I'm reporting this bug because the package in summary fails to build when forcing --as-needed on through spec files (check out http://blog.flameeyes.eu/2008/11/14/problems-and-mitigation-strategies-for-as-needed for details). Check the attached build log. Thanks, Diego
Created attachment 172967 [details] Build log
Created attachment 203763 [details, diff] adding new patch to ebuild
Created attachment 203765 [details, diff] Fix for as-needed
hdf-4.2.1_p4 is no longer in portage. Current version of hdf (hdf-4.2_p4) compiles fine with as-needed.