checking sqlucode.h usability... no checking sqlucode.h presence... yes configure: WARNING: sqlucode.h: present but cannot be compiled configure: WARNING: sqlucode.h: check for missing prerequisite headers? configure: WARNING: sqlucode.h: proceeding with the preprocessor's result checking for sqlucode.h... yes checking for SQLConnect in -lodbc... no checking whether unixODBC should be used... no checking isql.h usability... no checking isql.h presence... no checking for isql.h... no configure: error: No ODBC driver manager configured. Pperhaps you need to give con figure --with-odbc=/some/location? + diefunc econf 365 1 'econf failed' + local funcname=econf lineno=365 exitcode=1 + shift 3 + echo + echo '!!! ERROR: dev-db/libodbc++-0.2.3 failed.' !!! ERROR: dev-db/libodbc++-0.2.3 failed. + echo '!!! Function econf, Line 365, Exitcode 1' !!! Function econf, Line 365, Exitcode 1 + echo '!!! econf failed' !!! econf failed + echo + exit 1 unixODBC is installed (etcat output): U I [ Found these USE variables in : dev-db/unixODBC-2.2.6-r1 ] + - qt : Adds support for the Qt library. - - gnome : Adds GNOME support I tried adding --with-odbc=/usr and --with-odbc=/usr/lib, like in the .spec file of the source package, to no avail. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge libodbc++ Portage 2.0.50-r1 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.3.2, glibc-2.3.3_pre20040207-r0, 2.6. 2-love1) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.2-love1 i686 AMD Athlon(TM) MP 1800+ Gentoo Base System version 1.4.3.13 distcc 2.12.1 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [enabled] ccache version 2.3 [enabled] Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-w -march=athlon-mp -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -ffast-math -mfpmath=sse,387 -frename-registers -malign-functions=4" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /opt/tomcat/conf /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.1/share/config /usr/kde/3.2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /var/bind /var/qmail/alias /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb;/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/locale /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-w -march=athlon-mp -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -ffast-math -mfpmath=sse,387 -frename-registers -malign-functions=4" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache distcc fixpackages prelink sandbox strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS=" ftp: //ftp.vc-graz.ac.at/mirror/gentoo ftp://gentoo.inode.at/source ftp://ftp.tu-clausthal.de/pub/linux/gentoo ftp://gentoo. linux.no/pub/gentoo http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distribution " MAKEOPTS="-j4" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage-internet /usr/local/portage-local" SYNC="rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage/" USE="3dnow X aalib acpi acpi4linux apache2 arts avi berkdb bindist cdr crypt cups dga dvd encode flac foomaticdb gdbm gif gphoto2 gpm gtk gtk2 icc icc-pgo imlib innobd java jikes joystick jpeg kde libg++ libwww mad mikmod mmx motif mozilla moznoirc moznomail mozp3p mpeg mysql nas ncurses nocardbus nptl odbc offensive oggvorbis openal opengl operanom2 oss pam pdflib perl pic png postgres psyco python qt qtmt quicktime readline samba sdl slang spell sse ssl stroke svga svgalib tcpd tetex tiff truetype unicode usb wmf x86 xml xml2 xmms xv xvid zlib"
please attach the config.log
Sorry, no can do. Problem went away during one of the usual emerge -u worlds. I think I had a borked mysql install or something, other things like qt did complain for a while too. I cannot be sure what it was exactly though. Please close and sorry for any wasted time.
Created attachment 26835 [details] new ebuild for 3.51.2
Created attachment 26836 [details, diff] required patch to avoid falling foul of sandbox constraints
Aaaaargh, I totally got the wrong bugzilla there. Please excuse both those posts!!
closing as per request of user.