I wanted to switch from vbox-bin to the source version due to bug #310793 but the compilation process failed at the configure step. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge app-emulation/virtualbox-4.0.0-r1 on amd64 with no-multilib profile Actual Results: configure fails Expected Results: compile cleanly sephiroth-pc libsdl # emerge -pqv =app-emulation/virtualbox-4.0.0-r1 [ebuild N ] app-emulation/virtualbox-additions-4.0.0 36,238 kB [ebuild N ] app-emulation/virtualbox-modules-4.0.0 0 kB [ebuild N ] app-emulation/virtualbox-4.0.0-r1 USE="additions alsa extensions opengl python -doc -headless -java -pulseaudio -qt4 -sdk -vboxwebsrv -vnc" [ebuild N ] app-emulation/virtualbox-extpack-oracle-4.0.0
Created attachment 259335 [details] emerge --info emerge --info =app-emulation/virtualbox-4.0.0-r1
Created attachment 259336 [details] build log
I'm afraid there's not much we can help you here as long as you're on a no-multilib profile. This is a long standing problem with virtualbox that it only compiles on a multilib system...
(In reply to comment #3) > I'm afraid there's not much we can help you here as long as you're on a > no-multilib profile. > This is a long standing problem with virtualbox that it only compiles on a > multilib system... > :( So it would be better to hardmask it for the no-multilib profile ...
(In reply to comment #4) > > So it would be better to hardmask it for the no-multilib profile ... > You are right. I simply forgot to adjust the already existing package mask for app-emulation/virtualbox-ose which is now fixed.