emerge mplayer (mplayer-1.0_pre5-r4) fails when checking for /usr/lib/real (use flag "real"): >>> Source unpacked. dvd png xvid fbcon svga real /usr/lib/real * Real libs not found! Install a stable version of win32codecs !!! ERROR: media-video/mplayer-1.0_pre5-r4 failed. !!! Function src_compile, Line 330, Exitcode 0 !!! Real libs not found !!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, NOT this status message. At least the error message must be wrong becaus media-libs/win32codecs-20040916-r1 does not constain /usr/lib/real
1) It is in -r1, so I don't know what's up with that. 2) You also need real USE flag in win32codecs I added a warning to MPlayer so it doesn't happen again.
The same happens in _pre5-r5 It seems that if win32codecs doesn't get compiled with USE="real" it doesn't make /usr/$lib_dir/real and if that is not present when mplayer checks after it when USE="real" is on. Then if you only have USE="real" set when emergeing mplayer you get that. That ewarn should maybe get changed so that it says that win32codecs should be recompiled with USE="real"