the ebuild fails like so, at ranlib gcc -mcpu=7450 -O2 -pipe -maltivec -mabi=altivec -mpowerpc-gfxopt -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=500 -D_POSIX_C_SOURCE -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -DLOCALEDIR=\"/usr/share/locale\" -c dialog.c ar -cr libdialog.a rc.o calendar.o fselect.o timebox.o formbox.o guage.o tailbox.o arrows.o buttons.o checklist.o inputbox.o inputstr.o menubox.o mouse.o mousewget.o msgbox.o textbox.o ui_getc.o util.o version.o yesno.o ranlib libdialog.a *** Warning: inferring the mode of operation is deprecated. *** Future versions of Libtool will require -mode=MODE be specified. ranlib: warning: cannot infer operation mode from `libdialog.a' ranlib: you must specify a MODE Try `ranlib --help' for more information. make: *** [libdialog.a] Error 1 make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... Portage 2.0.51_rc7 (default-macos-10.3, gcc-3.3, libsystem-7.1-r0, 7.5.0 Power Macintosh) ================================================================= System uname: 7.5.0 Power Macintosh powerpc macos-20040726 distcc 2.0.1-zeroconf powerpc-apple-darwin7.0 (protocol 1) (default port 3632) [disabled] Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.57,sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r4 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.6.3,sys-devel/automake-1.8.5-r1 Binutils: Headers: Libtools: sys-devel/libtool-1.5.2-r5,sys-devel/libtool-2.4.4 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="macos ppc ~ppc-macos" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-mcpu=7450 -O2 -pipe -maltivec -mabi=altivec -mpowerpc-gfxopt" CHOST="powerpc-apple-darwin" COMPILER="" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-mcpu=7450 -O2 -pipe -maltivec -mabi=altivec -mpowerpc-gfxopt" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache collision-protect cvs distlocks keepwork" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.osuosl.org/" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="macos berkdb cdr gdbm ldap mysql perl python ruby"
in addition to dialog ebuild, fftw ebuild has this error as well /usr/bin/install -c .libs/libsfftw.a /var/tmp/portage/fftw-2.1.5-r1/image//usr/lib/libsfftw.a ranlib /var/tmp/portage/fftw-2.1.5-r1/image//usr/lib/libsfftw.a *** Warning: inferring the mode of operation is deprecated. *** Future versions of Libtool will require -mode=MODE be specified. ranlib: warning: cannot infer operation mode from `/var/tmp/portage/fftw-2.1.5-r1/image//usr/lib/libsfftw.a' ranlib: you must specify a MODE Try `ranlib --help' for more information. make[2]: *** [install-libLTLIBRARIES] Error 1 make[1]: *** [install-am] Error 2 make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1 and lftp ebuild rm -f libtasks.a ar cru libtasks.a PollVec.o SMTask.o ProcWait.o GetPass.o ConnectionSlot.o CharReader.o LsCache.o FileAccess.o ResMgr.o Filter.o SignalHook.o FileCopy.o xmalloc.o FileSet.o log.o buffer.o url.o StatusLine.o plural.o misc.o fg.o module.o resource.o DummyProto.o ArgV.o Speedometer.o FileGlob.o netrc.o ColumnOutput.o FileSetOutput.o lftp_tinfo.o TimeDate.o Timer.o GetFileInfo.o StringPool.o DirColors.o IdNameCache.o PatternSet.o LocalDir.o ranlib libtasks.a *** Warning: inferring the mode of operation is deprecated. *** Future versions of Libtool will require -mode=MODE be specified. ranlib: warning: cannot infer operation mode from `libtasks.a' ranlib: you must specify a MODE Try `ranlib --help' for more information. make[1]: *** [libtasks.a] Error 1 make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
Benny, it looks like you overwrote Apples libtool. Reinstall Xcode 1.5 and the errors will not happen. I'm closing this bug as using non-apple libtool is currently unsupported.
Closing out bugs that've been resolved for a while now...