checking whether TCP timers depend on `hz'... no tail: `-1' option is obsolete; use `-n 1' Try `tail --help' for more information. tail: `-1' option is obsolete; use `-n 1' Try `tail --help' for more information. checking ... (cached) 3 tail: `-1' option is obsolete; use `-n 1' Try `tail --help' for more information. checking ... (cached) root@Unknown tail: `-1' option is obsolete; use `-n 1' Try `tail --help' for more information. checking ... (cached) Unknown tail: `-1' option is obsolete; use `-n 1' Try `tail --help' for more information. checking ... (cached) /var/log/net-snmpd.log tail: `-1' option is obsolete; use `-n 1' Try `tail --help' for more information. ---------------------------------------------------- Portage 2.0.49-r15 (default-alpha-1.4, gcc-3.3.2, glibc-2.3.2-r9, 2.4.21-alpha-r1) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.21-alpha-r1 alpha EV67 Gentoo Base System version 1.4.3.12 distcc 2.11.2 alphaev67-unknown-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] ccache version 2.3 [enabled] ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="alpha ~alpha" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-mcpu=ev67 -O3 -pipe -mieee" CHOST="alphaev67-unknown-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /var/qmail/control /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/3.1/share/config /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/cups /etc/init.d /etc/openldap /etc/postfix/sample /etc/sound /etc/X11/app-defaults /etc/X11/rstart /etc/X11/serverconfig /etc/X11/Sessions /etc/X11/starthere /etc/X11/sysconfig /etc/X11/xdm /etc/X11/xinit /etc/X11/xkb /etc/gconf /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-mcpu=ev67 -O3 -pipe -mieee" DISTDIR="/usr/distfiles" FEATURES="sandbox ccache cvs noauto keepwork noclean" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://kant.zk3.dec.com/gentoo/mirror/sources/ http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/usr/local/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/home/agriffis/proj/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="alpha crypt cups encode foomaticdb gif jpeg libg++ mikmod ncurses nls oss pdflib png quicktime spell truetype xml2 xmms xv zlib gtkhtml gdbm berkdb readline tetex bonobo tcltk guile X sdl gpm tcpd pam libwww ssl python imlib oggvorbis gnome gtk qt motif opengl mozilla ldap cdr -alsa -apm -arts -esd -java -kde -slang cscope ev6 perl ruby imap snmp socks5 moznoirc moznomail moznocompose gtk2"
i've created a bug upstream http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=848317&group_id=12694&atid=112694
Created attachment 22366 [details, diff] net-snmp-5.0.9-r3.ebuild.diff This uses the fixheadtails eclass to fix the obsolete tail calls.
fixed in cvs. thanks.