if gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../.. -DPANGO_ENABLE_ENGINE -DSYSCONFDIR=\"/etc\" -DLIBDIR=\"/usr/lib\" -DG_DISABLE_DEPRECATED -DG_DISABLE_CAST_CHECKS -pthread -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/X11R6/include -I../.. -m32 -O3 -mcpu=i486 -funroll-loops -pipe -Wall -MT disasm.o -MD -MP -MF ".deps/disasm.Tpo" \ -c -o disasm.o `test -f 'disasm.c' || echo './'`disasm.c; \ then mv -f ".deps/disasm.Tpo" ".deps/disasm.Po"; \ else rm -f ".deps/disasm.Tpo"; exit 1; \ fi /bin/sh ../../libtool --mode=link gcc -m32 -O3 -mcpu=i486 -funroll-loops -pipe -Wall -o libpango-ot.la ftxopen.lo ftxgdef.lo ftxgpos.lo ftxgsub.lo otlbuffer.lo pango-ot-buffer.lo pango-ot-info.lo pango-ot-ruleset.lo ar cru .libs/libpango-ot.a .libs/ftxopen.o .libs/ftxgdef.o .libs/ftxgpos.o .libs/ftxgsub.o .libs/otlbuffer.o .libs/pango-ot-buffer.o .libs/pango-ot-info.o .libs/pango-ot-ruleset.o ranlib .libs/libpango-ot.a creating libpango-ot.la (cd .libs && rm -f libpango-ot.la && ln -s ../libpango-ot.la libpango-ot.la) /bin/sh ../../libtool --mode=link gcc -m32 -O3 -mcpu=i486 -funroll-loops -pipe -Wall -o ottest ottest.o disasm.o libpango-ot.la -lfontconfig -lfreetype -lz libtool: link: warning: library `/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.4/../../..//libfreetype.la' was moved. libtool: link: cannot find the library `/var/tmp/portage/freetype-2.1.5-r1/image//usr/lib/libfreetype.la' make[4]: *** [ottest] Error 1 make[4]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/pango-1.4.1/work/pango-1.4.1/pango/opentype' make[3]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/pango-1.4.1/work/pango-1.4.1/pango' make[2]: *** [all] Error 2 make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/pango-1.4.1/work/pango-1.4.1/pango' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/pango-1.4.1/work/pango-1.4.1' make: *** [all] Error 2 !!! ERROR: x11-libs/pango-1.4.1 failed. !!! Function gnome2_src_compile, Line 40, Exitcode 2 !!! compile failure Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge -uD world , emerge pango 2. 3. Actual Results: Expected Results: Portage 2.0.50-r11 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.3.4, glibc-2.3.4.20040808-r1, 2.6.8-gentoo-r4) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.8-gentoo-r4 i686 AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 242 Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 distcc 2.12.1 i486-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] ccache version 2.3 [enabled] Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r5 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.5-r1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-m32 -O3 -mcpu=i486 -funroll-loops -pipe" CHOST="i486-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/env /usr/kde/3.3/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/fax /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /var/bind /var/qmail/control /var/spool/fax/etc" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-m32 -O3 -mcpu=i486 -funroll-loops -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.osuosl.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j4" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X Xaw3d aalib acl acpi afs aim alsa apache2 apm arts audiofile avi berkdb bidi bitmap-fonts bonobo caps cdr crypt cscope cups curl dga directfb divx4linux doc dvd dvdr emacs encode esd ethereal evo f77 fam fbcon fdftk fftw flac flash foomaticdb freetds gb gcj gd gdbm ggi gif gimpprint gmp gnome gnutls gphoto2 gpm gps gstreamer gtk gtk2 gtkhtml guile icq imagemagic imap imlib informix innodb ipv6 jabber jack java jikes joystick jpeg kde kerberos krb4 ladcca lcm lcms ldap leim libg++ libgda libwww lirc mad maildir mailwrapper mbox mcal memlimit mikmod mmx motif mozilla mpeg mpi msn mule mysql nas ncurses netcdf nhc98 nls oavobjc oci8 odbc offensive oggvorbis opengl oscar oss pam pcmcia pda pdflib perl plotutils png pnp postgresppds prelude python qt quicktime readline ruby18 samba sasl scanner sdl slang slp snmp socks5 speex spellsse ssl svg svga szip tcltk tcpd tetex tiff truetype usb vhosts wifi wmf wxwindows x86 xface xinerama xmlxml2 xmms xosd xprint xv xvid yahoo yaz zeo zlib"
do 'grep /var/tmp/portage /usr/lib/*.la' & post the output
reemerging freetype solved the problem I think that this issue is related to my sqitch from xfree86 to xorg-x11. Closing.