Here is what happens when i merge: >>> emerge (2 of 2) net-im/gaim-0.61 to / >>> md5 ;-) gaim-0.61.tar.bz2 >>> md5 ;-) encrypt-1.18.tar.gz >>> Unpacking source... >>> Unpacking gaim-0.61.tar.bz2 to /var/tmp/portage/gaim-0.61/work ssl >>> Unpacking encrypt-1.18.tar.gz to /var/tmp/portage/gaim-0.61/work/gaim-0.61/plugins * Applying patchfile.0.61... [ ok ] >>> Source unpacked. perl spell nls [snip] /bin/sh ../libtool --silent --mode=link gcc -march=athlon-tbird -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -I/opt/includ e -I.. -I/usr/include/gtk-2.0 -I/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/include -I/usr/include/atk-1.0 -I/usr/include/pango-1.0 -I/u sr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/X11R6/include -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/glib-2.0/include -DG_DISABLE_D EPRECATED -DGDK_DISABLE_DEPRECATED -DGDK_PIXBUF_DISABLE_DEPRECATED -DGTK_DISABLE_DEPRECATED -o gaim -export- dynamic about.o away.o browser.o buddy.o buddy_chat.o conversation.o core.o dialogs.o dnd-hints.o ft.o gaim-d isclosure.o gaimrc.o gtkcellrendererprogress.o gtkconv.o gtkft.o gtkimhtml.o gtkpounce.o gtkutils.o html.o id le.o list.o log.o main.o md5.o module.o multi.o perl.o pounce.o prefs.o proxy.o prpl.o server.o session.o soc ket.o sound.o stock.o themes.o util.o -Wl,--export-dynamic -lgtk-x11-2.0 -lgdk-x11-2.0 -latk-1.0 -lgdk_pixbuf -2.0 -lm -lpangoxft-1.0 -lpangox-1.0 -lpango-1.0 -lgobject-2.0 -lgmodule-2.0 -ldl -lglib-2.0 -L/usr/lib -l ao -ldl -L/usr/lib -laudiofile -lm -rdynamic -L/usr/local/lib /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i686-linux-th read-multi/auto/DynaLoader/DynaLoader.a -L/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i686-linux-thread-multi/CORE -lperl -lpthread -lnsl -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lSM -lICE -lX11 -lXext -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lXss -L/us r/X11R6/lib -lSM -lICE -Wl,--export-dynamic -lgtkspell -lpspell -lgtk-x11-2.0 -lgdk-x11-2.0 -latk-1. 0 -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 -lm -lpangoxft-1.0 -lpangox-1.0 -lpango-1.0 -lgobject-2.0 -lgmodule-2.0 -ldl -lglib-2.0 -lnsl perl.o(.text+0x32e): In function `probe_perl': : undefined reference to `Perl_Gthr_key_ptr' perl.o(.text+0x340): In function `probe_perl': : undefined reference to `Perl_Tstack_sp_ptr' perl.o(.text+0x34e): In function `probe_perl': : undefined reference to `Perl_Gthr_key_ptr' perl.o(.text+0x36c): In function `probe_perl': : undefined reference to `Perl_Gthr_key_ptr' perl.o(.text+0x37e): In function `probe_perl': lots more of the above errors with perl.o. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: Make sure your USE includes "perl", then emerge gaim Actual Results: the errors Expected Results: sucessful emerge I had gaim 0.59.8 before. I never got gaim-0.59.8-r1 to emerge because it also had build problems. Also, I have perl 5.8.0-r10. # emerge info Portage 2.0.47-r10 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.2.2, glibc-2.3.1-r4) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.19-r1 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) processor GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu/ http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /var/qmail/control /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/3.1/share/config /usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" USE="x86 3dnow libg++ libwww mikmod nls spell xml2 zlib gdbm berkdb slang bonobo svga tcltk java guile mysql sdl tcpd python imlib oggvorbis gtk motif ldap cdr scanner arts gnome gtk2 gtkhtml alsa esd avi crypt gif pda matrox apm encode gphoto2 gpm imap cups dga fbcon jpeg kde mozilla mmx mpeg ncurses opengl oss pam pdflib png qt qtmt quicktime readline samba sasl ssl threads truetype perl usb wmf xmms X xv" COMPILER="gcc3" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=athlon-tbird -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon-tbird -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" MAKEOPTS="-j4" AUTOCLEAN="yes" SYNC="rsync://vivid.cif.rochester.edu/gentoo-portage" FEATURES="sandbox ccache distcc"
did you tell perl to merge with threads?
well take threads out of your use variable and remerge perl, then emrege gaim gaim doesn't play nie with perl threads
