media-gfx/gphoto2 fails with an error (see below) when sys-libs/slang is not installed. I suggest gphoto2 should depend on slang. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.emerge -C sys-libs/slang 2.emerge media-gfx/gphoto2 3. Actual Results: /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.2/../../../../i686-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: cannot find -lslang collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[2]: *** [gphoto2] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/gphoto2-2.1.4/work/gphoto2-2.1. 4/gphoto2' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/gphoto2-2.1.4/work/gphoto2-2.1.4' make: *** [all] Error 2 !!! ERROR: media-gfx/gphoto2-2.1.4 failed. !!! Function src_compile, Line 57, Exitcode 2 !!! (no error message) Expected Results: gphoto2 should depend on slang and build fine Portage 2.0.50-r8 (default-x86-2004.0, gcc-3.3.2, glibc-2.3.2-r9, 2.6. 7-hardened-r1) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.7-hardened-r1 i686 AMD Duron(tm) Processor Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r3 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.3 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -mfpmath=sse -msse -mmmx -m3dnow -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -fstack-protector" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3. 1/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -mfpmath=sse -msse -mmmx -m3dnow -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -fstack-protector" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs buildpkg ccache sandbox userpriv usersandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/Linux/gentoo ftp://f tp.easynet.nl/mirror/gentoo/ http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu" 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="3dnow mmx sse-3dfx video_cards_nvidia x86" And here my USE for gphoto2: # grep "media-gfx/gphoto2" /etc/portage/package.use media-gfx/gphoto2 aalib jpeg ncurses
gphoto2 does not depend on slang directly. something else in your *.la files depends on slang.