gnustep-libs/steptalk-0.9.0 USE="-debug -doc -profile" fails with the following message (not sure if this is related with AMD64, since it already has ppc and x86 keywords): [...] x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc STCompiler.m -c \ -MMD -MP -DGNUSTEP -DGNUSTEP_BASE_LIBRARY=1 -DGNU_GUI_LIBRARY=1 -DGNU_RUNTIME=1 -DGNUSTEP_BASE_LIBRARY=1 -D_REENTRANT -fPIC -g -Wall -DDEBUG -f no-omit-frame-pointer -DGSWARN -DGSDIAGNOSE -Wno-import -march=nocona -pipe -fno-strict-aliasing -fexceptions -fobjc-exceptions -D_NATIVE_OBJC_EXCEPTIONS -fg nu-runtime -Wall -Wno-import -fconstant-string-class=NSConstantString -I../../Source/Headers -I../../Frameworks/ -I. -I/var/tmp/portage/gnustep-libs/steptalk -0.9.0/temp/GNUstep/Library/Headers -I/usr/GNUstep/Local/Library/Headers -I/usr/GNUstep/System/Library/Headers \ -o obj/STCompiler.o STCompiler.m: In function '-[STCompiler compileMethodFromSource:forReceiver:]': STCompiler.m:184: warning: conflicting types for '-(STCompiledMethod *)compileMethodFromSource:(NSString *)aString forReceiver:(id)receiverObject' STCompiler.h:112: warning: previous declaration of '-(STCompiledMethod *)compileMethodFromSource:(NSString *)aString forReceiver:(id <STScriptObject>)receive r' STCompiler.m: In function '-[STCompiler indexOfNamedReference:]': STCompiler.m:496: warning: passing argument 1 of 'NSLog' from incompatible pointer type STCompiler.m:499: error: 'NSUnknownKeyException' undeclared (first use in this function) STCompiler.m:499: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once STCompiler.m:499: error: for each function it appears in.) STCompiler.m:501: warning: passing argument 1 of 'NSLog' from incompatible pointer type STCompiler.m:513: warning: passing argument 1 of 'NSLog' from incompatible pointer type make[3]: *** [obj/STCompiler.o] Error 1 make[2]: *** [Smalltalk.all.bundle.variables] Error 2 make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/gnustep-libs/steptalk-0.9.0/work/StepTalk-0.9.0/Languages/Smalltalk' make[1]: *** [internal-all] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/gnustep-libs/steptalk-0.9.0/work/StepTalk-0.9.0/Languages' make: *** [internal-all] Error 2 !!! ERROR: gnustep-libs/steptalk-0.9.0 failed. [...] Portage 2.1.2.12 (default-linux/amd64/2007.0/desktop, gcc-4.1.2, glibc-2.5-r4, 2.6.22-gentoo-r2 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.22-gentoo-r2 x86_64 Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 3.00GHz Gentoo Base System release 1.12.9 Timestamp of tree: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 12:50:01 +0000 ccache version 2.4 [enabled] dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.0.33-r1 dev-lang/python: 2.4.4-r4 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r6 dev-util/ccache: 2.4-r7 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.17 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.61 sys-devel/automake: 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: 1.3.16 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.24 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.21 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=nocona -pipe" CHOST="x86_64-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" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/gconf /etc/init.d /etc/pam.d /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo /etc/udev/rules.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=nocona -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="-k" FEATURES="ccache collision-protect distlocks metadata-transfer multilib-strict parallel-fetch sandbox sfperms strict test userfetch userpriv usersandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://mirrors1.netvisao.pt/gentoo http://darkstar.ist.utl.pt/pub/gentoo http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j3" 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 --filter=H_**/files/digest-*" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X acl acpi alsa amd64 arts bash-completion bitmap-fonts branding cairo cdr cli cracklib crypt dbus dri dts dvd dvdr dvdread eds emboss encode evo fam firefox flac gdbm gif gpm hal iconv ipv6 isdnlog jpeg kde kdeenablefinal kdehiddenvisibility mad midi mikmod mmx mp3 mpeg mudflap musepack musicbrainz ncurses nptl nptlonly offensive ogg opengl openmp pam pcre pdf perl png postgres pppd python qt3 qt3support qt4 quicktime readline reflection sdl session spell spl sse sse2 ssl svg tcpd test tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode vorbis xcomposite xinerama xml xorg xscreensaver xv zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" 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" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="i810" Unset: CTARGET, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
I think I solved this by making the gnustep.eclass depend on the older gnustep-make, gnustep-base and gnustep-gui. These compilation issues are due to a version mismatch. Please use steptalk from the gnustep overlay to compile against the new gnustep-base ebuilds.