When the sources are patched, the error below occurs. I guess (hope) this is just a dangling obsolete patch... Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: emerge alsa-lib Actual Results: >>> md5 src_uri ;-) alsa-lib-1.0.3b.tar.bz2 >>> Unpacking source... >>> Unpacking alsa-lib-1.0.3b.tar.bz2 to /var/tmp/portage/alsa-lib-1.0.3b-r2/work * Patching ${S}/ltmain.sh... * Applying portage-1.4.1.patch... * Could not apply relink.patch! * Applying sed-1.4.3.patch... * Applying test-1.4.1.patch... * Applying tmp-1.3.5.patch... * Applying alsa-lib-1.0.3b-rate-capture.patch... [ ok ] >>> Source unpacked. Expected Results: The same as above, just without the error/warning. TreeHouse ~ # emerge info Portage 2.0.50-r6 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.3.2, glibc-2.3.2-r9, 2.6.3-gentoo-r1) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.3-gentoo-r1 i686 mobile AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1900+ Gentoo Base System version 1.4.9 distcc 2.12.1 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] ccache version 2.3 [enabled] Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r3 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.3 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-mcpu=athlon-xp -O2 -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/kde/cvs/share/config /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-mcpu=athlon-xp -O2 -pipe" DISTDIR="/var/cache/portage/sources" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/gentoo http://mirrors.sec.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/gentoo http://gentoo.inode.at/" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/var/cache/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/root/.portage/overlay /home/mss/.portage/mortage" SYNC="rsync://otherland/gentoo-portage" USE="3dnow X aalib aavm acl acpi acpi4linux alsa apm arts avi berkdb cdr crypt cups curl directfb dnd dvd encode esd ethereal faad fam fbcon flac foomaticdb freetype gdbm geoip gif gphoto2 gpm gps gstreamer gtk gtk2 guile imagemagick imap imlib ipv6 jabber java jpeg kde ldap libg++ libwww mad maildir mmx mng motif mozilla moznocompose moznoirc mpeg nas ncurses nls odbc oggvorbis opengl pam pcap pcmcia pdflib perl png pnp python qt quicktime readline regexp samba sasl scanner sdl slang slp socks5 spell sse ssl stroke svga tcltk tcpd tetex tiff transcode truetype trusted type1 uml usagi usb wmf x86 xchattext xinerama xml2 xmms xv zlib"
actually, the warning is informational, as the patch is for libtool issues, nothing else.
Then somebody should probably change that exclamation mark to a simple dot. /me shrugs and walks away
