There's a fault in the src_configure-v53.eblit file supplied as part of dev-lang/php There seems to be a set of quotes missing on the end of line 167. # Oracle support if use oci8-instant-client ; then my_conf+=" $(use_with oci8-instant-client oci8) which (I believe) whould be # Oracle support if use oci8-instant-client ; then my_conf+=" $(use_with oci8-instant-client oci8)" Graham.
I can confirm this problem. Please test stuff before you upload.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 406107 ***