When emerging diretfb 0.9.20, build fails when trying to compile a file called "idirectfbfont_ft2". There are several hundred lines of error messages that look like this: /usr/include/freetype2/freetype/ftglyph.h:3034: error stray '\24' in program Of course, "3034" varies depending on the line number. There are also warnings mixed in with said error messages that look something like this: /usr/include/freetype2/freetype/ftglyph.h:3034:134: warning: null character(s) ignored So I'm not actually sure whether this is a but in freetype of directfb. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge sync 2. emerge directfb 3. ... My USE flags: acl acpi adns apache2 apm bidi crypt curl directfb fastcgi fbcon ggi gpm hardened ipv6 java jpeg ldap libwww memlimit mmx mpi ncurses nocardbus odbc offensive pam pcre perl pic pie png pnp python readline ruby slang sse ssl svga tcpd unicode usb vhosts xml xml2 zlib -apm -arts -bonobo -cdr -X -gnome -kde -qt My chost: i686-pc-linux-gnu My CFLAGS/CXXFLAGS: -march=pentium3 -03 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -funroll-loops -fstack-protector My /etc/make.conf also contains the line: VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia" (I have a Riva TNT card). emerge directfb fails with or without this line in /etc/make.conf Other relavent stuff from emerge info: Portage 2.0.50-r8 (default-x86-2004.0, gcc-3.3.3, glibc-2.3.3-20040420-r0, 2.4.24-hardened-r3 Gentoo base system version 1.4.16 autoconf-2.59-r3 automake-1.8.3 accept_keywords="x86" autoclean="yes" compiler="gcc3" features="autoaddcvs ccache sandbox" makeopts-"-j2" Sorry about the shorthand, but I had to copy all of this stuff by hand.
I examined the offending freetype file and discovered it was complete gibberish. I then unmerged freetype, deleted all the freetype distfiles, and emerged freetype. This resolved the problem. Simply remerging freetype did NOT solve the problem. Ah, life's little mysteries... anyways, chances are nobody else is having this bug.
