Compilation of scummvm 0.6.1b is failing. By the looks of it, it's trying to link with SDL joystick functions which don't exist - quite possibly because libsdl is compiled with the +nojoystick USE flag. Possibly this is not getting passed on to/detected by scummvm's configure script or such? (See "actual results" for details of error.) Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: Attempt to emerge scummvm with the following USE flags: +alsa -debug -dedicated +mad +oggvorbis +sdl +zlib libsdl was previously emerged with these - note the lack of joystick support: +X +aalib +alsa -arts +dga -directfb -esd +fbcon -ggi +libcaca -nas -noaudio +nojoystick -novideo +opengl -oss +svga -xinerama +xv The version of libsdl is 1.2.7-r1, the latest unmasked at the time of writing, and works fine with other SDL apps. Actual Results: (normal verbiage of an emerge, into the compilation) g++ backends/sdl/sdl-common.o backends/sdl/sdl.o base/libbase.a scumm/ libscumm.a simon/libsimon.a sky/libsky.a sword1/libsword1.a sword2/libsword2.a queen/libqueen.a gui/libgui.a backends/libbackends.a sound/libsound.a common/ libcommon.a -lvorbisfile -lvorbis -logg -lmad -lasound -lz -lmpeg2 -L/usr/ lib -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib -lSDL -lpthread -o scummvm backends/sdl/sdl-common.o(.text+0x2bc): In function `OSystem_SDL_Common:: init_intern(int)': : undefined reference to `SDL_NumJoysticks' backends/sdl/sdl-common.o(.text+0x2cc): In function `OSystem_SDL_Common:: init_intern(int)': : undefined reference to `SDL_JoystickName' backends/sdl/sdl-common.o(.text+0x2e4): In function `OSystem_SDL_Common:: init_intern(int)': : undefined reference to `SDL_JoystickOpen' collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make: *** [scummvm] Error 1 !!! ERROR: games-engines/scummvm-0.6.1b failed. !!! Function src_compile, Line 45, Exitcode 2 !!! emake failed Expected Results: That scummvm emerged OK. ;) (ScummVM 0.6.0 did back when it was the latest unmasked version.) Portage 2.0.50-r9 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.3.3, glibc-2.3.3.20040420-r1, 2.6.3- gentoo-r1) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.3-gentoo-r1 i686 Mobile Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 1.80GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r4 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.3 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O3 -march=i686 -funroll-loops -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/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 -march=i686 -funroll-loops -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/www.ibiblio.org/gentoo/" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://rsync.uk.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X aalib alsa apm avi berkdb crypt cups dga divx4linux fbcon foomaticdb gdbm gif gpm gtk gtk2 guile jack jack-tmpfs java jikes jpeg libcaca libg++ libwww mad mikmod mmx mng motif mpeg ncurses nls nojoystick oggvorbis opengl pam pcmcia pdflib perl png pnp python qt quicktime readline sdl slang spell sse ssl svga tcltk tcpd tiff truetype usb wmf x86 xml xml2 xmms xv xvid zlib"
You merged libsdl with nojoystick so you get to work things out on your system. Disabling parts of libsdl isn't a supported configuration - You have to really know what you're doing.
