the ebuild needs append-flags "-fPIC" to be usable, else multisync for example gives a relocation error Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3.
forgot to add emerge --info, so here it is: Portage 2.0.50-r8 (default-amd64-2004.0, gcc-3.3.3, glibc-2.3.4.20040605-r0, 2.6.7-gentoo-r5) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.7-gentoo-r5 x86_64 4 Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r4 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.5-r1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -ftracer" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -ftracer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache cvs sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage/bmg-overlay /usr/local/portage/bmg-gnome-current" SYNC="rsync://tokyo/gentoo" USE="X acpi alsa amd64 avi berkdb bluetooth cdr crypt cups dvd encode esd evo foomaticdb gdbm gif gnome gpm gtk gtk2 imap imlib ipv6 irmc jpeg ldap libg++ libwww mikmod motif mozilla moznocompose moznoirc moznomail mpeg multilib ncurses nls nntp nogcj nowin nptl oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png ppds python quicktime readline ruby scanner sdl slang spell ssl tcpd truetype usb xine xml2 xmms xv xvid zlib"
Related to bug 55402
openobex needed to be linked as a shared object. Patch in place now to enable this in parallel to a static library. Give it some time to reach the the mirrors and remerge =openobex-1.0.1.