libmcal and ming both require -fPIC to build successfully. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge libmcal - OR - emerge ming without -fPIC in USE vars. 2. 3. Actual Results: Build failed Expected Results: Should've built. Portage 2.0.49-r15 (default-amd64-1.4, gcc-3.3.1, glibc-2.3.2-r2, 2.6.0-test9-ge ntoo) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.0-test9-gentoo x86_64 4 Gentoo Base System version 1.4.3.10 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /var/qmail/control /usr/share/config /usr/kde/2/share/confi g /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="sandbox ccache autoaddcvs" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linu x/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="amd64 oss 3dnow apm arts avi crypt -cups encode foomaticdb gif -java jpeg l ibg++ libwww mikmod mmx motif mpeg ncurses nls pdflib png -qt quicktime sdl slan g spell sse truetype xml2 xmms xv zlib gdbm berkdb readline gpm tcpd pam ssl per l python esd imlib oggvorbis opengl X gtk gnome alsa gtk2 mysql kde mozcalendar odbc kerberos samba java tiff mcal flash gd cups mozilla"
in fixing this, we need to make sure that only the things missing -fPIC get -fPIC added, and that a patch gets sent upstream to fix their makefiles.
Both libmcal and ming fixed in CVS.
Reopening this as libmcal isn't fixed any more. I have a fix, I just need to work out how on earth CVS works ;-)
Fixed in CVS.
