Not 100% sure but I think this started with the update to kernel 2.6.17 home ~ # emerge -1 svgalib Calculating dependencies... done! >>> Emerging (1 of 1) media-libs/svgalib-1.9.24 to / >>> checking ebuild checksums ;-) >>> checking auxfile checksums ;-) >>> checking miscfile checksums ;-) >>> checking svgalib-1.9.24.tar.gz ;-) * Determining the location of the kernel source code * Found kernel source directory: * /usr/src/linux * Found sources for kernel version: * 2.6.17-gentoo >>> Unpacking source... >>> Unpacking svgalib-1.9.24.tar.gz to /var/tmp/portage/svgalib-1.9.24/work ... make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/svgalib-1.9.24/work/svgalib-1.9.24/threeDKit' * Preparing svgalib_helper module make -C /usr/src/linux SUBDIRS=/var/tmp/portage/svgalib-1.9.24/work/svgalib-1.9.24/kernel/svgalib_helper CLASS_CFLAGS= modules make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.17-gentoo' CC [M] /var/tmp/portage/svgalib-1.9.24/work/svgalib-1.9.24/kernel/svgalib_helper/main.o CC [M] /var/tmp/portage/svgalib-1.9.24/work/svgalib-1.9.24/kernel/svgalib_helper/i810.o CC [M] /var/tmp/portage/svgalib-1.9.24/work/svgalib-1.9.24/kernel/svgalib_helper/interrupt.o /var/tmp/portage/svgalib-1.9.24/work/svgalib-1.9.24/kernel/svgalib_helper/main.c:773: error: expected ‘)’ before string constant /var/tmp/portage/svgalib-1.9.24/work/svgalib-1.9.24/kernel/svgalib_helper/main.c:776: error: expected ‘)’ before string constant CC [M] /var/tmp/portage/svgalib-1.9.24/work/svgalib-1.9.24/kernel/svgalib_helper/virtual.o make[2]: *** [/var/tmp/portage/svgalib-1.9.24/work/svgalib-1.9.24/kernel/svgalib_helper/main.o] Error 1 make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... make[1]: *** [_module_/var/tmp/portage/svgalib-1.9.24/work/svgalib-1.9.24/kernel/svgalib_helper] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.17-gentoo' make: *** [default] Error 2 !!! ERROR: media-libs/svgalib-1.9.24 failed. Call stack: ebuild.sh, line 1540: Called dyn_compile ebuild.sh, line 940: Called src_compile svgalib-1.9.24.ebuild, line 82: Called linux-mod_src_compile linux-mod.eclass, line 515: Called die !!! Unable to make KDIR=/usr/src/linux default. !!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack if relevant. Portage 2.1.1_pre1-r1 (default-linux/x86/2005.1, gcc-4.1.1/vanilla, glibc-2.4-r3, 2.6.17-gentoo i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.17-gentoo i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.20GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.12.1 distcc 2.18.3 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] dev-lang/python: 2.4.3-r1 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5 dev-util/ccache: [Not Present] dev-util/confcache: [Not Present] sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.18.1 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-r2 sys-devel/binutils: 2.16.1-r2 sys-devel/gcc-config: 2.0.0_rc1 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.22 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r5 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=prescott -mtune=prescott -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/eselect/compiler /etc/gconf /etc/java-config/vms/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/web2c" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=prescott -mtune=prescott -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig collision-protect distlocks metadata-transfer parallel-fetch sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.ITDNet.net/gentoo" LANG="en_US.UTF8" LC_ALL="en_US.UTF8" LINGUAS="en de" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180 --exclude='/distfiles' --exclude='/local' --exclude='/packages'" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage/obelix /usr/local/portage/java-migration/migration /usr/local/portage/java-migration/obelix /usr/local/portage/java-migration/migration-packages" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X aac acl alsa apache2 avi bash-completion bzip2 cairo cdr crypt cups dbus doc dri dts dvd dvdr dvdread elibc_glibc encode esd exif fam ffmpeg firefox flac gd gif glitz glut gmp gnutls gphoto2 gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 hal howl imagemagick jpeg kde kdeenablefinal kdehiddenvisibility kernel_linux lcms logrotate mad mikmod mmap mmx mng mp3 mpeg ncurses nls nptl nsplugin nvidia ogg opengl pam pdf pic png qt quicktime readline sdl session snmp spell sqlite sse sse2 ssl svg threads tidy tiff truetype unicode usb userland_GNU vcd vorbis win32codecs wmf x86 xine xml xml2 xv xvid zlib input_devices_keyboard input_devices_mouse input_devices_evdev linguas_en linguas_de video_cards_nvidia video_cards_nv video_cards_vesa video_cards_fbdev video_cards_vga" Unset: CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LDFLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS
Same here, must be 2.6.17 related. I was using 1.9.21-r1 with 2.6.16 kernels with no problems, now it's this error. Tried also 1.9.24, with same error (just slightly different line numbers). * Preparing svgalib_helper module make -C /usr/src/linux SUBDIRS=/var/tmp/portage/svgalib-1.9.24/work/svgalib-1.9.24/kernel/svgalib_helper CLASS_CFLAGS= modules make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.17-gentoo' CC [M] /var/tmp/portage/svgalib-1.9.24/work/svgalib-1.9.24/kernel/svgalib_helper/main.o /var/tmp/portage/svgalib-1.9.24/work/svgalib-1.9.24/kernel/svgalib_helper/main.c:773: error: syntax error before string constant /var/tmp/portage/svgalib-1.9.24/work/svgalib-1.9.24/kernel/svgalib_helper/main.c:773: warning: type defaults to `int' in declaration of `MODULE_PARM' /var/tmp/portage/svgalib-1.9.24/work/svgalib-1.9.24/kernel/svgalib_helper/main.c:773: warning: function declaration isn't a prototype /var/tmp/portage/svgalib-1.9.24/work/svgalib-1.9.24/kernel/svgalib_helper/main.c:773: warning: data definition has no type or storage class /var/tmp/portage/svgalib-1.9.24/work/svgalib-1.9.24/kernel/svgalib_helper/main.c:776: error: syntax error before string constant /var/tmp/portage/svgalib-1.9.24/work/svgalib-1.9.24/kernel/svgalib_helper/main.c:776: warning: type defaults to `int' in declaration of `MODULE_PARM' /var/tmp/portage/svgalib-1.9.24/work/svgalib-1.9.24/kernel/svgalib_helper/main.c:776: warning: function declaration isn't a prototype /var/tmp/portage/svgalib-1.9.24/work/svgalib-1.9.24/kernel/svgalib_helper/main.c:776: warning: data definition has no type or storage class make[2]: *** [/var/tmp/portage/svgalib-1.9.24/work/svgalib-1.9.24/kernel/svgalib_helper/main.o] Error 1 make[1]: *** [_module_/var/tmp/portage/svgalib-1.9.24/work/svgalib-1.9.24/kernel/svgalib_helper] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.17-gentoo' make: *** [default] Error 2 !!! ERROR: media-libs/svgalib-1.9.24 failed. Call stack: ebuild.sh, line 1540: Called dyn_compile ebuild.sh, line 940: Called src_compile svgalib-1.9.24.ebuild, line 82: Called linux-mod_src_compile linux-mod.eclass, line 515: Called die !!! Unable to make KDIR=/usr/src/linux default. !!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack if relevant. # emerge --info Portage 2.1.1_pre1-r1 (default-linux/x86/2006.0, gcc-3.4.6, glibc-2.3.6-r3, 2.6.17-gentoo i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.17-gentoo i686 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+ Gentoo Base System version 1.12.1 ccache version 2.3 [enabled] dev-lang/python: 2.3.5-r2, 2.4.2 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5 dev-util/ccache: 2.3 dev-util/confcache: 0.4.2-r1 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-r2 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.13-r2 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.22 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon64 -msse3 -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/gconf /etc/java-config/vms/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon64 -msse3 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage-distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig ccache confcache distlocks parallel-fetch sandbox sfperms strict userfetch userpriv usersandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://ftp.sh.cvut.cz/MIRRORS/gentoo ftp://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/Linux/gentoo" LANG="en_US.utf8" LINGUAS="en cs" PKGDIR="/usr/portage-packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180 --exclude='/distfiles' --exclude='/local' --exclude='/packages'" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/overlays/java-experimental /usr/local/overlays/java-migration /usr/local/overlays/java-migration-packages /usr/local/overlays/caster" SYNC="rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage " USE="x86 3dnow 3dnowext 7zip X aac alsa apache2 apm audiofile avi bash-completion berkdb bitmap-fonts bluetooth bzip2 caps cdr cjk cli crypt cups curl dbus directfb dlloader dri dts dvd dvdr eds emboss encode esd fam fbcon ffmpeg fftw firefox flac foomaticdb fortran gdbm ggi gif gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 hal icq idn imlib ipv6 isdnlog java javascript jpeg kde kdeenablefinal lcms libcaca libg++ libwww lm_sensors lua lzo mad matroska mikmod mmx mmxext motif mozcalendar mozdevelop mozilla moznoirc mozsvg mp3 mpeg mplayer ncurses nls nptl nsplugin nvidia ogg openal opengl oscar pam pcre pdf pdflib perl png pppd python qt qt4 quicktime readline reflection rtc sdl session slang sockets speex spell spl sse sse2 ssl svg svga tcltk tcpd tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts udev unicode usb v4l vorbis win32codecs xine xml xml2 xorg xosd xv xvid zlib elibc_glibc input_devices_keyboard input_devices_mouse input_devices_evdev kernel_linux linguas_en linguas_cs userland_GNU video_cards_nvidia video_cards_nv video_cards_vesa video_cards_fbdev video_cards_v4l" Unset: CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, MAKEOPTS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS
I have the same problem with svgalib on 2.6.17. The package emerges fine with 2.6.16-r10 on my other system. Not sure if posting my output and emerge --info would help any, so not posting that. Thanks.
ditto
This one should block bug 137175
fixed in cvs
*** Bug 137470 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Fails with gentoo-sources-2.6.17-r2 * Preparing svgalib_helper module make -C /usr/src/linux SUBDIRS=/var/tmp/portage/svgalib-1.9.21-r1/work/svgalib-1.9.21/kernel/svgalib_helper CLASS_CFLAGS= modules make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.17-gentoo-r2' CC [M] /var/tmp/portage/svgalib-1.9.21-r1/work/svgalib-1.9.21/kernel/svgalib_helper/main.o /var/tmp/portage/svgalib-1.9.21-r1/work/svgalib-1.9.21/kernel/svgalib_helper/main.c:725: error: syntax error before string constant /var/tmp/portage/svgalib-1.9.21-r1/work/svgalib-1.9.21/kernel/svgalib_helper/main.c:725: warning: type defaults to `int' in declaration of `MODULE_PARM' /var/tmp/portage/svgalib-1.9.21-r1/work/svgalib-1.9.21/kernel/svgalib_helper/main.c:725: warning: function declaration isn't a prototype /var/tmp/portage/svgalib-1.9.21-r1/work/svgalib-1.9.21/kernel/svgalib_helper/main.c:725: warning: data definition has no type or storage class /var/tmp/portage/svgalib-1.9.21-r1/work/svgalib-1.9.21/kernel/svgalib_helper/main.c:728: error: syntax error before string constant /var/tmp/portage/svgalib-1.9.21-r1/work/svgalib-1.9.21/kernel/svgalib_helper/main.c:728: warning: type defaults to `int' in declaration of `MODULE_PARM' /var/tmp/portage/svgalib-1.9.21-r1/work/svgalib-1.9.21/kernel/svgalib_helper/main.c:728: warning: function declaration isn't a prototype /var/tmp/portage/svgalib-1.9.21-r1/work/svgalib-1.9.21/kernel/svgalib_helper/main.c:728: warning: data definition has no type or storage class make[2]: *** [/var/tmp/portage/svgalib-1.9.21-r1/work/svgalib-1.9.21/kernel/svgalib_helper/main.o] Error 1 make[1]: *** [_module_/var/tmp/portage/svgalib-1.9.21-r1/work/svgalib-1.9.21/kernel/svgalib_helper] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.17-gentoo-r2' make: *** [default] Error 2 !!! ERROR: media-libs/svgalib-1.9.21-r1 failed. Call stack: ebuild.sh, line 1545: Called dyn_compile ebuild.sh, line 940: Called src_compile svgalib-1.9.21-r1.ebuild, line 84: Called linux-mod_src_compile linux-mod.eclass, line 515: Called die
