>>> Unpacking slime-1.2.1-CVS-2005-06-30-gentoo.patch.bz2 to /var/tmp/portage/slime-1.2.1.20050630/work * Applying slime-1.2.1-CVS-2005-06-30-gentoo.patch ... [ ok ] >>> Source unpacked. Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-gentoo (source)... Loading /usr/libexec/emacs/21.4/powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu/fns-21.4.1.el (source)... Loading dictionary-init (source)... Wrong type argument: stringp, nil !!! ERROR: app-emacs/slime-1.2.1.20050630 failed. !!! Function src_compile, Line 39, Exitcode 255 !!! (no error message) !!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, NOT this status message. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. add slime with ~ppc keyword to /etc/portage/package.keywords 2. emerge slime-[1.2.1|1.2.1-r1|1.2.1.20050610|1.2.1.20050630] 3 Actual Results: emerge failed Expected Results: emerge succeeded Portage 2.0.51.19 (default-linux/ppc/2005.0, gcc-3.4.4, glibc-2.3.4.20041102-r1, 2.6.11-h15 ppc) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.11-h15 ppc 7447A, altivec supported Gentoo Base System version 1.6.12 Python: dev-lang/python-2.3.5 [2.3.5 (#1, Jun 1 2005, 18:21:02)] dev-lang/python: 2.3.5 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.8 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r6 sys-devel/automake: 1.5, 1.4_p6, 1.8.5-r3, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.9.5 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.90.0.3-r5 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.18-r1 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/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /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 ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms strict userpriv usersandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" LC_ALL="en_GB.utf8" 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 alsa berkdb bitmap-fonts cdr crypt cups curl eds emboss esd fam fortran gdbm gif gnome gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 imagemagick imlib ipv6 java jpeg kde libwww mad motif mozilla mp3 mpeg ncurses nls ogg oggvorbis opengl pam pdflib perl png postgres python qt readline slang spell ssl tcltk tcpd tetex tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode vorbis xml2 xprint xv zlib userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc" Unset: ASFLAGS, CBUILD, CTARGET, LANG, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS
>>> Source unpacked. Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-gentoo (source)... Loading /usr/libexec/emacs/21.4/powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu/fns-21.4.1.el (source) I think you must be loading site-gentoo from site-init.el? That might cause problems, I'll check the slime ebuilds to make sure they dont try loading site-init.el while compiling.
I checked the ebuilds and elisp-common.eclass. Emacs is called with --no-site-init, --no-init-file. Have you tried the 1.2.1.20050804 or 1.2.1.20051211 app-emacs/slime?
(In reply to comment #2) > I checked the ebuilds and elisp-common.eclass. Emacs is called with > --no-site-init, --no-init-file. Have you tried the 1.2.1.20050804 or > 1.2.1.20051211 app-emacs/slime? 1.2.1.20051211 works. thanks.