I've compiled kde-misc/kkbswitch-1.4.3 on a ppc arch and seems to work well. please add ~ppc flags Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Portage 2.0.51.19 (default-linux/ppc/2005.0, gcc-3.4.4, glibc-2.3.4.20041102-r1, 2.6.11-gentoo-r11 ppc) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.11-gentoo-r11 ppc 7447A, altivec supported Gentoo Base System version 1.6.12 Python: dev-lang/python-2.3.5 [2.3.5 (#1, Jun 30 2005, 16:49:28)] dev-lang/python: 2.3.5 sys-apps/sandbox: [Not Present] sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r6 sys-devel/automake: 1.9.5, 1.5, 1.4_p6, 1.8.5-r3, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.90.0.3-r5 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.16 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.8.1-r4 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="ppc" AUTOCLEAN="yes" 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/3.3/env /usr/kde/3.3/share /config /usr/kde/3.3/shutdown /usr/kde/3.4/env /usr/kde/3.4/share/config /usr/kd e/3.4/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/lib/mozilla/default s/pref /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips /config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config / /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -mtune=G4 -maltivec -mabi=altivec -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig candy ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/ distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/mnt/cdrom" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://192.168.1.2/gentoo-portage" USE="ppc X alsa altivec arts bash-completion berkdb bitmap-fonts bluetooth cdr c rypt cups curl dbus dvdr eds emboss encode esd fam fortran gif gnokii gpm gstrea mer gtk gtk2 hal ieee1394 imagemagick imlib ipv6 java jpeg junit kde kdeenablefi nal kdexdeltas ldap libwww mad motif mozilla mp3 mpeg mysql ncurses nls ogg oggv orbis opengl pam pdflib perl png postgres python qt readline samba sdl spell sql ite ssl tcpd tetex tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode vorbis xml2 xmms xprint xv zlib userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc" Unset: ASFLAGS, CBUILD, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, PORTDIR_OVERLA Y
It's the same for me. Compile and works well.
Tested and marked ~ppc in CVS, thanks for the report!