See attached build log (the ebuild didn't die, but I added the || die myself to the repository).
Created attachment 171722 [details] Build log
fixed in cvs http://sources.gentoo.org/app-admin/cancd/cancd-0.1.0-r1.ebuild?r1=1.4&r2=1.5 http://sources.gentoo.org/app-admin/cancd/files/cancd-0.1.0-build.patch?rev=1.1