/config /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" USE="x86 apm avi crypt cups encode libg++ mmx mpeg ncurses pdflib quicktime spell truetype xml2 xmms xv berkdb esd gdbm gif gnome-libs gpm gtk imlib java libwww motif oggvorbis pam python readline sdl snmp ssl svga tcpd -3dnow alsa apache2 -arts bonobo cdr curses dga dvd emacs ethereal evo fbcon gnome gtk2 gtkhtml guile jpeg -kde lcms -lirc -mikmod mysql nas -nls odbc -opengl oss pcmcia pda perl pic plotutils png pnp -qt -qtmt samba -slang smooth tcltk tetex tiff trusted usb vim-with-x xml X zlib" COMPILER="" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-mcpu=i686 -march=i686 -O3 -pipe" CXXFLAGS="-mcpu=i686 -march=i686 -O3 -pipe" ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" MAKEOPTS="-j2" AUTOCLEAN="yes" SYNC="rsync://rsync.namerica.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" FEATURES="ccache digest sandbox strict"
Hi, we can probably close this bug since R 1.8.0 is now out and in portage.
Marking as fixed.