i686-pc-linux-gnu-g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I./tools -I./core -I./device -I./projects -I./projects/datacd -I./projects/datadvd -I./projects/audiocd -I./projects/videocd -I./projects/mixedcd -I./projects/movixcd -I./device -I./plugin -I/usr/kde/3.3/include -I/usr/qt/3/include -I/usr/X11R6/include -DQT_THREAD_SUPPORT -D_REENTRANT -I/usr/kde/3.3/include -I/usr/qt/3/include -I/usr/X11R6/include -Wnon-virtual-dtor -Wno-long-long -Wundef -ansi -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=500 -D_BSD_SOURCE -Wcast-align -Wconversion -Wchar-subscripts -Wall -W -Wpointer-arith -Wwrite-strings -DNDEBUG -DNO_DEBUG -O2 -march=pentium3 -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -Wformat-security -Wmissing-format-attribute -fno-exceptions -fno-check-new -fno-common -DQT_CLEAN_NAMESPACE -DQT_NO_ASCII_CAST -DQT_NO_STL -DQT_NO_COMPAT -DQT_NO_TRANSLATION -c -o k3baudioplayer.o `test -f 'k3baudioplayer.cpp' || echo './'`k3baudioplayer.cpp In file included from k3baudioplayer.cpp:17: k3baudioplayer.h:26:34: arts/kartsdispatcher.h: No such file or directory In file included from k3baudioplayer.cpp:17: k3baudioplayer.h:178: error: `KArtsDispatcher' does not name a type k3baudioplayer.cpp: In member function `virtual QDragObject* K3bPlayListView::dragObject()': k3baudioplayer.cpp:154: warning: `newDrag' is deprecated (declared at /usr/kde/3.3/include/kurldrag.h:76) make[3]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/k3b-0.11.17/work/k3b-0.11.17/src' make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/k3b-0.11.17/work/k3b-0.11.17/src' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/k3b-0.11.17/work/k3b-0.11.17' make: *** [all] Error 2 make[3]: *** [k3baudioplayer.o] Error 1 Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge k3b 2. 3. Actual Results: It fails to compile Expected Results: It should have successfully compiled. Portage 2.0.51-r3 (default-linux/x86/2004.3, gcc-3.4.3, glibc-2.3.4.20041102-r0, 2.6.9-ck3 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.9-ck3 i686 Celeron (Coppermine) Gentoo Base System version 1.6.6 ccache version 2.3 [enabled] 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-r7 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=pentium3 -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /opt/openjms/config /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/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/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=pentium3 -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://gentoo.mirrors.pair.com/ http://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/linux/gentoo/ http://mirror.tucdemonic.org/gentoo/" MAKEOPTS="-j1" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.namerica.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="S3TC X X509 aac aalib acl acpi acpi4linux activefilter adns aim alsa apm arts artswrappersuid artworkextra asterisk atlas audiofile avantgo avi bash-completion bcmath bdf beepmp berkdb bidi bigger-fonts bitmap-fonts blas blender-game bmp bzlib cap cddb cdinstall cdparanoia cdr cdrom cgi chroot cjk client codecs cpdflib crypt css ctype cups curl curlwrappers dba dedicated devfs dga dhcp dio distribution divx4linux djbfft dmx dnd droproot dv dvb dvd dvdr dvdread editor edl emoticon encode erandom escreen esd exif extensions f77 faac faad fam fastcgi festival ffmpeg flac flash flood fluidsynth fmod font-server foomaticdb fortran fpx freetts freetype freewnn ftp gb gcl gd gdbm geoip gif gimp gimpprint ginac glade glgd glut gmp gmtfull gnomedb gnuplot gnutls gphoto2 gpm graphviz gs gsl gstreamer gtk gtk2 gtkhtml hal hardenedphp hbci hdf hdf5 i8x0 iconv icq ide idea idl ieee1394 image imagemagick imap imlib imlib2 ipv6 irda irmc j2ee jabber jack java javacomm javadoc javascript jbig jboss jce jms joystick jp2 jpeg jpeg2k jta junit jython kadu-modules kadu-voice kakasi latex lcms libcaca libdsk libg++ libgd libsamplerate libwww lirc live lm_sensors lua lufsusermount lzo lzw lzw-tiff m17n-lib mad maildir mailwrapper maps matroska mbox mbrola mcal md5sum mdb memlimit mhash migemo mikmod mime ming mixer mmap mmx mng monkey mono motif mozaccess mozcalendar mozilla mozp3p mozsvg mozxmlterm mp3 mpeg mpeg4 mpi mplayer msdav msn mule music nagios-dns nagios-ntp nagios-ping nagios-ssh native ncurses net network nls nocd nptl ntlm nviz oav objc ocaml offensive ofx oggvorbis openal opengl opie oscar ospfapi oss pam parse-clocks pcap pcntl pcre pdf pdflib perl pg-hier pg-intdatetime pg-vacuumdelay php physfs pic plotutils png portaudio posix postgresql ppds print private pthreads python qemu-fast qt quicktime quotes readline real remote rhino rogue rplay rtc sasl sdl server servlet-2.3 servlet-2.4 session sftplogging shaper shared sharedmem sheep silc silverxp simplexml skey skk slang smime sndfile snmp sockets softquota sounds sox speex spell sse ssl stencil-buffer stroke suid svg sysvipc szip t1lib tcltk tcpd tga theora tidy tiff timidity tools transcode transparent-proxy truetype truetype-fonts type1 type1-fonts unicode usb v4l v4l2 vcd vcdimager vda vhosts videos vim-with-x virus-scan wddx wmf wxwin wxwindows x86 xanim xatrix xchatdccserver xgetdefault xine xml xml2 xmlrpc xmms xosd xpm xrandr xscreensaver xsl xv xvid xvmc yahoo yv12 zlib zvbi"
You cannot emerge kdelibs without arts and depending stuff with it. Either drop the flag or emerge kdelibs again.