Created attachment 329178 [details] build.log /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.5.4/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: ../lib/unicode/.libs/libUnicode.a(unicodeSimple Types.o): warning: relocation against `Unicode_GetCurrentEncoding' in readonly section `.text'. /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.5.4/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: .libs/libvmtools_la-vmtoolsConfig.o: relocation R_X86_64_PC32 against symbol `VMTools_WriteConfig' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.5.4/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: final link failed: Bad value collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[1]: *** [libvmtools.la] Error 1
Created attachment 329180 [details] emerge --info
after an additional check I found that the flag is enforced by +pic, but my profile disables it. Marking the bug as an invalid.