If libmad is not installed, the emerging of kdemultimedia-3.3.2-r1 fails (error given below). The ebuild contains no dependency on libmad. Additionally, there is a USE flag "mad", which is not honored by kdemultimedia. Reproducible: Didn't try Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge -C libmad (if libmad is installed) 2. emerge \=kde-base/kdemultimedia-3.3.2-r1 3. Actual Results: The setting of the "mad" USE flag has no effect on the build. The kdemultimedia ebuild apparently requires libmad as a dependancy, but fails to install this first (as libmad is not in "DEPEND"). So if you don't already have libmad installed, the build will die with the error given below. After libmad is installed manually, the ebuild works as expected. Expected Results: USE flag "mad" should be honored if possible: If "mad" USE flag is set, libmad should be a dependency of kdemultimedia and installed by emerge before kdemultimedia. If "-mad" USE flag is set, libmad should not be a dependency. (Even if libmad is a hard/non-optional dependency, it should stated in "DEPEND" in the ebuild.) The ebuild breaks with the following error: /bin/sh ../libtool --silent --mode=link --tag=CXX g++ -DNDEBUG -DNO_DEBUG -O2 -march=i686 -O2 -mcpu=pentium3 -pipe -fno-exceptions -fno-check-new -fno-common -DQT_CLEAN_NAMESPACE -DQT_NO_ASCII_CAST -DQT_NO_STL -DQT_NO_COMPAT -DQT_NO_TRANSLATION -o juk -L/usr/lib -L/usr/qt/3/lib -L/usr/kde/3.3/lib -R /usr/kde/3.3/lib -R /usr/qt/3/lib -R /usr/lib advancedsearchdialog.o actioncollection.o artsplayer.o cache.o collectionlist.o directorylist.o dynamicplaylist.o folderplaylist.o filehandle.o filerenamer.o filerenamerconfigdlg.o gstreamerplayer.o historyplaylist.o juk.o k3bexporter.o keydialog.o main.o mediafiles.o musicbrainzquery.o painteater.o playermanager.o playlist.o playlistbox.o playlistcollection.o playlistinterface.o playlistitem.o playlistsearch.o playlistsplitter.o searchplaylist.o searchwidget.o slideraction.o sortedstringlist.o splashscreen.o statuslabel.o stringshare.o systemtray.o tag.o tageditor.o tagguesser.o tagguesserconfigdlg.o trackpickerdialog.o treeviewitemplaylist.o ktrm.o viewmode.o jukIface_skel.o directorylistbase.o filerenamerconfigdlgwidget.o tagguesserconfigdlgwidget.o trackpickerdialogbase.o -lmusicbrainz -ltunepimp -lartskde -lkio -L/usr/lib -ltag libtool: link: cannot find the library `/usr/lib/libmad.la' make[3]: *** [juk] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/kdemultimedia-3.3.2/work/kdemultimedia-3.3.2/juk' make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/kdemultimedia-3.3.2/work/kdemultimedia-3.3.2/juk' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/kdemultimedia-3.3.2/work/kdemultimedia-3.3.2' make: *** [all] Error 2 !!! ERROR: kde-base/kdemultimedia-3.3.2 failed. !!! Function kde_src_compile, Line 142, Exitcode 2 !!! died running emake, kde_src_compile:make !!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, NOT this status message. #emerge info Portage 2.0.51-r3 (default-linux/x86/2004.3, gcc-3.3.4, glibc-2.3.4.20040808-r1, 2.6.7-hardened-r15 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.7-hardened-r15 i686 Pentium III (Coppermine) Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 distcc 2.16 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [enabled] Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r5 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.5-r1 Binutils: sys-devel/binutils-2.15.90.0.1.1-r3 Headers: sys-kernel/linux26-headers-2.6.8.1-r1 Libtools: sys-devel/libtool-1.5.2-r7 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=i686 -O2 -mcpu=pentium3 -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /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/lib/X11/xkb /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=i686 -O2 -mcpu=pentium3 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distcc distlocks sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.osuosl.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j4" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://linux.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/gentoo-portage" USE="X X509 aalib acpi acpi4linux alsa apm ared aredmem arts avi berkdb bitmap-fonts bootspla bzlib c crypt css cups dga directfb divx4linuxdlloader dvd f77 fam flac foomaticdb fortran gd gdbm gif gnuplot gs gsl gtk gtk2 hardened imap imlib imlib2 innodb ipv6 java jpeg kde libg++libwww lzo mbox md5sum mha mikmod mime mmx mmx2 mng mozilla mozinterfaceinfo mozsvg mpeg mplayer ncurses network nls no_wxgtk1 nptl ntlm oggvorbis opengl oss pam pcmcia pcre pdflib perl pic plotutils png pnp ppds python qt quicktime readline real rtc samba sasl sdl sftplogging slang smime sockets speex spell sse ssl tcpd tetex theora tidy tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1 type1-fonts usb webmin-minimal x86 xine xml2 xmms xv xvid zlib"
libmad isn't needed by kdemultimedia (juk) but it's a dependency of libtunepimp (media-libs/tunepimp). BTW Using: "emerge -Du kdemultimedia" will bring up also libmad if it was disinstalled.
