I can't emerge gal, I get error message during compile: and the error message: gcc -shared .libs/bogus_automake_hack.o -Wl,--whole-archive util/.libs/libutil.a widgets/.libs/libwidgets.a e-table/.libs/libetable.a e-text/.libs/libetext.a menus/.libs/libgalmenus.a shortcut-bar/.libs/libshortcut-bar.a -Wl,--no-whole-archive -Wl,--rpath -Wl,/var/tmp/portage/gal-2.2.3/work/gal-2.2.3/gal/a11y/.libs -L/usr/X11R6/lib -L/usr/lib -L/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.4/../../../ a11y/.libs/libgal-a11y-2.2.so -pthread /usr/lib/libgnomeprintui-2-2.so /usr/lib/libgnomeprint-2-2.so /usr/lib/libglade-2.0.so /usr/lib/libgnomeui-2.so -lSM -lICE /usr/lib/libbonoboui-2.so /usr/lib/libgnome-2.so /usr/lib/libpopt.so /usr/lib/libbonobo-2.so /usr/lib/libgconf-2.so /usr/lib/libgnomevfs-2.so /usr/lib/libbonobo-activation.so /usr/lib/libORBit-2.so /usr/lib/libgthread-2.0.so /usr/lib/libgnomecanvas-2.so /usr/lib/libart_lgpl_2.so /usr/lib/libpangoft2-1.0.so /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so /usr/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so /usr/lib/libatk-1.0.so /usr/lib/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so /usr/lib/libpangoxft-1.0.so /usr/lib/libpangox-1.0.so /usr/lib/libpango-1.0.so /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so /usr/lib/libgmodule-2.0.so -ldl /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so /usr/lib/libxml2.so -lpthread -lz -lm -march=pentium3 -Wl,--export-dynamic -Wl,-soname -Wl,libgal-2.2.so.1 -o .libs/libgal-2.2.so.1.0.2 e-table/.libs/libetable.a: member e-table/.libs/libetable.a(e-cell-vbox.o) in archive is not an object collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[3]: *** [libgal-2.2.la] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/gal-2.2.3/work/gal-2.2.3/gal' make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/gal-2.2.3/work/gal-2.2.3/gal' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/gal-2.2.3/work/gal-2.2.3' make: *** [all] Error 2 !!! ERROR: gnome-extra/gal-2.2.3 failed. !!! Function gnome2_src_compile, Line 40, Exitcode 2 !!! compile failure !!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, NOT this status message. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge gal 2. 3. localhost root # emerge info Portage 2.0.51-r14 (default-linux/x86/2004.0, gcc-3.3.4, glibc-2.3.3.20040420-r1, 2.6.7-gentoo-r8 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.7-gentoo-r8 i686 Mobile Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 - M CPU 1.80GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 Python: dev-lang/python-2.2.3-r1,dev-lang/python-2.3.3-r1 [2.3.3 (#1, Jul 10 2004, 16:52:27)] distcc 2.5 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocol 1) (default port 3632) [disabled] ccache version 2.2 [enabled] dev-lang/python: 2.2.3-r1, 2.3.3-r1 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.59-r4 sys-devel/automake: 1.8.5-r1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.14.90.0.8-r1 sys-devel/libtool: 1.4.3-r4 virtual/os-headers: 2.4.19, 2.4.19-r1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O3 -march=pentium3 -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/share/config /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /var/bind /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O3 -march=pentium3 -pipe " DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 X X509 aalib acl alsa apache2 apm arts avi berkdb bitmap-fonts bonobo bootsplash cdr crypt cscope cups directfb divx4linux dvd dvdr encode esd ethereal evo f77 fam fbcon flac font-server foomaticdb fortran gd gdbm gif gnome gphoto2 gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 gtkhtml guile imap imlib innodb ipv6 java jikes jpeg kde kerberos krb4 lcms ldap leim libg++ libgda libwww mad matroska mbox mikmod mozilla mpeg mule mysql ncurses nls odbc oggvorbis opengl oss pam pcmcia pdflib perl png pnp python qt quicktime readline samba sasl sdl slang snmp socks5 spell ssl svga tcltk tcpd theora threads tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts vhosts xfs xml xml2 xmms xv xvid zlib" Unset: LDFLAGS
sorry for the late reply. odd error, still experiencing this ? try building with makeopts set to -j1 .
Re-open if the problem persists.