When I try to emerge gnome-extra/gnome-utils-2.6.0, I get a error, that a reference isn't defined. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: $ emerge gnome-utils Actual Results: Found cached translation database Merging translations into GNOME_GDictApplet.server. gcc -O3 -mcpu=athlon-xp -funroll-loops -ffast-math -ffloat-store -fforce-mem -fforce-addr -pipe -o gdict-applet gdict-applet.o dict.o gdict-app.o gdict-pref.o gdict-pref-dialog.o gdict-defbox.o gdict-speller.o gdict-about.o -Wl,--export-dynamic -pthread -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lgnomeui-2 -lSM -lICE -lbonoboui-2 -lxml2 -lpthread -lz -lgnomecanvas-2 -lgnome-2 -lpopt -lart_lgpl_2 -lpangoft2-1.0 -lgtk-x11-2.0 -lgdk-x11-2.0 -latk-1.0 -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 -lpangoxft-1.0 -lpangox-1.0 -lpango-1.0 -lbonobo-2 -lgconf-2 -lgnomevfs-2 -lbonobo-activation -lORBit-2 -lgobject-2.0 -lgthread-2.0 -lm -lgmodule-2.0 -ldl -lglib-2.0 -Wl,--export-dynamic -pthread -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lpanel-applet-2 -lgnomeui-2 -lSM -lICE -lbonoboui-2 -lxml2 -lpthread -lz -lgnomecanvas-2 -lgnome-2 -lpopt -lart_lgpl_2 -lpangoft2-1.0 -lgtk-x11-2.0 -lgdk-x11-2.0 -latk-1.0 -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 -lpangoxft-1.0 -lpangox-1.0 -lpango-1.0 -lbonobo-2 -lgconf-2 -lgnomevfs-2 -lbonobo-activation -lORBit-2 -lgobject-2.0 -lgthread-2.0 -lm -lgmodule-2.0 -ldl -lglib-2.0 -lpopt gdict-applet.o(.text+0x670): In function `gdict_applet_new': : undefined reference to `panel_applet_get_locked_down' collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[3]: *** [gdict-applet] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/gnome-utils-2.6.0/work/gnome-utils-2.6.0/gdictsrc' make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/gnome-utils-2.6.0/work/gnome-utils-2.6.0/gdictsrc' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/gnome-utils-2.6.0/work/gnome-utils-2.6.0' make: *** [all] Error 2 Expected Results: this should emerge gnome-extra/gnome-utils-2.6.0 Portage 2.0.50-r1 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.3.3, glibc-2.3.3_pre20040207-r0, 2.6.4-mm1) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.4-mm1 i686 AMD Athlon(TM) XP 3000+ Gentoo Base System version 1.4.3.13p1 distcc 2.13 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] ccache version 2.3 [enabled] Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r3 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.3 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O3 -mcpu=athlon-xp -funroll-loops -ffast-math -ffloat-store -fforce-mem -fforce-addr -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.1/share/config /usr/kde/3.2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /var/bind /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O3 -mcpu=athlon-xp -funroll-loops -ffast-math -ffloat-store -fforce-mem -fforce-addr -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs buildpkg ccache noclean sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/Linux/gentoo ftp://linux.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/gentoo-mirror/ ftp://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/mirrors/gentoo ftp://ftp.join.uni-muenster.de/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.de.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="3dnow X aalib accessibility acl acpi alsa apache2 apm arts artswrappersuid avi berkdb cdr crypt cups curl dga directfb doc dvd emacs encode esd ethereal fastcgi fbcon flac foomaticdb freetype gd gdbm ggi gif gimpprint gmp gnome gphoto2 gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 gtkhtml guile imlib imlib2 ipv6 jack jack-caps jack-tmpfs java jikes jpeg kde ldap libg++ libwww linguas_de lufsusermount mad matrox md5sum migemo mikmod mmx motif mozilla mpeg multilib nas ncurses nls oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png postgres ppds python qt quicktime readline ruby scanner sdl slang speex spell sse ssl svga tcltk tcpd tetex tiff truetype type1 usb x86 xface xinerama xml2 xmms xosd xv zlib"
gnome-extra/gnome-utils-2.6.0 depends on gnome-base/gnome-panel-2.6.0 emerge gnome-base/gnome-panel-2.6.0 than gnome-extra/gnome-utils-2.6.0
no, this is a missing library reference. If this actually happened in the source it would error out on another point. This is the result of some up & downgrading between 2.4 & 2.6 versions i believe. Closing unless you can prove otherwise.