This is an auto-filed bug because net-libs/xrootd installs shared libraries that lack a SONAME. The issue was originally discovered on amd64, but it may be reproducible on other arches as well. If you think that a different summary clarifies the issue better, feel free to change it. Attached build log and emerge --info.
Created attachment 641400 [details] build.log build log and emerge --info
All xrootd versions currently in the tree include libXrdClTests.so in QA_SONAME.
Not sure how the QA check is done, but I see this: $ for lib in $(find /usr/lib64 -name libXrd* -type f); do readelf -d $lib | grep SONAME; done 0x000000000000000e (SONAME) Library soname: [libXrdUtils.so.3] 0x000000000000000e (SONAME) Library soname: [libXrdAppUtils.so.2] 0x000000000000000e (SONAME) Library soname: [libXrdCrypto.so.2] 0x000000000000000e (SONAME) Library soname: [libXrdCryptoLite.so.2] 0x000000000000000e (SONAME) Library soname: [libXrdXml.so.3] 0x000000000000000e (SONAME) Library soname: [libXrdServer.so.3] 0x000000000000000e (SONAME) Library soname: [libXrdPosix.so.3] 0x000000000000000e (SONAME) Library soname: [libXrdPosixPreload.so.2] 0x000000000000000e (SONAME) Library soname: [libXrdFfs.so.3] 0x000000000000000e (SONAME) Library soname: [libXrdSsiLib.so.2] 0x000000000000000e (SONAME) Library soname: [libXrdSsiShMap.so.2] 0x000000000000000e (SONAME) Library soname: [libXrdHttpUtils.so.2] 0x000000000000000e (SONAME) Library soname: [libXrdCl.so.3] $ for lib in $(find /usr/lib64 -name libXrd* -type f); do readelf -d $lib | grep -qv SONAME && echo $lib; done /usr/lib64/libXrdUtils.so.3.0.0 /usr/lib64/libXrdAppUtils.so.2.0.0 /usr/lib64/libXrdClProxyPlugin-5.so /usr/lib64/libXrdCrypto.so.2.0.0 /usr/lib64/libXrdCryptoLite.so.2.0.0 /usr/lib64/libXrdCryptossl-5.so /usr/lib64/libXrdSec-5.so /usr/lib64/libXrdSecpwd-5.so /usr/lib64/libXrdSecsss-5.so /usr/lib64/libXrdSecunix-5.so /usr/lib64/libXrdSecProt-5.so /usr/lib64/libXrdXml.so.3.0.0 /usr/lib64/libXrdSecgsi-5.so /usr/lib64/libXrdSecgsiAUTHZVO-5.so /usr/lib64/libXrdSecgsiGMAPDN-5.so /usr/lib64/libXrdSeckrb5-5.so /usr/lib64/libXrdServer.so.3.0.0 /usr/lib64/libXrdXrootd-5.so /usr/lib64/libXrdPosix.so.3.0.0 /usr/lib64/libXrdPosixPreload.so.2.0.0 /usr/lib64/libXrdFfs.so.3.0.0 /usr/lib64/libXrdPss-5.so /usr/lib64/libXrdBwm-5.so /usr/lib64/libXrdOssSIgpfsT-5.so /usr/lib64/libXrdCksCalczcrc32-5.so /usr/lib64/libXrdThrottle-5.so /usr/lib64/libXrdN2No2p-5.so /usr/lib64/libXrdCmsRedirectLocal-5.so /usr/lib64/libXrdSsiLib.so.2.0.0 /usr/lib64/libXrdSsiShMap.so.2.0.0 /usr/lib64/libXrdSsi-5.so /usr/lib64/libXrdSsiLog-5.so /usr/lib64/libXrdPfc-5.so /usr/lib64/libXrdBlacklistDecision-5.so /usr/lib64/libXrdOssCsi-5.so /usr/lib64/libXrdHttpUtils.so.2.0.0 /usr/lib64/libXrdHttp-5.so /usr/lib64/libXrdHttpTPC-5.so /usr/lib64/libXrdCl.so.3.0.0 So these last libraries apparently do not have an SONAME set still.