My gaim builds are failing with: /bin/sh ../libtool --silent --tag=CC --mode=link i386-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -O2 -march=pentium4 -pipe -Wall -g3 -o gaim -export-dynamic account.o accountopt.o blist.o buddyicon.o cmds.o connection.o conversation.o core.o debug.o eventloop.o ft.o imgstore.o log.o md5.o network.o notify.o plugin.o pluginpref.o pounce.o prefix.o prefs.o privacy.o proxy.o prpl.o request.o roomlist.o server.o sha.o signals.o status.o stringref.o sound.o sslconn.o util.o value.o xmlnode.o away.o dnd-hints.o gaim-disclosure.o gtkaccount.o gtkcellrendererprogress.o gtkblist.o gtkconn.o gtkconv.o gtkdebug.o gtkdialogs.o gtkeventloop.o gtkft.o gtkimhtml.o gtkimhtmltoolbar.o gtklog.o gtknotify.o gtkplugin.o gtkpluginpref.o gtkprefs.o gtkprivacy.o gtkpounce.o gtkrequest.o gtkroomlist.o gtksound.o gtksourceiter.o gtkutils.o idle.o main.o session.o stock.o themes.o -lgtk-x11-2.0 -lgdk-x11-2.0 -latk-1.0 -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 -lm -lpangocairo-1.0 -lpango-1.0 -lcairo -lgobject-2.0 -lgmodule-2.0 -ldl -lglib-2.0 -L/usr/lib -lao -ldl -L/usr/lib -laudiofile -lm -lSM -lICE -lX11 -lXext -lXss -lSM -lICE -lgtkspell -lenchant -lgtk-x11-2.0 -lgdk-x11-2.0 -latk-1.0 -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 -lm -lpangocairo-1.0 -lpango-1.0 -lcairo -lgobject-2.0 -lgmodule-2.0 -ldl -lglib-2.0 -lstartup-notification-1 -lnsl libtool: link: cannot find the library `/usr/lib/libXext.la' make[3]: *** [gaim] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/mnt/spare/portage_tmp/portage/gaim-1.5.0/work/gaim-1.5.0/src' make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/mnt/spare/portage_tmp/portage/gaim-1.5.0/work/gaim-1.5.0/src' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/mnt/spare/portage_tmp/portage/gaim-1.5.0/work/gaim-1.5.0' make: *** [all] Error 2 Relevant use flags for gaim: ~ $ emerge -puv gaim These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild N ] net-im/gaim-1.5.0 USE="eds gnutls nls perl spell tcltk -cjk -debug -krb4 -minimal -nas -silc" 0 kB Relevant uses flags for xorg-x11: ~ $ equery uses xorg-x11 [ Searching for packages matching xorg-x11... ] [ Colour Code : set unset ] [ Legend : Left column (U) - USE flags from make.conf ] [ : Right column (I) - USE flags packages was installed with ] [ Found these USE variables for x11-base/xorg-x11-6.8.2-r7 ] U I - - 3dfx : Adds support for 3dfx video cards to XFree86. See: voodo o3 - - 3dnow : Adds support for 3dnow multimedia processor instructions + + bitmap-fonts : Builds the crappy 100 DPI and 75 DPI fonts - - cjk : Adds support for Multi-byte character languages (Chinese , Japanese, Korean) - - debug : Tells configure and the makefiles to build for debugging . Effects vary across packages, but generally it will at least add -g to CFLAGS. Remember to set FEATURES=nostrip too - - dlloader : Enable dynamic module loader instead of ELF loader - - dmx : Build Distributed Multiheaded X + + doc : Adds extra documentation (API, Javadoc, etc) - - font-server : Build XFS, the X Font Server - - insecure-drivers : Builds insecure DRI stuff for via, mach64 and savage + + ipv6 : Adds support for IP version 6 - - minimal : Install a very minimal build (disables, for example, plu gins, fonts, most drivers, non-critical features) + + mmx : Adds support for optimizations for Pentium MMX and Athlo n class processors + + nls : Adds Native Language Support (using gettext - GNU locale utilities) - - nocxx : Disable support for C++ (DON'T USE THIS UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING) + + opengl : Adds support for OpenGL (3D graphics) + + pam : Adds support PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) - DA NGEROUS to arbitrarily flip + + sdk : Builds the software development kit + + sse : fast floating point optimization for PentiumIII+ class c hips - - static : !!do not set this during bootstrap!! Causes binaries to be statically linked instead of dynamically + + truetype-fonts : Build TrueType fonts + + type1-fonts : Build Type1 fonts - - uclibc : Enable uclibc specific patches and build or link uclibc + + xprint : Support for xprint, http://www.mozilla.org/projects/xpri nt/ + + xv : Adds in optional support for the Xvideo extension (an X API for video playback) xorg-x11 version is 6.8.2-r7
Xorg7 is supposed to be listed as stable on x86 today, please let me know if that fixes the errors after updating.
Due to no response I am going to close this bug, please re-open if this is still an issue.
