Nvu is not multilib-clean - it should install 64-bit binaries in /usr/lib64 - not /usr/lib. This is for LSB-compliance. Use $(get_libdir) from multilib.eclass to obtain the correct install path for libs on all archs. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Gentoo Base System version 1.6.13 Portage 2.0.51.22-r2 (default-linux/amd64/2005.0, gcc-3.4.4, glibc-2.3.5-r1, 2.6.12-gentoo-r9-rf33 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.12-gentoo-r9-rf33 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+ distcc 2.18.3 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] ccache version 2.3 [enabled] dev-lang/python: 2.3.5 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.12 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r6 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: 2.15.92.0.2-r10 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.18-r1 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=k8 -Os -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -frename-registers -fweb -fstack-protector" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /home /opt/zetagrid /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.2/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/env /usr/kde/3.3/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/shutdown /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/lib64/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /var/bind /var/freenet /var/qmail/control /var/www" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=k8 -Os -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -frename-registers -fweb -fstack-protector" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig buildpkg ccache distlocks nostrip sandbox sfperms strict userpriv usersandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://gentoo.mirrors.pair.com/ http://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo http://gentoo.mirrors.pair.com/ ftp://ftp.ussg.iu.edu/pub/linux/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/var/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.us.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="amd64 4kstacks X aac aalib aim alsa apache2 arts avi bash-completion berkdb bitmap-fonts bonobo canna cdparanoia cdr crypt css cups curl dba dts dv dvd eds encode esd ethereal fam fbcon firefox flac foomaticdb fortran freetype gd gdbm gif gimpprint glut gmail gnome gphoto2 gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 gtkhtml guile iconv imagemagick imap imlib innodb ipv6 jabber jack java jpeg junit kde kerberos ldap libwww lm_sensors lzw lzw-tiff mad maildir memlimit mikmod motif mozilla mozsvg mp3 mpeg mpeg4 mplayer msn mysql ncurses nls nptl ntlm oav ogg oggvorbis opengl pam pda pdflib perl php png python qt quicktime readline ruby samba sasl sdl session slang smime speex spell ssl svg tcltk tcpd tetex theora tiff timidity truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts usb userlocales vorbis wmf xine xml xml2 xmms xpm xv xvid zlib userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc" Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS
-r2 has the same problem...
1.0-r1 works fine
... when you have FEATURES=-multilib-strict. bleh, i hate it.
1.0-r1 now really does work fine ;-)