This package installs libtool .la files, which almost always cause a build failure when a package is being cross-compiled against the library. I do not remember which package in particular failed, but removing the .la files installed by sys-libs/db fixed it. Reproducible: Always
Created attachment 331584 [details, diff] db-4.8.30.ebuild-la-files.patch This ebuild patch removes .la files.
we asked him to add us to the cc, thanks
yeah, no, that's the entirely wrong way to approach it *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 262298 ***