The ebuild for xerces fails due to the following compile error: compile: [copy] Copying 9 files to /var/tmp/portage/xerces-2.5.0/work/xerces-2_5_0/b uild/classes [xjavac] Compiling 617 source files to /var/tmp/portage/xerces-2.5.0/work/xer ces-2_5_0/build/classes [xjavac] /var/tmp/portage/xerces-2.5.0/work/xerces-2_5_0/build/src/org/apache /html/dom/HTMLIFrameElementImpl.java:69: org.apache.html.dom.HTMLIFrameElementIm pl should be declared abstract; it does not define getContentDocument() in org.a pache.html.dom.HTMLIFrameElementImpl [xjavac] public class HTMLIFrameElementImpl [xjavac] ^ [xjavac] /var/tmp/portage/xerces-2.5.0/work/xerces-2_5_0/build/src/org/apache /html/dom/HTMLObjectElementImpl.java:69: org.apache.html.dom.HTMLObjectElementIm pl should be declared abstract; it does not define getContentDocument() in org.a pache.html.dom.HTMLObjectElementImpl [xjavac] public class HTMLObjectElementImpl [xjavac] ^ [xjavac] /var/tmp/portage/xerces-2.5.0/work/xerces-2_5_0/build/src/org/apache /html/dom/HTMLFrameElementImpl.java:69: org.apache.html.dom.HTMLFrameElementImpl should be declared abstract; it does not define getContentDocument() in org.apa che.html.dom.HTMLFrameElementImpl [xjavac] public class HTMLFrameElementImpl [xjavac] ^ [xjavac] Note: Some input files use or override a deprecated API. [xjavac] Note: Recompile with -deprecation for details. [xjavac] 3 errors Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge xerces 2. 3. Actual Results: failure Expected Results: Should have compile correctly Portage 2.0.49-r15 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.2.3, glibc-2.3.2-r3, 2.4.20-gentoo- r9) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.20-gentoo-r9 i686 Pentium III (Coppermine) Gentoo Base System version 1.4.3.10 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O3 -march=i686 -funroll-loops -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /var/qmail/control /usr/share/config /usr/kde/2/share/conf ig /usr/kde/3/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O3 -march=i686 -funroll-loops -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="sandbox ccache autoaddcvs" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 oss apm crypt cups encode foomaticdb gif gpm gtk2 imlib jpeg libg++ libwww mad mikmod motif ncurses nls opengl pdflib png sdl spell svga truetype xml2 xv zlib gdbm berkdb slang readline tcpd pam ssl perl python -arts -avi - gtk -kde -gnome -mpeg -oggvorbis -qt -quicktime -X -xmms apache2 vhosts java junit kerberos ldap mysql ruby ruby18 sasl"
Just wanted to add that the 2.6 ebuild compiles fine.
This bug has been brought up too many times. Moving 2.6 xerces to stable. Removing 2.5 from tree.