I tested the above app on my system. Works great. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3.
My emerge info for reference: Portage 2.0.51.22-r1 (default-linux/ppc/2005.0, gcc-3.4.3-20050110, glibc-2.3.5-r0, 2.6.11-gentoo-r6 ppc) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.11-gentoo-r6 ppc 7455, altivec supported Gentoo Base System version 1.6.11 dev-lang/python: 2.3.5 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.1-r2 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: 2.15.90.0.3-r4 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.18 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.8.1-r4 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="ppc ~ppc" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -mtune=G4 -maltivec -mabi=altivec -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe" CHOST="powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/env /usr/kde/3.4/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/web2c /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -mtune=G4 -maltivec -mabi=altivec -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig distlocks sandbox sfperms strict" 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.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="ppc X aac alsa altivec amarok apm berkdb bitmap-fonts bluetooth cdr crypt css cups curl dba dhcp dmx dvdread emboss escreen esd fam flac font-server fortran freetype gd gdbm gif gimp gimpprint gnome gpm gps gstreamer gtk gtk2 hal imagemagick imap irmc java jpeg jpeg2k kde kdepim ldap libwww lzo mad maildir matroska mikmod motif mp3 mpeg mpeg4 mplayer mysql mysqlspell ncurses network nls nntp nptl nptlonly ogg oggvorbis openexr opengl openssh opie pam pcre pdf pdflib perl png posix procmail python qt rdesktop readline samba scanner sdl silc sms spamassassin speex spell ssl tcpd tetex theora tiff transcode truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode usb utf8 videos vim vim-with-x visualization vorbis xml2 xprint xscreensaver xv xvid zeroconf zlib userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc" Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS
Thanks for the report! Marked ~ppc in CVS. Tested by nixnut.