after a GRP install I did a "emerge sync && emerge -e world" but when it comes to svgalib, install fails. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: emerge svgalib Actual Results: make[1]: Entering directory `/var/tmp/portage/svgalib-1.9.19-r3/work/svgalib-1.9.19/threeDKit' install -c -s -m 755 -o root -g bin lib3dkit.so.1.9.19 /var/tmp/portage/svgalib-1.9.19-r3/image//usr/lib/lib3dkit.so.1.9.19 install: strip failed make[1]: *** [/var/tmp/portage/svgalib-1.9.19-r3/image//usr/lib/lib3dkit.so.1.9.19] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/svgalib-1.9.19-r3/work/svgalib-1.9.19/threeDKit' make: *** [lib3dkit-install] Error 2 !!! ERROR: media-libs/svgalib-1.9.19-r3 failed. !!! Function src_install, Line 114, Exitcode 2 !!! Failed to install svgalib! !!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, NOT this status message. Portage 2.0.51.19 (default-linux/x86/2005.0, gcc-3.3.5-20050130, glibc-2.3.4.20041102-r1, 2.6.11-gentoo-r6 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.11-gentoo-r6 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) processor Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 Python: dev-lang/python-2.3.4-r1 [2.3.4 (#1, Apr 24 2005, 21:06:48)] dev-lang/python: 2.3.4-r1 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.59-r6, 2.13 sys-devel/automake: 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.5, 1.4_p6, 1.6.3, 1.9.4 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r7 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.14 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.8.1-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /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 /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://ftp.belnet.be/mirror/rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo/ ftp://mirror.nutsmaas.nl/gentoo/ http://194.117.143.71 ftp://212.219.56.146/sites/www.ibiblio.org/gentoo/ ftp://194.117.143.71/mirrors/gentoo" LANG="en" LC_ALL="en" LINGUAS="fr" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.fr.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 3dnow 3dnowext X a52 aac acpi alsa apm arts artswrappersuid avi berkdbbindist bitmap-fonts cdparanoia cdr cups curl directfb divx4linux dvd dvdread encode exif fam fbcon flac foomaticdb ftp gif gphoto2 gpm gtk2 imap imlib iodbc javascript jpeg kde libg++ libwww logitech-mouse mad maildir matroska mbox mikmodmmx mmxext mozilla mp3 mpeg mpeg4 msn ncurses nls nvidia ogg oggvorbis opengl pam pdflib perl pic png ppds python qt quicktime readline real sdl speex spell ssl svga tcpd theora tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts virus-scan vorbis win32codecs xine xml2 xmms xpm xv xvid zlib linguas_fr" Unset: ASFLAGS, CBUILD, CTARGET, LDFLAGS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
svgalib no longer strips stuff using `install` thanks !