The ebuild a DEPEND and RDEPEND of >=virtual/jdk-1.2 but the
files/bcel-5.1-gentoo-buildxml.diff enforces 1.4. Just setting it to 1.2 instead
allows it to be build with JDK 1.3
$ diff -u files/bcel-5.1-gentoo-buildxml.diff.orig
files/bcel-5.1-gentoo-buildxml.diff
--- files/bcel-5.1-gentoo-buildxml.diff.orig 2005-11-10 10:55:03.000000000 +0100
+++ files/bcel-5.1-gentoo-buildxml.diff 2005-11-10 10:51:07.000000000 +0100
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
+ destdir="${build.dest}"
+ classpath="${class.path}"
+ debug="off"
-+ target="1.4"
-+ source="1.4">
++ target="1.2"
++ source="1.2">
+ <classpath>
+ <pathelement path="${regexp.jar}"/>
+ </classpath>
Ah, very good catch. Very sorry about this, this has been fixed in the tree.
Please wait about 2 hours and then try again.