I'm trying to update gnome and have run into build problems with control-center, gnome-panel, and nautilus-cd-burner. All three builds end with: libtool: link: `/usr/lib/libfam.la' is not a valid libtool archive Additional exploration reveals that the fam and gamin packages conflict. Perhaps the solution to the initial problem is a conflict check/notification. Here's the output of 'emerge --info': Gentoo Base System version 1.6.14 Portage 2.0.54-r2 (default-linux/x86/2006.0, gcc-3.4.6, glibc-2.3.6-r3, 2.6.15-gentoo-r5 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.15-gentoo-r5 i686 Pentium III (Katmai) distcc 2.18.3 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [enabled] dev-lang/python: 2.4.2 dev-python/pycrypto: [Not Present] dev-util/ccache: [Not Present] dev-util/confcache: [Not Present] sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.17 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-r1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.16.1 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.22 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=i686 -O2 -pipe" 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/eselect/compiler /etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=i686 -O2 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig distcc distlocks sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 X alsa apache2 apm audiofile avi berkdb bitmap-fonts bzip2 cdr cli crypt ctype cups cvs dba dri eds elibc_glibc emacs emacs-w3 encode ethereal exif expat fam fastbuild fbcon fbsplash font-server force-cgi-redirect ftp gd gdb gdbm gif glut gmp gnome gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 gtkhtml guile iconv idn imlib java jpeg junit kde kernel_linux lcms libg++ libwww logrotate logwatch memlimit mng motif mozilla mp3 mpeg ncurses nls nptl nptlonly ogg opengl oss pam pcre pdflib perl png posix pppd python qt quicktime rcp readline reflection rsh samba sdl session simplexml slang soap sockets spell spl sqlite3 ssl tcltk tcpd tiff tokenizer truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts udev userland_GNU vorbis xinerama xml xml2 xmms xorg xsl xv zlib" Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
fam and gamin block each other.... rm -f /usr/lib/libfam.la and re-emerge whichever of them you are using.
