There's an error in ebuild script that tries to install static library using a wrong name. Correct is libdb.a and libdb_cxx.a I suggest renaming them to libdb-3.2.a and libdb_cxx-3.2.a Proposed patch: *** db-3.2.9-r2.ebuild.orig Sat Aug 16 19:01:53 2003 --- db-3.2.9-r2.ebuild Sat Aug 16 19:02:53 2003 *************** *** 100,105 **** --- 100,107 ---- install || die cd ${S}/build-static + mv libdb.a libdb-3.2.a + mv libdb_cxx.a libdb_cxx-3.2.a dolib.a libdb-3.2.a libdb_cxx-3.2.a dodir usr/include/db3 Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3.
Please try db-3.2.9-r7, that version should install the static libraries.