For dev-db/mysql if you have USE="static minimal" the static is disregarded without any warning. configure_minimal() does not have any provision for the static use flag, only configure_common() does. Portage 2.1.1-r2 (uclibc/x86/2.4, gcc-4.1.1, uclibc-0.9.28-r1, 2.6.18.3-mactel i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.18.3-mactel i686 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T7400 @ 2.16GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.12.6 Last Sync: Sat, 25 Nov 2006 04:00:02 +0000 app-admin/eselect-compiler: [Not Present] dev-java/java-config: [Not Present] dev-lang/python: 2.4.3-r4 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: 2.60 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.6.3, 1.9.6-r2 sys-devel/binutils: 2.16.1-r3 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.13-r4 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.22 virtual/os-headers: 2.4.26-r1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i586-gentoo-linux-uclibc" CFLAGS="-Os -pipe -march=i586" CHOST="i586-gentoo-linux-uclibc" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/sh are/X11/xkb /usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-Os" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig buildpkg ccache distlocks metadata-transfer nodoc noinfo noman parallel- fetch sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions /gentoo" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-z,relro" MAKEOPTS="-j3" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/i586-uclibc" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --who le-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180 --exclude='/distfiles' --exclude='/loca l' --exclude='/packages'" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/scripts/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 bitmap-fonts cli cracklib dlloader dri elibc_uclibc input_devices_evdev input_device s_keyboard input_devices_mouse kernel_linux mmx ncurses pcre readline reflection session spl truetype-fonts type1-fonts uclibc userland_GNU video_cards_dummy video_cards_fbdev video_card s_v4l xorg zlib" Unset: CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LINGUAS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTR A_OPTS
Created attachment 102713 [details, diff] Patch for mysql.eclass
Sorry for the late answer, thanks for the detailed bug-report. In cvs, should be available in few hours.