This is the compile error i get when i emerge kopete 0.8 /bin/sh ../../../libtool --silent --mode=compile --tag=CXX g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../../.. -I./ui -I./ui -I../../../kopete/libkopete -I../../../kopete/libkopete/ui -I../../../kopete/libkopete/ui -I/usr/kde/3.2/include -I/usr/qt/3/include -I/usr/X11R6/include -DQT_THREAD_SUPPORT -D_REENTRANT -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -Wnon-virtual-dtor -Wno-long-long -Wundef -Wall -W -Wpointer-arith -Wwrite-strings -ansi -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=500 -D_BSD_SOURCE -Wcast-align -Wconversion -Wchar-subscripts -DNDEBUG -DNO_DEBUG -O2 -O3 -mcpu=pentium2 -funroll-loops -pipe -Wformat-security -Wmissing-format-attribute -fno-exceptions -fno-check-new -fno-common -DQT_CLEAN_NAMESPACE -DQT_NO_ASCII_CAST -DQT_NO_STL -DQT_NO_COMPAT -DQT_NO_TRANSLATION -c -o msnp2p.lo `test -f 'msnp2p.cpp' || echo './'`msnp2p.cpp msnfiletransfersocket.cpp: In member function `void MSNFileTransferSocket::slotTimer()': msnfiletransfersocket.cpp:220: internal compiler error: in bitmap_operation, at bitmap.c:642 Please submit a full bug report, with preprocessed source if appropriate. See <URL:http://bugs.gentoo.org/> for instructions. The bug is not reproduceable, so it is likely a hardware or OS problem make[5]: *** [msnfiletransfersocket.lo] Error 1 make[5]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/kopete-0.8.0/work/kopete-0.8.0/kopete/protocols/msn' make[4]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[4]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/kopete-0.8.0/work/kopete-0.8.0/kopete/protocols/msn' make[3]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/kopete-0.8.0/work/kopete-0.8.0/kopete/protocols' make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/kopete-0.8.0/work/kopete-0.8.0/kopete' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/kopete-0.8.0/work/kopete-0.8.0' make: *** [all] Error 2 !!! ERROR: net-im/kopete-0.8.0 failed. !!! Function kde_src_compile, Line 129, Exitcode 2 !!! died running emake, kde_src_compile:make --------------- I also noticed: >>> Unpacking kopete-0.8.0.tar.bz2 to /var/tmp/portage/kopete-0.8.0/work sed: -e expression #1, char 11: Unknown option to `s' >>> Source unpacked. Reproducible: Didn't try Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install kdebase 3.2.2 2. emerge -O kopete Actual Results: Error above. Expected Results: Program compiles Portage 2.0.50-r6 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.3.2, glibc-2.3.2-r9, 2.6.5-gentoo-r1) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.5-gentoo-r1 i686 Celeron (Mendocino) Gentoo Base System version 1.4.10 Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.58-r1 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.3 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O3 -mcpu=pentium2 -funroll-loops -pipe" CHOST="i486-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/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O3 -mcpu=pentium2 -funroll-loops -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/www.ibiblio.org/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/mirrors/gentoo ftp://mirror.switch.ch/mirror/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="X acpi apm arts avi berkdb crypt cups encode foomaticdb gdbm gif gpm gtk2 imlib java jpeg kde libg++ libwww mad mikmod mmx motif mpeg ncurses nls oggvorbis opengl oss pam pda pdflib perl png python qt quicktime readline sdl slang spell ssl svga tcpd tetex truetype usb x86 xml2 xmms xv zlib"
your compiler seems to be having problems. Which version of the compiler are you using?
gcc-3.3.2
can't fix segfaults in the compiler.