While executing 'emerge postfix-2.0.19' the process fails with: ../../lib/libutil.a(dict_db.o)(.text+0x6b0): In function `dict_db_open': /var/tmp/portage/postfix-2.0.19/work/postfix-2.0.19/src/util/dict_db.c:468: undefined reference to `db_version' ../../lib/libutil.a(dict_db.o)(.text+0x744):/var/tmp/portage/postfix-2.0.19/work/postfix-2.0.19/src/util/dict_db.c:543: undefined reference to `db_create' collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make: *** [master] Error 1 make: *** [update] Error 1 !!! ERROR: net-mail/postfix-2.0.19 failed. !!! Function src_compile, Line 138, Exitcode 2 !!! compile problem Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge postfix-2.0.19 Actual Results: ../../lib/libutil.a(dict_db.o)(.text+0x6b0): In function `dict_db_open': /var/tmp/portage/postfix-2.0.19/work/postfix-2.0.19/src/util/dict_db.c:468: undefined reference to `db_version' ../../lib/libutil.a(dict_db.o)(.text+0x744):/var/tmp/portage/postfix-2.0.19/work/postfix-2.0.19/src/util/dict_db.c:543: undefined reference to `db_create' collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make: *** [master] Error 1 make: *** [update] Error 1 !!! ERROR: net-mail/postfix-2.0.19 failed. !!! Function src_compile, Line 138, Exitcode 2 !!! compile problem Expected Results: The package to finish compiling/installing correctly. Portage 2.0.50-r3 (default-sparc64-2004.0, gcc-3.3.3, glibc-2.3.2-r9, 2.4.25-sparc) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.25-sparc sparc64 sun4u Gentoo Base System version 1.4.3.13 Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.58-r1 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.3 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="sparc" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O2 -mcpu=ultrasparc" CHOST="sparc-unknown-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -mcpu=ultrasparc" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="ccache sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.llarian.net" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X arts avi berkdb crypt cups encode esd fbcon foomaticdb gdbm gif gnome gtk imlib jpeg kde libwww mad mikmod motif mpeg mysql ncurses nls oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png python qt readline sdl slang sparc spell ssl tcltk tcpd truetype xml2 xmms xv zlib"
Repeated attempts with rebuilding BerkeleyDB ('emerge db') solves this issue.