I've compiled app-laptop/laptop-mode-tools-1.05 on ppc arch I'm currently using it and works well. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Expected Results: please add ~ppc flag 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/kde/3.4/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/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 crypt cups curl dbus dvdr eds emboss encode esd fam foomaticdb fortran gif gimpprint gnokii gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 hal ieee1394 imagemagick imlib ipv6 irmc java jpeg junit kde kdeenablefinal kdexdeltas ldap libwww mad motif mozilla mp3 mpeg mysql ncurses nls ogg oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png postgres ppds python qt readline samba sdl spell sqlite ssl svg 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_OVERLAY
Marked ~ppc in CVS, thanks for reporting!