I experienced strange problem when trying to compile x11-terms/evilvte-0.4.3 Here is the emerge log of first attempt: >>> Unpacking source... >>> Unpacking evilvte-0.4.3.tar.gz to /var/tmp/portage/x11-terms/evilvte-0.4.3/work >>> Source unpacked. >>> Compiling source in /var/tmp/portage/x11-terms/evilvte-0.4.3/work/evilvte-0.4.3 ... Prefix: /usr System is SUSE: FALSE Configuration: #define BACKGROUND_IMAGE ".config/evilvte/background.png" #define COMMAND_EXEC_PROGRAM TRUE #define COMMAND_SHOW_OPTIONS TRUE #define COMMAND_SHOW_VERSION TRUE #define SCROLLBAR_RIGHT TRUE #define SHOW_WINDOW_ICON TRUE #define SHOW_WINDOW_TITLE TRUE #define STATUS_BAR TRUE #define WORD_CHARS "-A-Za-z0-9_$.+!*(),;:@&=?/~#%" #define MENU TRUE #define TAB TRUE #define CTRL TRUE #define CTRL_TAB_ADD (event->keyval == GDK_T) #define CTRL_TAB_REMOVE (event->keyval == GDK_W) #define CTRL_TAB_PREVIOUS (event->keyval == GDK_Page_Up) #define CTRL_TAB_NEXT (event->keyval == GDK_Page_Down) Please edit src/config.h to customize your options. make -j5 'OPTFLAGS=-march=k8 -msse3 -O2 -pipe' CC=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc sh src/evilvte.c x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -march=k8 -msse3 -O2 -pipe -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib64/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/include/gtk-2.0 -I/usr/include/pango-1.0 -I/usr/lib64/gtk-2.0/include -I/usr/include/atk-1.0 -I/usr/include/cairo -I/usr/include/libpng12 -I/usr/include/pixman-1 -DICON_DIR=\"/usr/share/pixmaps\" -DEVILVTE_VERSION=\"0.4.3\" -c -o src/sakura.o src/sakura.c head -n 19 src/showvte.c | grep -v 'This is not an C program text' > src/showvte tail -n 7 src/showvte.c | head -n 6 >> src/showvte sh src/showvte.c >> src/showvte tail -n 1 src/showvte.c >> src/showvte sed 's/\t/ /g' src/config.h | tr -s ' ' ' ' | sed 's/^ //' | grep ^\#define | sed 's~/\*~\n~g' | grep -v \*\/ >> src/showvte chmod 755 src/showvte x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -o src/evilvte src/sakura.o -L/usr/local/lib -lvte -lgtk-x11-2.0 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc: src/sakura.o: No such file or directory make: *** [evilvte] Error 1 Second attempt was successful. As you can see, I use MAKEOPTS="-j5" as I have a Phenom x4 precessor. Reproducible: Couldn't Reproduce Steps to Reproduce: Each time (out of 5) I tried to reproduce the bug (including cleaning /var/tmp/portage), it compiled good. # emerge --info Portage 2.2_rc16 (default/linux/amd64/2008.0, gcc-4.1.2, glibc-2.7-r2, 2.6.27-gentoo-r2 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-2.6.27-gentoo-r2-x86_64-AMD_Phenom-tm-_9650_Quad-Core_Processor-with-glibc2.2.5 Timestamp of tree: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 19:07:04 +0000 distcc 2.18.3 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] app-shells/bash: 3.2_p33 dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.1.6 dev-lang/python: 2.5.2-r7 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r6 dev-util/cmake: 2.4.6-r1 sys-apps/baselayout: 2.0.0 sys-apps/openrc: 0.3.0-r1 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.18.1-r2 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.61-r2 sys-devel/automake: 1.5, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10.1-r1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.18-r3 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.0-r4 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.26 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.23-r3 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=k8 -msse3 -O2 -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/config /var/lib/hsqldb /var/spool/torque" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/splash /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/web2c /etc/udev/rules.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=k8 -msse3 -O2 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="distlocks parallel-fetch preserve-libs protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-orphans userfetch" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo" LANG="pl_PL.UTF-8" LC_ALL="pl_PL.UTF-8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1" LINGUAS="pl en" MAKEOPTS="-j5" 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://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="3dnow X acl acpi alsa amd64 berkdb bzip2 cli cracklib crypt cups dbus dri flac fortran gdbm gif gpm gtk hal iconv ipv6 isdnlog java jpeg jpeg2k midi mmx mudflap multilib ncurses nls nptl nptlonly opengl openmp pam pcre perl png pppd python readline reflection session smp spl sse sse2 sse3 ssl startup-notification sysfs tcpd threads unicode vorbis xinerama xorg xprint 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 mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon 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 deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse joystick" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="pl en" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="radeon fglrx vesa mach64" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, FFLAGS, INSTALL_MASK, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS
Hrm. We tweaked configure/Makefile for 0.4.4_pre8, can you try reproducing it using that version? Multiple issues was fixed.