There is a version 2.6.3 available (dated 2019-03-30). In general, 2.6.x contains a (now working) multithreading feature which requires libthreadar. The latter is a quite unpopular lib, maybe one shouldn't make an extra package for it, but it should be linked in.
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=1dcb25a3e47356caf0b4c8899e98a2b77439ada9 commit 1dcb25a3e47356caf0b4c8899e98a2b77439ada9 Author: Viorel Munteanu <ceamac.paragon@gmail.com> AuthorDate: 2021-03-09 15:28:24 +0000 Commit: Joonas Niilola <juippis@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2021-03-12 11:29:06 +0000 app-backup/dar: add support for threads Add USE flag "threads" to link with `dev-libs/libthreaddar` Mask USE flag "threads" for all arches except ~amd64 Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/686278 Package-Manager: Portage-3.0.13, Repoman-3.0.2 Signed-off-by: Viorel Munteanu <ceamac.paragon@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Joonas Niilola <juippis@gentoo.org> app-backup/dar/dar-2.6.13-r1.ebuild | 4 +++- profiles/arch/powerpc/ppc32/package.use.mask | 4 ++++ profiles/arch/sparc/package.use.mask | 4 ++++ profiles/arch/x86/package.use.mask | 4 ++++ 4 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)