I am running ~x86. openssl, net-snmp and etheral are built with these options: dev-libs/openssl-0.9.7d-r1 -debug -emacs (-uclibc) 0 kB net-analyzer/net-snmp-5.1.1-r1 +X -ipv6 -lm_sensors -minimal +perl +ssl +tcpd 0 kB net-analyzer/ethereal-0.10.6 -adns -debug +gtk +gtk2 -ipv6 +snmp +ssl 0 kB A manual configure of ethereal reveals: [....] checking whether to use SSL library if available... yes checking whether SSL library is available... not required checking whether to use NET-SNMP library if available... yes checking net-snmp/net-snmp-config.h usability... yes checking net-snmp/net-snmp-config.h presence... yes checking for net-snmp/net-snmp-config.h... yes checking net-snmp/library/default_store.h usability... yes checking net-snmp/library/default_store.h presence... yes checking for net-snmp/library/default_store.h... yes Net-SNMP requires openssl but ssl not enabled - disabling Net-SNMP [....] While the net-snmp executables link to libcrypto: dagb-work ethereal-0.10.6 # ldd /usr/bin/snmpset linux-gate.so.1 => (0xffffe000) libnetsnmp.so.5 => /usr/lib/libnetsnmp.so.5 (0xb7f48000) libcrypto.so.0.9.7 => /usr/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.7 (0xb7e4a000) [.....] ...the net-snmp libraries do not. Should they? dagb-work ethereal-0.10.6 # ldd /usr/lib/libsnmp*.so* /usr/lib/libsnmp.so: linux-gate.so.1 => (0xffffe000) libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0xb7e4a000) /lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x80000000) /usr/lib/libsnmp.so.5: linux-gate.so.1 => (0xffffe000) libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0xb7e4a000) /lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x80000000) /usr/lib/libsnmp.so.5.1.1: linux-gate.so.1 => (0xffffe000) libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0xb7e4a000) /lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x80000000) Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge ethereal Actual Results: Ethereal's Help | About says that it is compiled without Net-SNMP. Expected Results: I would like it to be compiled with support for snmp.... dagb-work ~ # emerge info Portage 2.0.51_rc6 (default-x86-2004.0, gcc-3.4.2, glibc-2.3.4.20040808-r0, 2.6. 9-rc3 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.9-rc3 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) III Mobile CPU 1000MHz Gentoo Base System version 1.5.3 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 Binutils: sys-devel/binutils-2.15.90.0.1.1-r3 Headers: sys-kernel/linux26-headers-2.6.8.1 Libtools: sys-devel/libtool-1.5.2-r5 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=pentium3 -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/s hare/config /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=pentium3 -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache distlocks sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.osuosl.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/dis tributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.no/gentoo-portage" USE="X alsa apache2 apm avi berkdb bitmap-fonts crypt cups dba encode foomaticdb gd gdbm gif gpm gtk gtk2 imlib jpeg libg++ libwww mad mikmod mmx motif mozilla mpeg mysql ncurses nls nptl oggvorbis opengl oss pam pcmcia pdflib perl png pyth on qt quicktime readline samba sdl slang snmp spell sse ssl tcpd tiff truetype u sb x86 xml2 xmms xprint xv zlib"
problem is in ebuild - it overwrites myconf... fixed in portage.
