i tried to update to the latest stable version of xmms, ie 1.2.8-r4 , but the compile fails with the message "can't find -ldb1". last few lines: gcc -O2 -march=athlon-xp -pipe -Wall -Wpointer-arith -finline-functions -ffast-math -fomit-frame-pointer -funroll-all-loops -o .libs/gnomexmms gnomexmms.o -rdynamic -rdynamic -rdynamic -L/usr/lib -L/usr/X11R6/lib /usr/lib/libgnorba.so /usr/lib/libgnomeui.so /usr/lib/libart_lgpl.so /usr/lib/libgdk_imlib.so -lSM -lICE /usr/lib/libgnome.so /usr/lib/libgnomesupport.so -lz /usr/lib/libesd.so /usr/lib/libaudiofile.so -ldb1 /usr/lib/libpanel_applet.so /usr/lib/libORBitCosNaming.so /usr/lib/libORBit.so /usr/lib/libIIOP.so -lwrap /usr/lib/libORBitutil.so ../libxmms/.libs/libxmms.so /usr/lib/libgtk.so /usr/lib/libgdk.so /usr/lib/libgmodule.so /usr/lib/libgthread.so /usr/lib/libglib.so -lpthread -ldl -lXi -lXext -lX11 -lm /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.2/../../../../i686-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: cannot find -ldb1 collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[2]: *** [gnomexmms] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/z/tmp/portage/xmms-1.2.8-r4/work/xmms-1.2.8/gnomexmms' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/z/tmp/portage/xmms-1.2.8-r4/work/xmms-1.2.8' make: *** [all-recursive-am] Error 2 !!! ERROR: media-sound/xmms-1.2.8-r4 failed. !!! Function src_compile, Line 138, Exitcode 2 !!! (no error message) Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.emerge xmms 2. 3. Actual Results: compil'n failed w error "can't find -ldb1" Expected Results: finished compiling w/o error. my system is generally stable & emerge failures are rare. i am not familiar w xmms, which is required for other pkgs. i found a bug w xmms-1.2.8-r1 (28587), but that was fixed.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 32561 ***