No gnome packages merged, first error: /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.2.2/../../../../i686-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: cannot find -lpopt collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make: *** [Sysunix] Error 1 Merging dev-libs/popt, second error: Loading ... /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.2.2/../../../../i686-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: warning: libaudiofile.so.0, needed by /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.2.2/../../../libgnomeui.so, not found (try using -rpath or -rpath-link) /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.2.2/../../../libgnome.so: undefined reference to `afGetSampleFormat' /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.2.2/../../../libgnome.so: undefined reference to `afReadFrames' /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.2.2/../../../libgnome.so: undefined reference to `afGetChannels' /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.2.2/../../../libgnome.so: undefined reference to `afCloseFile' /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.2.2/../../../libgnome.so: undefined reference to `afGetRate' /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.2.2/../../../libgnome.so: undefined reference to `afGetFrameCount' /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.2.2/../../../libgnome.so: undefined reference to `afOpenFile' /usr/lib/libesd.so.0: undefined reference to `afGetTrackBytes' collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make: *** [Sysunix] Error 1 Having -gnome in USE makes it compile. Portage 2.0.46-r12 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.2.2, glibc-2.3.1-r3) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.20 i686 Celeron (Coppermine) GENTOO_MIRRORS="" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /var/qmail/control /usr/share/config /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" DISTDIR="/mnt/distfiles" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" USE="x86 oss 3dnow apm arts avi crypt cups encode gif jpeg kde gnome libg++ libwww mikmod mmx motif mpeg ncurses nls pdflib png qtmt quicktime sdl spell svga truetype xml2 xmms xv zlib gdbm berkdb slang readline java guile X gpm tcpd pam ssl perl python esd imlib oggvorbis gtk qt opengl" COMPILER="gcc3" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=pentium3 -O3 -pipe" CXXFLAGS="-march=pentium3 -O3 -pipe" ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" MAKEOPTS="-j2" AUTOCLEAN="yes" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" FEATURES="sandbox ccache"
the actual issue here is this: /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.2.2/../../../../i686-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: warning: libaudiofile.so.0, needed by /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.2.2/../../../libgnomeui.so, not found (try using -rpath or -rpath-link) do you have alsa emerged ? if so, please make sure you have at least /usr/lib/libasound.so ... and if you do, then `ln -s /usr/lib/libasound.so.2.0.0 /usr/lib/libasound.so.0` ... after that, emerge popt again and then nethack
this really isnt a nethack issue, it just looks like something need to be re-emerged