>>> emerge (1 of 13) sys-apps/attr-2.4.16 to / .... last few lines of the emerge .... === libattr === cd ../libattr/.libs; ../../install-sh -o root -g root -m 755 -d /usr/lib; ../../install-sh -o root -g root -m 644 -T old_lib libattr.lai /usr/lib install-sh: Unable to find libtool library file libattr.lai other notes: it seems that the C[XX]FLAGS are repeated: (random line from the merge) gcc -march=pentium4 -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -march=pentium4 -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -DNDEBUG -funsigned-char -Wall -I./include -DVERSION=\"2.4.16\" -DLOCALEDIR=\"/usr/share/locale\" -DPACKAGE=\"attr\" -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -march=pentium4 -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -DNDEBUG -funsigned-char -Wall -I../include -DVERSION=\"2.4.16\" -DLOCALEDIR=\"/usr/share/locale\" -DPACKAGE=\"attr\" -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_REENTRANT -fno-strict-aliasing -c quote.c -o quote.o >/dev/null 2>&1 Possible cause: +static use flag Tux Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.emerge sync 2.emerge -vuD world --update to world fails on this package (attr) Actual Results: --update to world fails on that package (attr) Gentoo Base System version 1.5.3 Portage 2.0.50-r10 (default-x86-2004.2, gcc-3.3.4, glibc-2.3.4.20040808-r0, 2.6.8) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.8 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1700MHz distcc 2.17 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r4 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.5-r1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=pentium4 -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.3 /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=pentium4 -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.mirrors.pair.com/ http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://rsync.namerica.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X acl aim alsa amd apm avi cdr crypt encode esd faac faad ffmpeg flac foomaticdb gdbm gif gpm gtk gtk2 imlib java jpeg libg++ libwww mad mikmod mmx motif mozaccess mozilla mpeg mpeg4 mplayer ncurses nls oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png python qt quicktime readline samba savedconfig sdl slang spell sse sse2 ssl static svga tcpd truetype x86 xml2 xmms xv zlib"
workaround: attr works fine when emerged like this: USE="-static" emerge -v attr then i just continue to update the rest of the system normally
removed static, the logic used in the ebuild was wrong when USE=static
