xorg-x11-6.8.0 lacks libXp.so.6 (I understand that this library is 'depricated') acroread (5.09) requires it, however, and fails to execute, displaying the following error message: /opt/Acrobat5/Reader/intellinux/bin/acroread: error while loading shared libraries: libXp.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge xorg-x11-6.8.0 2. emerge acroread-5.09 3. run acroread Actual Results: acroread fails to load with error message: "/opt/Acrobat5/Reader/intellinux/bin/acroread: error while loading shared libraries: libXp.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory" Expected Results: Acroread should run as expected. Portage 2.0.50-r11 (default-x86-2004.0, gcc-3.3.4, glibc-2.3.3.20040420-r1, 2.6.7) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.7 i686 AMD Athlon(TM) XP 2500+ Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r4 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.5-r1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -O2 -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/3.2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache fixpackages sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.chem.wisc.edu/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.tu-clausthal.de/pub/linux/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="3dfx 3dnow X acpi alsa avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cdr crypt dga divx4linux dvd dvdr encode foomaticdb gdbm gif gtk gtk2 imlib java jpeg libcaca libg++ libwww mad mikmod mmx mpeg ncurses oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png python quicktime readline sdl slang spell sse ssl svga tcltk tcpd truetype usb v4l v4l2 x86 xml2 xmms xprint xv xvid zlib"
it doesn't lack it, just make sure "xprint" is in USE (there is an ewarn in the xorg-x11 emerge process that tells you about this, you know).