make[2]: Entering directory `/var/tmp/portage/pkgconfig-0.18.1/work/pkg-config-0.18.1/check' PASS: check-cflags ../pkg-config --libs simple : '-lsimple -lm' != '-lsimple' FAIL: check-libs PASS: check-define-variable PASS: check-libs-private ../pkg-config --libs requires-test : '-L/requires-test/lib -L/private-dep/lib -L/public-dep/lib -lrequires-test -lprivate-dep -lpublic-dep' != '-L/requires-test/lib -L/public-dep/lib -lrequires-test -lpublic-dep' FAIL: check-requires-private =================== 2 of 5 tests failed =================== Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3.
apparently it happens on x86 as well, as leonardop informs
It does.
Those tests were not written with --enable-indirect-deps in mind. I've added a patch that should fix this and will submit it to upstream shortly. Thanks.