You receive this bug because this package does not respect my system's AR (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-ar) and calls directly /usr/bin/ar The possible solutions to fix this issue are: 1)Fix the buildsystem, if you can; 2)inherit toolchain-funcs and use tc-export AR 3)inherit toolchain-funcs and use emake AR="$(tc-getAR)" From the build log: checking for ar... ar ar -cr lib/libnet-1.0.a src/libnet_resolve.o src/libnet_socket.o src/libnet_checksum.o src/libnet_prand.o src/libnet_version.o src/libnet_write_ip.o src/libnet_insert_ipo.o src/libnet_insert_tcpo.o src/libnet_error.o src/libnet_link_sockpacket.o src/libnet_packet_mem.o src/libnet_build_ip.o src/libnet_build_tcp.o src/libnet_build_udp.o src/libnet_build_arp.o src/libnet_build_ethernet.o src/libnet_build_icmp.o src/libnet_build_igmp.o src/libnet_build_dns.o src/libnet_build_snmp.o src/libnet_build_rip.o src/libnet_build_ospf.o src/libnet_build_vrrp.o src/libnet_asn1.o src/libnet_hex_dump.o src/libnet_if_addr.o src/libnet_port_list.o ar -cr lib/libnet-1.0.a src/libnet_resolve.o src/libnet_socket.o src/libnet_checksum.o src/libnet_prand.o src/libnet_version.o src/libnet_write_ip.o src/libnet_insert_ipo.o src/libnet_insert_tcpo.o src/libnet_error.o src/libnet_link_sockpacket.o src/libnet_packet_mem.o src/libnet_build_ip.o src/libnet_build_tcp.o src/libnet_build_udp.o src/libnet_build_arp.o src/libnet_build_ethernet.o src/libnet_build_icmp.o src/libnet_build_igmp.o src/libnet_build_dns.o src/libnet_build_snmp.o src/libnet_build_rip.o src/libnet_build_ospf.o src/libnet_build_vrrp.o src/libnet_asn1.o src/libnet_hex_dump.o src/libnet_if_addr.o src/libnet_port_list.o
*** Bug 466206 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 466466 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***