The workaround as stated in bug #151 does not work. I think there is something broken with Python... -----------[compile error] /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.2.3/../../../../i686-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: cannot find -lpython2.2 collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[3]: *** [python.la] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/xchat-2.0.4/work/xchat-2.0.4/plugins/python' make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/xchat-2.0.4/work/xchat-2.0.4/plugins' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/xchat-2.0.4/work/xchat-2.0.4' make: *** [all] Error 2 -----------[emerge info] Portage 2.0.48-r5 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.2.3, glibc-2.3.2-r1) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.19 i686 AMD Duron(tm) Processor GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/Linux/gentoo" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /var/qmail/control /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /var/bind /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/3.1/share/config /usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" USE="x86 oss 3dnow apm avi crypt encode foomaticdb gif jpeg libg++ mad mikmod mmx mpeg ncurses nls pdflib png quicktime spell truetype xml2 xmms xv zlib gtkhtml alsa gdbm berkdb slang readline arts tetex aalib nas bonobo svga ggi tcltk java guile mysql X sdl gpm libwww perl python esd imlib oggvorbis gnome qt kde motif opengl mozilla ldap cdr gtk -cups flash scanner directfb sasl tiff tcpd ssl pam acpi doc dvd evo fbcon gb gd imap innodb ipv6 jikes mbox pic samba socks5 xml activefilter" COMPILER="gcc3" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O3 -march=i686 -mcpu=i686 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -funroll-loops -mmmx" CXXFLAGS="-O3 -march=i686 -mcpu=i686 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -funroll-loops -mmmx" ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" MAKEOPTS="-j2" AUTOCLEAN="yes" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" FEATURES="sandbox ccache"
please unset your PYTHONPATH var (unset PYTHONPATH)
take a look at this : http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?p=448693#448693
added a workaround to 2.0.3-r1 and 2.0.4 thanks to phillipe's hints. can you please test it out?
it worked greatly
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