Log: pirahna ~ # emerge openal Calculating dependencies... done! >>> Emerging (1 of 1) media-libs/openal-0.0.8 to / >>> checking ebuild checksums ;-) >>> checking auxfile checksums ;-) >>> checking miscfile checksums ;-) >>> checking openal-0.0.8.tar.gz ;-) >>> Unpacking source... >>> Unpacking openal-0.0.8.tar.gz to /var/tmp/portage/openal-0.0.8/work >>> Source unpacked. >>> Compiling source in /var/tmp/portage/openal-0.0.8/work/openal-0.0.8 ... * econf: updating openal-0.0.8/admin/autotools/config.guess with /usr/share/gnuconfig/config.guess * econf: updating openal-0.0.8/admin/autotools/config.sub with /usr/share/gnuconfig/config.sub /usr/bin/confcache --confcache-ignore /var/tmp/ccache:/var/tmp/portage/.distcc --confcache-dir /var/tmp/confcache ./configure --prefix=/usr --host=i686-pc-linux-gnu --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --datadir=/usr/share --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var/lib --libdir=/usr/lib --disable-esd --enable-sdl --enable-alsa --enable-arts --enable-mp3 --enable-vorbis --disable-debug-maximus --build=i686-pc-linux-gnu configure: loading cache config.cache checking build system type... (cached) i686-pc-linux-gnu checking host system type... (cached) i686-pc-linux-gnu checking target system type... config.sub: missing argument Try `config.sub --help' for more information. configure: error: /bin/sh admin/autotools/config.sub failed !!! Please attach the following file when filing a report to bugs.gentoo.org: !!! /var/tmp/portage/openal-0.0.8/work/openal-0.0.8/config.log !!! ERROR: media-libs/openal-0.0.8 failed. Call stack: ebuild.sh, line 1539: Called dyn_compile ebuild.sh, line 939: Called src_compile openal-0.0.8.ebuild, line 34: Called econf '--libdir=/usr/lib' '--disable-esd' '--enable-sdl' '--enable-alsa' '--enable-arts' '--enable-mp3' '--enable-vorbis' '--disable-debug-maximus' ebuild.sh, line 541: Called die !!! econf failed !!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack if relevant. emerge --info: Portage 2.1-r2 (default-linux/x86/2005.1, gcc-3.4.4, glibc-2.4-r1, 2.6.17-gentoo-r4 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.17-gentoo-r4 i686 Pentium III (Coppermine) Gentoo Base System version 1.6.15 distcc 2.18.3 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [enabled] app-admin/eselect-compiler: [Not Present] dev-lang/python: 2.3.5-r2, 2.4.2 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5 dev-util/ccache: [Not Present] dev-util/confcache: 0.4.2-r1 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.12 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-r3 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.12-r6 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=pentium3 -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 /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/" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium3 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig ccache confcache distcc distlocks metadata-transfer parallel-fetch sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1" MAKEOPTS="-j4" 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" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 3dfx X a52 acl acpi alsa apache2 apm arts artswrappersuid asf avi berkdb bitmap-fonts browserplugin cli crypt css cups dlloader doc dri dts dvd dvdr dvdread emboss encode exif fam ffmepg flac fontconfig foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif gimpprint glitz gpm gtk gtk2 hal imlib isdnlog ithreads jack java javascript jpeg kde libg++ libwww mad mikmod mmx motif mp3 mpeg musicbrainz ncurses nptl nptlonly nsplugin odbc ogg oggvorbis opengl oss pam pcre pdflib perl pic png ppds pppd python qt3 quicktime rdesktop readline real reflection samba sasl sdk sdl session setup-plugin slp spell spl sqlite sse ssl subversion svg tcpd theora tidy tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts v4l v4l2 voodoo3 vorbis win32codecs xine xinerama xml2 xmms xorg xscreensaver xv xvid zeroconf zlib elibc_glibc input_devices_keyboard input_devices_mouse input_devices_evdev kernel_linux userland_GNU video_cards_3dfx video_cards_radeon video_cards_tdfx video_cards_voodoo video_cards_v4l" Unset: CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LINGUAS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS
Created attachment 95327 [details] /var/tmp/portage/openal-0.0.8/work/openal-0.0.8/config.log
rm -rf /var/tmp/confcache and/or remove confcache from FEATURES. It's been package.masked for a reason.
That fixed it. Sorry for the trouble.