I noticed that dev-libs/pwlib-1.8.4 has +esd USE flag on by default. I don't have it in my personal USE flags. I don't care if it uses esd by default or not, however it does not emerge the required dependencies, that is, enlightenment sound daemon. The error message is obviously: g++: /usr/lib/libesd.a: No such file or directory make[1]: *** [/var/tmp/portage/pwlib-1.8.4/work/pwlib-1.8.4/lib/libpt_linux_x86_r.so.1.8.4] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/pwlib-1.8.4/work/pwlib-1.8.4/src/ptlib/unix' make: *** [opt] Error 2 !!! ERROR: dev-libs/pwlib-1.8.4 failed. !!! Function src_compile, Line 105, Exitcode 2 !!! make failed !!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, NOT this status message. As I stateb before, I don't have in my make.conf the 'esd' USE flag nor I need it. Ideas why this is happening? Thanks for your time :) Portage 2.0.51.22-r2 (default-linux/x86/2005.0, gcc-3.4.4, glibc-2.3.5-r1, 2.6.12-gentoo-r7 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.12-gentoo-r7 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1800+ Gentoo Base System version 1.12.0_pre3 distcc 2.18.3 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] dev-lang/python: 2.3.4-r1, 2.4.1-r1 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.11 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r7 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6 sys-devel/binutils: 2.16.1 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.18-r1 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon-xp -ftracer -fomit-frame-pointer -ffast-math -pipe -falign-functions=4 -fforce-addr" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/env /usr/kde/3.4/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon-xp -ftracer -fomit-frame-pointer -ffast-math -pipe -falign-functions=4 -fforce-addr" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig buildpkg ccache distlocks fixpackages sandbox sfperms strict usersandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://linuv.uv.es/mirror/gentoo/ http://gentoo.blueyonder.co.uk http://mirror.gentoo.no/ http://gentoo.prz.rzeszow.pl http://ftp.du.se/pub/os/gentoo" LANG="es_ES@euro.UTF-8" LC_ALL="es_ES@euro.UTF-8" LINGUAS="es el" MAKEOPTS="-j1" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 X acpi acpi4linux alsa apache apache2 apm arts audiofile avi berkdb bitmap-fonts blender-game bluetooth bootsplash bzlib c++ caps cddb cdinstall cdparanoia cdr cdrom chroot clamav clanVoice codecs crypt cups curl dga dio divx4linux dvd dvdr dvdread eds emboss encode erandom esd ethereal fam fbcon flac flash foomaticdb fortran freetype gd gdbm gif gimp gimpprint gmp gnome gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 icq imagemagick imlib ipv6 java jikes jpeg junit kde lcms ldap libg++ libwww live mad memlimit mikmod mmx mmx2 motif mozilla mp3 mpeg msn ncurses network nls nocd nptl nptlonly nvidia ogg oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl pic png ppds python qt quicktime readline rtc ruby samba sdl session slang spell sse sse2 ssl svg szip tcltk tcpd tiff truetype truetype-fonts ttf type1-fonts unicode usb userlocales v4l v4l2 videos vorbis wmf xml xml2 xmms xv xvid zlib linguas_es linguas_el userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc" Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, LDFLAGS
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 100432 ***