on a fresh build of spim, only the regular spim executable works. xspim just does: timmy@main:compiler$ xspim *-courier-medium-r-normal--12-*-75-*timmy@main:compiler$ Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Portage 2.0.51-r8 (gcc34-x86-2004.2, gcc-hardenednossp, glibc-2.2.5-r2,glibc-2.3.4.20041102-r0, 2.6.9-rc4 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.9-rc4 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1600+ Gentoo Base System version 1.6.6 Python: dev-lang/python-2.2.3-r5,dev-lang/python-2.1.3-r1,dev-lang/python-2.3.4 [2.3.4 (#1, Jul 6 2004, 21:33:43)] ccache version 2.3 [enabled] dev-lang/python: 2.2.3-r5, 2.1.3-r1, 2.3.4 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.59-r6, 2.13 sys-devel/automake: 1.9.3, 1.6.3, 1.7.9, 1.8.5-r2, 1.4_p6, 1.5 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r1 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.10 virtual/os-headers: 2.4.18, 2.4.19-r1, 2.4.22 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -g -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.1/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/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -g -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache distlocks fixpackages nostrip sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirrors.tds.net/gentoo http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo http://csociety-ftp.ecn.purdue.edu/pub/gentoo/" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://rsync.namerica.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X aalib aim alsa apache2 apm arts avi berkdb bitmap-fonts bonobo canna cjk crypt dga divx4linux dvd emacs encode esd f77 foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif gnome gpm gtk gtk2 gtkhtml guile iconv imap imlib ipv6 java jpeg leim libg++ libwww mad mikmod mmap motif mozilla mpeg msn ncurses network nls nostrip oggvorbis oss pam pdflib perl png postgres python qt quicktime readline sdl slang spell ssl svga tcpd truetype unicode x86 xml2 xmms xv zlib"
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Patched in cvs. Remerging spim in a few hours should fix it. Please reopen bug if it's still not fixed properly.