I upgraded cairo to version 1.0.2 as it was a dependency of another program and my old version 0.1.23 was a blocker. After this change, firefox wouldn't start. A recompile ended in the following: g++ -o nsWebServicesModule.o -c -DOSTYPE=\"Linux2.6.11\" -DOSARCH=\"Linux\" -DHA VE_DEPENDENT_LIBS -I./../../security/src -I./../../soap/src -I./../../schema/src -I./../../interfaceinfo/src -I./../../wsdl/src -I./../../proxy/src -I../../../ ../dist/include/xpcom -I../../../../dist/include/string -I../../../../dist/inclu de/dom -I../../../../dist/include/js -I../../../../dist/include/content -I../../ ../../dist/include/widget -I../../../../dist/include/caps -I../../../../dist/inc lude/necko -I../../../../dist/include/xpconnect -I../../../../dist/include/xmlex tras -I../../../../dist/include/websrvcs -I../../../../dist/include -I/var/tmp/p ortage/mozilla-firefox-1.0.7-r4/work/mozilla/dist/include/nspr -I. -I/usr/X1 1R6/include -fPIC -DGENTOO_NSPLUGINS_DIR=\"/usr/lib/nsplugins\" -DGENTOO_NSBR OWSER_PLUGINS_DIR=\"/usr/lib/nsbrowser/plugins\" -I/usr/X11R6/include -fno-rtti -fno-handle-exceptions -Wconversion -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -Woverloaded- virtual -Wsynth -Wno-ctor-dtor-privacy -Wno-non-virtual-dtor -Wno-long-long -mar ch=athlon-xp -pipe -Wno-deprecated -Wno-return-type -w -fshort-wchar -pthread -p ipe -DNDEBUG -DTRIMMED -ffunction-sections -O1 -DGENTOO_NSPLUGINS_DIR=\"/usr/l ib/nsplugins\" -DGENTOO_NSBROWSER_PLUGINS_DIR=\"/usr/lib/nsbrowser/plugins\" -I /usr/X11R6/include -DMOZILLA_CLIENT -include ../../../../mozilla-config.h -Wp,-M D,.deps/nsWebServicesModule.pp nsWebServicesModule.cpp rm -f libwebsrvcs.so g++ -DGENTOO_NSPLUGINS_DIR=\"/usr/lib/nsplugins\" -DGENTOO_NSBROWSER_PLUGINS_DIR =\"/usr/lib/nsbrowser/plugins\" -I/usr/X11R6/include -fno-rtti -fno-handle-exce ptions -Wconversion -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -Woverloaded-virtual -Wsynth - Wno-ctor-dtor-privacy -Wno-non-virtual-dtor -Wno-long-long -march=athlon-xp -pip e -Wno-deprecated -Wno-return-type -w -fshort-wchar -pthread -pipe -DNDEBUG -DT RIMMED -ffunction-sections -O1 -fPIC -shared -Wl,-h -Wl,libwebsrvcs.so -Wl,-rpat h,/usr/lib/mozilla-firefox -o libwebsrvcs.so nsWebServicesModule.o -Wl,-rp ath,/usr/lib/mozilla-firefox -Wl,--whole-archive ../../../../dist/lib/libwebsrv cssecurity_s.a ../../../../dist/lib/libwebsrvcsschema_s.a ../../../../dist/lib/l ibwebsrvcssoap_s.a ../../../../dist/lib/libwebsrvcsinterfaceinfo_s.a ../../../.. /dist/lib/libwebsrvcswsdl_s.a ../../../../dist/lib/libwebsrvcsproxy_s.a -Wl,--n o-whole-archive -L../../../../dist/bin -L../../../../dist/lib -L../../../../dist /bin -lxpcom -L../../../../dist/bin -L/var/tmp/portage/mozilla-firefox-1.0.7-r4 /work/mozilla/dist/lib -lplds4 -lplc4 -lnspr4 -lpthread -ldl -lz -L../../../.. /dist/bin -lmozjs -Wl,--version-script -Wl,../../../../build/unix/gnu-ld-script s/components-version-script -Wl,-Bsymbolic -lpangoft2-1.0 -ldl -lm collect2: ld returned 1 exit status gmake[5]: *** [libwebsrvcs.so] Fel 1 gmake[5]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/mozilla-firefox-1.0.7-r4/work/mozi lla/extensions/webservices/build/src' gmake[4]: *** [libs] Fel 2 gmake[4]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/mozilla-firefox-1.0.7-r4/work/mozi lla/extensions/webservices/build' gmake[3]: *** [libs] Fel 2 gmake[3]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/mozilla-firefox-1.0.7-r4/work/mozi lla/extensions/webservices' gmake[2]: *** [libs] Fel 2 gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/mozilla-firefox-1.0.7-r4/work/mozi lla/extensions' gmake[1]: *** [tier_94] Fel 2 gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/mozilla-firefox-1.0.7-r4/work/mozi lla' make: *** [default] Fel 2 !!! ERROR: www-client/mozilla-firefox-1.0.7-r4 failed. !!! Function src_compile, Line 164, Exitcode 2 !!! (no error message) !!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, NOT this status message. emerge --info Portage 2.0.54 (default-linux/x86/2005.0, gcc-3.3.2, glibc-2.3.2-r9, 2.6.11.2 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.11.2 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2400+ Gentoo Base System version 1.4.9 distcc 2.12.1 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] ccache version 2.3 [enabled] dev-lang/python: 2.2.3-r5, 2.3.3 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.12 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, 1.9.4 sys-devel/binutils: 2.14.90.0.7-r4 sys-devel/libtool: 1.4.3-r4 virtual/os-headers: 2.4.19, 2.4.21 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -O1 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.1/share/config /usr/kde/3.2/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/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="-march=athlon-xp -O1 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig ccache distlocks fixpackages sandbox sfperms strict userpriv usersandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/www.ibiblio.org/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.uninett.no/pub/linux/Gentoo http://mirror.pudas.net/gentoo" LANG="sv_SE.ISO8859-1" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 3dnow 3dnowex X Xaw3d acpi acpi4linux alsa apm audiofile avi berkdb bitmap-fonts bzip2 cdr crypt cups curl dga doc dri dvd eds emacs emboss encode esd ethereal expat ffmpeg flac foomaticdb fortran freetype gdbm gif glut gmp gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 idn imagemagick imap imlib ipv6 java jpeg kdeenablefinal lcms libg++ libwww mad mikmod mms mmx mng mozilla mp3 mpeg mysql nas ncurses nls offensive ogg oggvorbis opengl oss pam pcre pdflib perl png python qt quicktime readline samba sasl sdl slang spell sqlite sse sse2 ssl tcltk tcpd tetex threads tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts udev unicode usb vorbis xinerama xml xml2 xmms xscreensaver xv xvid zlib userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc" Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS
1.0.x is no longer supported in Gentoo or upstream. If you have issues w/ 1.5 or 2.0, file a new bug.