when I try emerging mysql++ I get the errors indicated below. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.emerge mysql 4.0.22 2.emerge mysql++ 3. Actual Results: get the following error output: In file included from coldata1.hh:8, from coldata2.hh:5, from coldata3.hh:12, from coldata4.hh:6, from coldata.cc:3: type_info1.hh: In constructor `mysql_ti_sql_type_info::mysql_ti_sql_type_info() ': type_info1.hh:29: error: uninitialized member ' mysql_ti_sql_type_info::_base_type' with 'const' type 'const unsigned char' type_info1.hh:29: error: uninitialized member 'mysql_ti_sql_type_info::_default ' with 'const' type 'const bool' make[2]: *** [coldata.lo] Error 1 make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... mv -f .libs/string_util.lo string_util.lo make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/mysql++-1.7.9-r3/work/mysql++-1.7.9/sqlplusint' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/mysql++-1.7.9-r3/work/mysql++-1.7.9' make: *** [all-recursive-am] Error 2 !!! ERROR: dev-db/mysql++-1.7.9-r3 failed. !!! Function src_compile, Line 85, Exitcode 2 !!! unable to make !!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, NOT this status message. Expected Results: successful emerge emerge info output: Portage 2.0.51-r3 (default-linux/x86/2004.3, gcc-3.3.5, glibc-2.3.4.20040808-r1, 2.6.10-gentoo-r4 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.10-gentoo-r4 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2800+ Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 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/linux-headers-2.4.21-r1 Libtools: sys-devel/libtool-1.5.2-r7 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon-xp -fomit-frame-pointer" 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/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon-xp -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo http://gentoo.llarian.net" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X apm arts avi bash-completion bcmath berkdb bitmap-fonts bzlib calendar cdr crypt ctype cups dvd dvdr encode f77 fam font-server foomaticdb fortran gd gdbm gif gmp gnutls gphoto2 gpm gstreamer imagemagick imap imlibinnodb ipv6 jpeg kde kdexdeltas ldap libg++ libwww mad maildir mikmod mime motif mozilla mpeg mysql ncurses nls oggvorbis oscar oss pam pam-mysql pcre pdflib perl php png posix postgres python qt quicktime readline samba sasl scanner sdl session simplexml soap spell spl sqlite ssl svga tcpd tiff tokenizer truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts usb x86 xml2 xmms xprint xv zlib"
use the new .26 instead, it solves this already.