USE=-alsa emerge sdlmame returns: [...] >>> Emerging (1 of 1) games-emulation/sdlmame-0.173::gentoo * mame-0.173.zip SHA256 SHA512 WHIRLPOOL size ;-) ... [ ok ] >>> Unpacking source... >>> Unpacking mame-0.173.zip to /var/tmp/portage/games-emulation/sdlmame-0.173/work >>> Unpacking ./mame.zip to /var/tmp/portage/games-emulation/sdlmame-0.173/work >>> Source unpacked in /var/tmp/portage/games-emulation/sdlmame-0.173/work >>> Preparing source in /var/tmp/portage/games-emulation/sdlmame-0.173/work ... * Applying sdlmame-0.173-qt.patch ... [ ok ] * Applying sdlmame-0.173-cxx14.patch ... [ ok ] >>> Source prepared. >>> Configuring source in /var/tmp/portage/games-emulation/sdlmame-0.173/work ... >>> Source configured. >>> Compiling source in /var/tmp/portage/games-emulation/sdlmame-0.173/work ... make -j3 -j1 generate AR=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-ar GCC 4.9.3 detected fatal: Not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git makefile:1032: *** missing separator. Stop. * ERROR: games-emulation/sdlmame-0.173::gentoo failed (compile phase): * emake failed * * If you need support, post the output of `emerge --info '=games-emulation/sdlmame-0.173::gentoo'`, * the complete build log and the output of `emerge -pqv '=games-emulation/sdlmame-0.173::gentoo'`. * The complete build log is located at '/var/tmp/portage/games-emulation/sdlmame-0.173/temp/build.log'. * The ebuild environment file is located at '/var/tmp/portage/games-emulation/sdlmame-0.173/temp/environment'. * Working directory: '/var/tmp/portage/games-emulation/sdlmame-0.173/work' * S: '/var/tmp/portage/games-emulation/sdlmame-0.173/work' >>> Failed to emerge games-emulation/sdlmame-0.173, Log file: [...] With USE=alsa it works.
should be better now