dev-python/elementtree-1.2.6 works on sparc ( Linux dx2 2.6.19-gentoo-r1 #2 Wed Dec 13 08:07:37 CET 2006 sparc64 sun4u TI UltraSparc IIi (Sabre) GNU/Linux) emerge --info: Portage 2.1.2_rc4-r8 (default-linux/sparc/sparc64/2006.1, gcc-3.4.6, glibc-2.3.6-r5, 2.6.19-gentoo-r1 sparc64) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.19-gentoo-r1 sparc64 sun4u Gentoo Base System version 1.12.8 Last Sync: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 02:01:01 +0000 distcc 2.18.3 sparc-unknown-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [enabled] ccache version 2.4 [enabled] dev-lang/python: 2.4.4 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5 dev-util/ccache: 2.4-r6 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.18.1 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.61 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10 sys-devel/binutils: 2.17 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.14 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.22 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r6 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="sparc ~sparc" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="sparc-unknown-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -mcpu=ultrasparc -pipe" CHOST="sparc-unknown-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/gconf /etc/init.d /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -mcpu=ultrasparc -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig ccache distcc distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.pudas.net/gentoo http://ftp.du.se/pub/os/gentoo http://gentoo.math.bme.hu http://ftp.belnet.be/mirror/rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo/ http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/gentoo/ http://mirror.switch.ch/mirror/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.linux.ee/pub/gentoo/distfiles/" 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="/mnt/web/localhost/htdocs/gentoo/portage-overlay/local-overlay" SYNC="rsync://192.168.0.100/gentoo-portage" USE="aac apache apache2 authdaemond bash-completion berkdb bitmap-fonts bzip2 clamd cli cracklib crypt curl cvsgraph dlloader dri eds emboss enscript esd fam fbcon font-server gcc64 gdbm geoip gif gstreamer iconv idn imap imlib isdnlog javascript jpeg libwww mad maildir mikmod mime motif mysql ncurses nls nptl nptlonly opengl pam pcre perl php png pppd python readline reflection ruby samba sasl sdl session sparc spell spl ssl symlink tcltk tcpd tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts udev unicode vhosts xml xorg xv zlib" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse" KERNEL="linux" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="none dummy" Unset: CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS
Keyworded ~sparc, thanks for the report.