avifile fails to compile the QT test program during the configure stage. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge -uD avifile Actual Results: tucaxi ~ # emerge -uD avifile Calculating dependencies ...done! >>> emerge (1 of 1) media-video/avifile-0.7.41.20041001 to / >>> md5 src_uri ;-) avifile-0.7-0.7.41.tar.gz >>> Unpacking source... >>> Unpacking avifile-0.7-0.7.41.tar.gz to /var/tmp/portage/avifile-0.7.41.20041001/work qt * Applying throw.patch... [ ok ] >>> Source unpacked. mmx qt ./configure --prefix=/usr --host=i686-pc-linux-gnu --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --datadir=/usr/share --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var/lib --disable-static --enable-freetype2 --enable-xv --enable-sdl --enable-sdltest --enable-a52 --enable-ffmpeg-a52 --enable-libz --enable-vorbis --enable-oggtest --enable-vorbistest --with-x --enable-xft --enable-samples --disable-vidix --with-fpic --enable-lame-bin --enable-oss --disable-xvid --enable-xvid4 --enable-quiet --enable-x86opt --with-qt-prefix=/usr/qt/3 configure: WARNING: If you wanted to set the --build type, don't use --host. If a cross compiler is detected then cross compile mode will be used. avifile configure options: --prefix=/usr --host=i686-pc-linux-gnu --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --datadir=/usr/share --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var/lib --disable-static --enable-freetype2 --enable-xv --enable-sdl --enable-sdltest --enable-a52 --enable-ffmpeg-a52 --enable-libz --enable-vorbis --enable-oggtest --enable-vorbistest --with-x --enable-xft --enable-samples --disable-vidix --with-fpic --enable-lame-bin --enable-oss --disable-xvid --enable-xvid4 --enable-quiet --enable-x86opt --with-qt-prefix=/usr/qt/3 checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu ~crop~ checking for XineramaQueryExtension in -lXinerama... yes checking for X11/extensions/dpms.h... yes checking whether system has DPMS fce in X11/extensions/dpms.h... yes checking for DPMSQueryExtension in -lXdpms... no checking for main in -lqt-mt... no checking for Qt library (version >= 200)... no configure: WARNING: *** Could not run Qt test program, checking why... *** Configure discovered/uses these settings: *** Qt libraries: /usr/qt/3/lib *** Qt headers: /usr/qt/3/include *** Note: *** Compilation of Qt utilities also might be turned off (if not wanted). *** If you are experiencing problems which will not be described *** bellow please report then on 'avifile@prak.org' mailing list *** (i.e. some misdetection or omitted path) configure: error: *** The test program failed to compile or link. See the file config.log for the *** exact error that occured. This usually means Qt was incorrectly installed *** or that you have moved Qt since it was installed. In the latter case, you *** may want to set QTDIR shell variable *** *** Another possibility is you try to link Qt libraries compiled with *** different version of g++. Unfortunately you can not mix C++ libraries *** and object files created with different C++ compiler *** i.e. g++-2.96 libraries and g++-2.95 objects *** The most common case: Some users seems to be downgrading their *** compiler without thinking about consequencies... !!! ERROR: media-video/avifile-0.7.41.20041001 failed. !!! Function econf, Line 449, Exitcode 1 !!! econf failed !!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, NOT this status message. Expected Results: clean configure/build tucaxi ~ # emerge info Portage 2.0.51_rc9 (default-x86-2004.0, gcc-3.4.2, glibc-2.3.4.20041006-r0, 2.6.8-gentoo-r6 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.8-gentoo-r6 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 Mobile CPU 1.60GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.5.3 Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r5 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.5-r1 Binutils: sys-devel/binutils-2.15.92.0.2-r1 Headers: sys-kernel/linux26-headers-2.6.8.1-r1 Libtools: sys-devel/libtool-1.5.2-r5 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O3 -mtune=pentium4 -march=pentium4 -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/3.3/share/config:/usr/kde/3.3/env:/usr/kde/3.3/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O3 -mtune=pentium4 -march=pentium4 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache distlocks sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo http://gentoo.binarycompass.org http://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo http://gentoo.llarian.net/" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X acpi alsa apache2 apm arts avi berkdb bidi bitmap-fonts bzlib cdparanoia cdr crypt cups dvd encode ethereal f77 faad flac foomaticdb gdbm gif gpm gtk2 imlib java jpeg kde libg++ libwww mad matroska mikmod mmx motif mpeg mysql ncurses nls nptl oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png python qt quicktime readline sdl slang sockets speex spell sse ssl svga tcltk tcpd tidy tiff truetype wifi wxwindows x86 xine xinerama xml xml2 xmms xprint xv zlib"
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