dep/dsp-drivers/oss.o xmame.obj/unix.SDL/sysdep/mixer-drivers/oss.o xmame.obj/unix.SDL/sysdep/dsp-dr ivers/alsa.o xmame.obj/unix.SDL/sysdep/mixer-drivers/alsa.o xmame.obj/unix.SDL/sysdep/dsp-drivers/sd l.o xmame.obj/unix.SDL/joystick-drivers/joy_SDL.o xmame.obj/unix.SDL/frameskip-drivers/dos.o xmame.o bj/unix.SDL/frameskip-drivers/barath.o xmame.obj/unix.SDL/osdepend.a -lexpat -lz -L/usr/X11R6/lib ` sdl-config --libs` -lz -lm -lasound `sdl-config --libs` `sdl-config --libs` xmame.obj/unix.SDL/joystick-drivers/joy_SDL.o(.text+0x27): In function `joy_SDL_init': : undefined reference to `SDL_NumJoysticks' xmame.obj/unix.SDL/joystick-drivers/joy_SDL.o(.text+0x5f): In function `joy_SDL_init': : undefined reference to `SDL_JoystickName' xmame.obj/unix.SDL/joystick-drivers/joy_SDL.o(.text+0x76): In function `joy_SDL_init': : undefined reference to `SDL_JoystickOpen' xmame.obj/unix.SDL/joystick-drivers/joy_SDL.o(.text+0x99): In function `joy_SDL_init': : undefined reference to `SDL_JoystickNumButtons' xmame.obj/unix.SDL/joystick-drivers/joy_SDL.o(.text+0xac): In function `joy_SDL_init': : undefined reference to `SDL_JoystickNumAxes' xmame.obj/unix.SDL/joystick-drivers/joy_SDL.o(.text+0x19f): In function `joy_SDL_poll': : undefined reference to `SDL_JoystickUpdate' xmame.obj/unix.SDL/joystick-drivers/joy_SDL.o(.text+0x1e4): In function `joy_SDL_poll': : undefined reference to `SDL_JoystickGetAxis' xmame.obj/unix.SDL/joystick-drivers/joy_SDL.o(.text+0x222): In function `joy_SDL_poll': : undefined reference to `SDL_JoystickGetButton' collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make: *** [xmame.SDL] Error 1 Calculating dependencies ...done! [ebuild U ] games-emulation/xmame-0.96 [0.95] +X +alsa -arts -debug +dga -esd -expat -ggi -joystick -lirc (-mmx) -net +opengl +sdl (-svga) +xv 0 kB Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Portage 2.0.51.21-r1 (default-linux/amd64/2005.0/no-multilib, gcc-3.4.3-20050110, glibc-2.3.5-r0, 2.6.12-rc4 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.12-rc4 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3500+ Gentoo Base System version 1.6.11 ccache version 2.4 [enabled] dev-lang/python: 2.3.5 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.7 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r6 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.5 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r8 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.16 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=k8 -O2 -pipe" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /var/bind /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=k8 -O2 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoclean autoconfig ccache distlocks noinfo notitles sandbox strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://rsync.gentoo.diku.dk ftp://ftp.dkuug.dk/pub/gentoo/ http://ftp.du.se/pub/os/gentoo" LANG="en_US" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 " MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="amd64 alsa dga ncurses opengl rtc sdl truetype xv video_cards_nvidia userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc" Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, LC_ALL, LINGUAS
what does `emerge libsdl -pv` show ?
[ebuild R ] media-libs/libsdl-1.2.8-r1 +X -aalib +alsa -arts -debug +dga -directfb -esd -fbcon -ggi -libcaca -nas -noaudio +nojoystick -novideo +opengl -oss (-svga) -xinerama +xv 2,541 kB
read the documentation on the nojoystick USE flag: grep -h nojoystick /usr/portage/profiles/use.local.desc