Ive unable to update XFCE4 on my old PPC box for several months. Seems to fail at the link stage: libtool: link: powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc -shared .libs/libxfcegui4_la-netk-enum-types.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-netk-marshal.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-xfce_marshal.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-gui-enum-types.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-dialogs.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-icons.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-xfce_aboutdialog.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-xfce_clock.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-xfce_movehandler.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-xfce_decorbutton.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-xfce_decortoggle.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-xfce_framebox.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-xfce_scaled_image.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-xfce_iconbutton.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-xfce-internals.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-xfce_togglebutton.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-xfce_menubutton.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-xfce_systemtray.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-gtk_style.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-gtktoxevent.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-netk-application.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-netk-class-group.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-netk-pager.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-netk-screen.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-netk-tasklist.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-netk-trayicon.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-netk-util.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-netk-window.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-netk-window-menu.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-netk-window-action-menu.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-netk-workspace.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-netk-xutils.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-session-client.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-preview_filesel.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-xfce-appmenuitem.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-xfce-colorbutton.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-xfce-widget-helpers.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-xfce-exec.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-xfce-filechooser.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-xfce-gdk-extensions.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-xfce-gtk-extensions.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-xfce-heading.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-xfce-icontheme.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-xfce-startup-notification.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-xfce-titled-dialog.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-xinerama.o -Wl,--as-needed /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so /usr/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so /usr/lib/libatk-1.0.so -L/usr/lib /usr/lib/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so /usr/lib/libgio-2.0.so -lresolv /usr/lib/libpangocairo-1.0.so -lpng12 /usr/lib/libpangoft2-1.0.so /usr/lib/libcairo.so /usr/lib/libpixman-1.so /usr/lib/libglitz-glx.so /usr/lib/libXmu.so /usr/lib/libXt.so /usr/lib/libXi.so /usr/lib/libXext.so -lGL -lpthread /usr/lib/libglitz.so /usr/lib/libpng14.so /usr/lib/libXrender.so /usr/lib/libpango-1.0.so -lm /usr/lib/libfontconfig.so /usr/lib/libfreetype.so -lz /usr/lib/libexpat.so /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so /usr/lib/libgmodule-2.0.so -lxfce4util /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so /usr/lib/libstartup-notification-1.so /usr/lib/libxcb-aux.so /usr/lib/libxcb-event.so /usr/lib/libxcb-atom.so /usr/lib/libxcb.so /usr/lib/libSM.so -luuid /usr/lib/libICE.so /usr/lib/libX11.so /usr/lib/libXau.so /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so -ldl -mcpu=G3 -Wl,-O1 -Wl,-soname -Wl,libxfcegui4.so.4 -Wl,-version-script -Wl,.libs/libxfcegui4.ver -o .libs/libxfcegui4.so.4.3.0 /usr/lib/gcc/powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu/4.3.4/../../../../powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu/bin/ld: cannot find -lpng12 collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[3]: *** [libxfcegui4.la] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/xfce-base/libxfcegui4-4.6.4/work/libxfcegui4-4.6.4/libxfcegui4' make[2]: *** [all] Error 2 make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/xfce-base/libxfcegui4-4.6.4/work/libxfcegui4-4.6.4/libxfcegui4' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/xfce-base/libxfcegui4-4.6.4/work/libxfcegui4-4.6.4' make: *** [all] Error 2 * ERROR: xfce-base/libxfcegui4-4.6.4 failed: * emake failed * * Call stack: * ebuild.sh, line 54: Called src_compile * environment, line 3064: Called xfconf_src_compile * environment, line 3669: Called die * The specific snippet of code: * emake || die "emake failed" * So is it looking for libpng? Because I have that installed already: # eix libpng [D] media-libs/libpng Available versions: (1.2) 1.2.40 ~1.2.42 ~1.2.43 **1.4.1 Installed versions: 1.4.3(08:06:32 PM 07/25/2010) Homepage: http://www.libpng.org/ Description: Portable Network Graphics library * media-plugins/gst-plugins-libpng Available versions: (0.10) 0.10.16!t 0.10.17!t ~0.10.21!t Homepage: http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/ Description: GStreamer encoder/decoder for PNG images Found 2 matches. Output of emerge --info =xfce-base/libxfcegui4-4.6.4 is: Portage 2.1.8.3 (default/linux/powerpc/ppc32/10.0/server, gcc-4.3.4, glibc-2.11.2-r0, 2.6.27-gentoo-r8 ppc) ================================================================= System Settings ================================================================= System uname: Linux-2.6.27-gentoo-r8-ppc-740-750-with-gentoo-1.12.13 Timestamp of tree: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 10:45:01 +0000 app-shells/bash: 4.0_p37 dev-lang/python: 2.6.5-r3, 3.1.2-r4 dev-util/cmake: 2.8.1-r2 sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.13 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.6-r2 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.65 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10.3, 1.11.1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.20.1-r1 sys-devel/gcc: 4.1.2, 4.3.4, 4.4.3-r2 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.1 sys-devel/libtool: 2.2.6b sys-devel/make: 3.81-r2 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.30-r1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="ppc" ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA" CBUILD="powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O3 -pipe -mcpu=G3 -fno-strict-aliasing" CHOST="powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/X11/xkb" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/language.dat.d /etc/texmf/language.def.d /etc/texmf/updmap.d /etc/texmf/web2c" CXXFLAGS="-O3 -pipe -mcpu=G3 -fno-strict-aliasing" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="assume-digests distlocks fixpackages news parallel-fetch protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo ftp://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo http://gentoo.mirrors.tds.net/gentoo http://gentoo.netnitco.net http://mirror.lug.udel.edu/pub/gentoo/" LANG="en_US.utf8" LC_ALL="en_US.utf8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" 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/portage/local/layman/sunrise /usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.namerica.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X acl alsa apache2 berkdb bzip2 cli cracklib crypt cups cxx dbus dri gdbm gpm gtk hal iconv ipv6 ithreads libnotify modules mudflap mysql ncurses nls nptl nptlonly opengl openmp pam pcre perl ppc pppd python readline reflection session snmp spl ssl sysfs tcpd threads truetype unicode xml xorg zlib" ALSA_CARDS="aoa aoa-fabric-layout aoa-onyx aoa-soundbus aoa-soundbus-i2s aoa-tas aoa-toonie powermac usb-audio via82xx" 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 cgi cgid 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 evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby18" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="fbdev glint mach64 mga nv r128 radeon savage tdfx trident voodoo" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, FFLAGS, INSTALL_MASK, LINGUAS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge -uDtavk world 2. Watch build process fail Actual Results: libtool: link: powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc -shared .libs/libxfcegui4_la-netk-enum-types.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-netk-marshal.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-xfce_marshal.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-gui-enum-types.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-dialogs.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-icons.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-xfce_aboutdialog.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-xfce_clock.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-xfce_movehandler.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-xfce_decorbutton.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-xfce_decortoggle.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-xfce_framebox.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-xfce_scaled_image.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-xfce_iconbutton.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-xfce-internals.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-xfce_togglebutton.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-xfce_menubutton.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-xfce_systemtray.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-gtk_style.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-gtktoxevent.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-netk-application.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-netk-class-group.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-netk-pager.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-netk-screen.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-netk-tasklist.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-netk-trayicon.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-netk-util.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-netk-window.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-netk-window-menu.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-netk-window-action-menu.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-netk-workspace.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-netk-xutils.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-session-client.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-preview_filesel.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-xfce-appmenuitem.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-xfce-colorbutton.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-xfce-widget-helpers.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-xfce-exec.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-xfce-filechooser.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-xfce-gdk-extensions.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-xfce-gtk-extensions.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-xfce-heading.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-xfce-icontheme.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-xfce-startup-notification.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-xfce-titled-dialog.o .libs/libxfcegui4_la-xinerama.o -Wl,--as-needed /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so /usr/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so /usr/lib/libatk-1.0.so -L/usr/lib /usr/lib/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so /usr/lib/libgio-2.0.so -lresolv /usr/lib/libpangocairo-1.0.so -lpng12 /usr/lib/libpangoft2-1.0.so /usr/lib/libcairo.so /usr/lib/libpixman-1.so /usr/lib/libglitz-glx.so /usr/lib/libXmu.so /usr/lib/libXt.so /usr/lib/libXi.so /usr/lib/libXext.so -lGL -lpthread /usr/lib/libglitz.so /usr/lib/libpng14.so /usr/lib/libXrender.so /usr/lib/libpango-1.0.so -lm /usr/lib/libfontconfig.so /usr/lib/libfreetype.so -lz /usr/lib/libexpat.so /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so /usr/lib/libgmodule-2.0.so -lxfce4util /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so /usr/lib/libstartup-notification-1.so /usr/lib/libxcb-aux.so /usr/lib/libxcb-event.so /usr/lib/libxcb-atom.so /usr/lib/libxcb.so /usr/lib/libSM.so -luuid /usr/lib/libICE.so /usr/lib/libX11.so /usr/lib/libXau.so /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so -ldl -mcpu=G3 -Wl,-O1 -Wl,-soname -Wl,libxfcegui4.so.4 -Wl,-version-script -Wl,.libs/libxfcegui4.ver -o .libs/libxfcegui4.so.4.3.0 /usr/lib/gcc/powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu/4.3.4/../../../../powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu/bin/ld: cannot find -lpng12 collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[3]: *** [libxfcegui4.la] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/xfce-base/libxfcegui4-4.6.4/work/libxfcegui4-4.6.4/libxfcegui4' make[2]: *** [all] Error 2 make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/xfce-base/libxfcegui4-4.6.4/work/libxfcegui4-4.6.4/libxfcegui4' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/xfce-base/libxfcegui4-4.6.4/work/libxfcegui4-4.6.4' make: *** [all] Error 2 * ERROR: xfce-base/libxfcegui4-4.6.4 failed: * emake failed * * Call stack: * ebuild.sh, line 54: Called src_compile * environment, line 3064: Called xfconf_src_compile * environment, line 3669: Called die * The specific snippet of code: * emake || die "emake failed" * Expected Results: Normal install without errors.
Read the postinst message of libpng, it has a script you need to run in order to fix broken .la files (in your system). It also informs you of required revdep-rebuild --library command. And finally, "emerge -1 cairo pango gtk+ libglade" just for good measure. In otherwords, this is just a uncomplete libpng upgrade, not a real bug