However, the ~x86 version, libquicktime-0.9.7-r1 builds fine! i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../.. -I../../include/quicktime -I../../include -I../../include/ -O2 -mtune=pentium4 -march=pentium4 -fomit-frame-pointer -march=pentium -O2 -mtune=pentium4 -march=pentium4 -fomit-frame-pointer -MT RTjpeg.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/RTjpeg.Tpo -c RTjpeg.c -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/RTjpeg.o In file included from RTjpeg.c:40: RTjpeg.h:99: warning: 'packed' attribute ignored RTjpeg.c: In function 'RTjpeg_b2s': RTjpeg.c:101: error: invalid lvalue in assignment make[3]: *** [RTjpeg.lo] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/libquicktime-0.9.4/work/libquicktime-0.9.4/plugins/rtjpeg' make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/libquicktime-0.9.4/work/libquicktime-0.9.4/plugins' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/libquicktime-0.9.4/work/libquicktime-0.9.4' make: *** [all] Error 2 !!! ERROR: media-libs/libquicktime-0.9.4 failed. Call stack: ebuild.sh, line 1540: Called dyn_compile ebuild.sh, line 940: Called src_compile libquicktime-0.9.4.ebuild, line 58: Called die ------------ emerge --info: Portage 2.1.1_pre1-r1 (default-linux/x86/2006.0, gcc-4.1.1, glibc-2.3.6-r4, 2.6.16-gentoo-r9 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.16-gentoo-r9 i686 Mobile Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 - M CPU 2.00GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.6.14 distcc 2.18.3 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] dev-lang/python: 2.4.2 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5 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-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 -mtune=pentium4 -march=pentium4 -fomit-frame-pointer" 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/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/web2c" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -mtune=pentium4 -march=pentium4 -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://ftp.belnet.be/mirror/rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo/" 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/sci /usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 X alsa apache2 apm arts avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cdr cli crypt cups dri eds emboss encode esd foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif gnome gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 hal howl imlib isdnlog jpeg kde libg++ libwww mad mikmod motif mp3 mpeg ncurses nls nptl ogg opengl oss pam pcre pdflib perl png pppd python qt quicktime readline reflection sdl session spell spl ssl tcpd tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts udev unicode vorbis xml xmms xorg xv zlib elibc_glibc input_devices_keyboard input_devices_mouse kernel_linux userland_GNU video_cards_radeon video_cards_vesa video_cards_fbdev" Unset: CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS
0.9.7-r1 works just fine here.
I have the same problem ... and the same solution is there any reason to keep the broken version as "stable"?
I also have this problem. Will try a newer version of libquicktime now.