My opinion: it's due to upgrade of gtk+ (and glib) [ebuild R ] x11-libs/gtk+-2.14.3-r2 USE="X cups jpeg tiff -debug -doc -jpeg2k -vim-syntax -xinerama" [ebuild R ] dev-libs/glib-2.18.1 USE="fam -debug -doc -hardened (-selinux) -xattr" Fail on building OO: Making: ../unxlngx6.pro/lib/libvclplug_gtk680lx.so x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-g++ -Wl,-z,combreloc -Wl,-z,defs -Wl,-Bdirect -Wl,-rpath,'$ORIGIN:$ORIGIN/../ure-link/lib' -shared -L../unxlngx6.pro/lib -L../lib -L/var/tmp/portage/app-office/openoffice-2.4.1/work/ooo/build/OOH680_m17/solenv/unxlngx6/lib -L/var/tmp/portage/app-office/openoffice-2.4.1/work/ooo/build/OOH680_m17/solver/680/unxlngx6.pro/lib -L/var/tmp/portage/app-office/openoffice-2.4.1/work/ooo/build/OOH680_m17/solenv/unxlngx6/lib -L/opt/sun-jdk-1.6.0.06/lib64 -L/opt/sun-jdk-1.6.0.06/jre/lib/amd64 -L/opt/sun-jdk-1.6.0.06/jre/lib/amd64/server -L/opt/sun-jdk-1.6.0.06/jre/lib/amd64/native_threads -L/usr/lib64 ../unxlngx6.pro/slo/vclplug_gtk_dflt_version.o -o ../unxlngx6.pro/lib/libvclplug_gtk680lx.so ../unxlngx6.pro/slo/gtkdata.o ../unxlngx6.pro/slo/gtkinst.o ../unxlngx6.pro/slo/gtksys.o ../unxlngx6.pro/slo/atkaction.o ../unxlngx6.pro/slo/atkbridge.o ../unxlngx6.pro/slo/atkcomponent.o ../unxlngx6.pro/slo/atkeditabletext.o ../unxlngx6.pro/slo/atkfactory.o ../unxlngx6.pro/slo/atkhypertext.o ../unxlngx6.pro/slo/atkimage.o ../unxlngx6.pro/slo/atklistener.o ../unxlngx6.pro/slo/atkregistry.o ../unxlngx6.pro/slo/atkselection.o ../unxlngx6.pro/slo/atktable.o ../unxlngx6.pro/slo/atktext.o ../unxlngx6.pro/slo/atktextattributes.o ../unxlngx6.pro/slo/atkutil.o ../unxlngx6.pro/slo/atkvalue.o ../unxlngx6.pro/slo/atkwindow.o ../unxlngx6.pro/slo/atkwrapper.o ../unxlngx6.pro/slo/salnativewidgets-gtk.o ../unxlngx6.pro/slo/gtkframe.o ../unxlngx6.pro/slo/gtkobject.o -pthread -lgtk-x11-2.0 -lgdk-x11-2.0 -latk-1.0 -lgio-2.0 -lpangoft2-1.0 -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 -lpangocairo-1.0 -lcairo -lpango-1.0 -lfreetype -lz -lfontconfig -lgmodule-2.0 -lgthread-2.0 -lrt -ldbus-glib-1 -ldbus-1 -lgobject-2.0 -lglib-2.0 -lvclplug_gen680lx -lvcl680lx -lpsp680lx -lsot680lx -lutl680lx -ltl680lx -lcomphelp4gcc3 -lucbhelper4gcc3 -luno_cppuhelpergcc3 -luno_cppu -lvos3gcc3 -luno_sal -lX11 -lXext -ldl -lpthread -lm /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.3.1/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: warning: creating a DT_TEXTREL in object. /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.3.1/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: ../unxlngx6.pro/slo/gtkframe.o: relocation R_X86_64_PC32 against `com::sun::star::accessibility::cppu_detail_getUnoType(com::sun::star::accessibility::XAccessibleEditableText const*)::the_type' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.3.1/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: final link failed: Bad value collect2: ld returned 1 exit status dmake: Error code 1, while making '../unxlngx6.pro/lib/libvclplug_gtk680lx.so' ---* tg_merge.mk *--- ERROR: Error 65280 occurred while making /var/tmp/portage/app-office/openoffice-2.4.1/work/ooo/build/OOH680_m17/vcl/util make: *** [stamp/build] Error 1 * * ERROR: app-office/openoffice-2.4.1 failed. * Call stack: * ebuild.sh, line 49: Called src_compile * environment, line 5463: Called die * The specific snippet of code: * make || die "Build failed" * The die message: * Build failed Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge it 2. that's 3. all Actual Results: compile fail Expected Results: compile well, as it was before emerge --info Portage 2.2_rc11 (default-linux/amd64/2007.0/desktop, gcc-4.3.1, glibc-2.8_p20080602-r0, 2.6.26.3 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-2.6.26.3-x86_64-AMD_Athlon-tm-_64_X2_Dual_Core_Processor_3600+-with-glibc2.2.5 Timestamp of tree: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:45:01 +0000 distcc 2.18.3 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] app-shells/bash: 3.2_p17 dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.1.6 dev-lang/python: 2.4.4-r5, 2.5.2-r7 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r6 sys-apps/baselayout: 2.0.0 sys-apps/openrc: 0.2.5 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.18.1-r2 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.61-r1 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10.1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.16.1-r3 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.0-r4 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.22 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.26 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O3 -pipe -march=athlon64" 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/config /var/lib/hsqldb" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/php/apache2-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php5/ext-active/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/web2c /etc/udev/rules.d" CXXFLAGS="-O3 -pipe -march=athlon64" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="distlocks parallel-fetch preserve-libs protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-orphans userfetch" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://192.168.3.2/pub/mirrors/gentoo ftp://promtrans.com.ua/mirrors/gentoo/distfiles" LANG="ru_RU.UTF-8" LC_ALL="" LDFLAGS="" LINGUAS="ru uk en_US en" MAKEOPTS="-j3" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://portage.net.kh.ua/gentoo-portage" USE="3dnow 3dnowext X aac acl acpi alsa amd64 apache2 berkdb bluetooth cairo cdr cli cracklib crypt cups curl dbus dri dts dvd dvdr dvdread eds emboss encode esd evo exif fam ffmpeg flac fortran gd gdbm gif glib gnome gpm gstreamer gtk hal iconv isdnlog jpeg kerberos mad matroska midi mikmod mmx mng mp3 mpeg mtp mudflap mysql ncurses nls nptl nptlonly odbc ogg opengl openmp oss pam pcre pdf perl php php5 png postscript pppd python qt3support qt4 quicktime readline reflection sdl session slang smp spell spl sqlite sse sse2 ssl svg tcpd threads tiff tk truetype unicode usb vorbis wmf x264 xml xorg xv xvid zlib" ALSA_CARDS="emu10k1x" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic auth_digest authn_anon authn_dbd authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache dav dav_fs dav_lock dbd deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers ident imagemap include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation proxy proxy_ajp proxy_balancer proxy_connect proxy_http rewrite setenvif so speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" CAMERAS="canon ptp2 directory" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="ru uk en_US en" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="nv vga nvidia" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, FFLAGS, INSTALL_MASK, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS Also, I should point, that purpose of re-emerging openoffice was to eliminate the appeared bug: almost all fonts disappeared from my oo build (i guess it happened after installing new glib and gtk+)
Well I built OOo 2.4.1 with gtk 2.14 just fine, so I don't think it's related to this. Anyway: Do you still see that with 3.0?
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