I've tested net-analyzer/ifstatus-1.1.0 on G4 and works as expected. emerge --info: Portage 2.1.2-r7 (default-linux/ppc/ppc32/2006.1/G4, gcc-4.1.1, glibc-2.5-r0, 2.6.19-gentoo-r5 ppc) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.19-gentoo-r5 ppc 7400, altivec supported Gentoo Base System release 1.12.9 Timestamp of tree: Sun, 04 Feb 2007 11:00:01 +0000 ccache version 2.4 [enabled] dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.0.31-r3 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: 2.6.19.2-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="ppc ~ppc" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -mtune=G4 -mcpu=G4 -maltivec -mabi=altivec -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe" CHOST="powerpc-unknown-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/env.d/java/ /etc/gconf /etc/java-config/vms/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -mtune=G4 -mcpu=G4 -maltivec -mabi=altivec -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig ccache distlocks metadata-transfer noinfo parallel-fetch sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.prz.rzeszow.pl http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/gentoo/ http://distfiles.gentoo.org" LINGUAS="pl en" 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/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X alsa altivec apache2 bash-completion bitmap-fonts bonobo bzip2 cdr cli cracklib crypt cups dlloader dri dvd eds emboss encode firefox gif gnome gstreamer gtkhtml iconv isdnlog jpeg kde kdeenablefinal kdehiddenvisibility libg++ libwww mad midi mikmod mozilla mp3 mpeg ncurses nls nptl nptlonly offensive ogg opengl pam pcre pdf png ppc pppd qt3 qt4 quicktime readline reflection session source spl ssl truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts udev unicode urandom vorbis xml xorg xv zlib" ALSA_CARDS="aoa aoa-fabric-layout aoa-onyx aoa-soundbus aoa-soundbus-i2s aoa-tas aoa-toonie powermac usb-audio via82xx" 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="evdev keyboard mouse" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="pl en" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="r128" Unset: CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS
~ppc keyword added. Thanks for testing :)