These are the first errors when emerging xmcd: : : -c -o widget.o widget.c i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -O2 -march=athlon-xp -fomit-frame-pointer -D_GNU_SOURCE -I.. -I/usr/include -Dlinux -D__i386__ -D_POSIX_C_SOURCE=199309L -D_POSIX_SOURCE -D_XOPEN_SOURCE -D_BSD_SOURCE -D_SVID_SOURCE -DFUNCPROTO=15 -DNARROWPROTO -D_REENTRANT -DHAS_ICONV_H -c -o wwwwarp.o wwwwarp.c rm -f xmcd i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -o xmcd -O2 -march=athlon-xp -fomit-frame-pointer -D_GNU_SOURCE -L/usr/lib callback.o cdfunc.o command.o dbprog.o geom.o help.o hotkey.o main.o userreg.o widget.o wwwwarp.o ../labelh_d/libLabelH.a ../cdinfo_d/libcdinfo.a ../cddb_d/libcddbkey.a ../libdi_d/libdi.a ../cdda_d/libcdda.a ../common_d/libutil.a -lXm -lXt -lSM -lICE -lXp -lXext -lX11 -lpthread -lc -L../cddb_d -lcddb -L/usr/freeware/lib32 -L/usr/local/lib -lFLAC -lvorbisenc -lvorbis -logg -lm -lasound -ldl ../cdinfo_d/libcdinfo.a(cdinfo_i.o)(.text+0x4f2): In function `cdinfo_set_errstr': : undefined reference to `CddbGetErrorString' ../cdinfo_d/libcdinfo.a(cdinfo_i.o)(.text+0x5e5c): In function `cdinfo_get_fullname': : undefined reference to `CddbFullName_GetName' ../cdinfo_d/libcdinfo.a(cdinfo_i.o)(.text+0x5e7c): In function `cdinfo_get_fullname': : undefined reference to `CddbFullName_GetLastName' ../cdinfo_d/libcdinfo.a(cdinfo_i.o)(.text+0x5ea0): In function `cdinfo_get_fullname': : undefined reference to `CddbFullName_GetFirstName' ../cdinfo_d/libcdinfo.a(cdinfo_i.o)(.text+0x5ec0): In function `cdinfo_get_fullname': : undefined reference to `CddbFullName_GetThe' ../cdinfo_d/libcdinfo.a(cdinfo_i.o)(.text+0x5ee8): In function `cdinfo_get_fullname': : undefined reference to `CddbReleaseObject' ../cdinfo_d/libcdinfo.a(cdinfo_i.o)(.text+0x5efb): In function `cdinfo_get_fullname': : undefined reference to `CddbReleaseObject' ../cdinfo_d/libcdinfo.a(cdinfo_i.o)(.text+0x6063): In function `cdinfo_put_fullname': : undefined reference to `CddbCreateObject' : : : etc. : : ../cddb_d/libcddbkey.a(cddbkey1.o)(.text+0x68): In function `cddb_setkey': : undefined reference to `CddbControl_SetClientInfo' collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[1]: *** [xmcd] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/xmcd-3.3.2/work/xmcd-3.3.2/xmcd_d' : : etc. : : : undefined reference to `CddbReleaseObject' ../cddb_d/libcddbkey.a(cddbkey1.o)(.text+0x68): In function `cddb_setkey': : undefined reference to `CddbControl_SetClientInfo' collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[1]: *** [cda] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/xmcd-3.3.2/work/xmcd-3.3.2/cda_d' making all in ./util_d... make[1]: Entering directory `/var/tmp/portage/xmcd-3.3.2/work/xmcd-3.3.2/util_d' i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -O2 -march=athlon-xp -fomit-frame-pointer -D_GNU_SOURCE -I/usr/include -Dlinux -D__i386__ -D_POSIX_C_SOURCE=199309L -D_POSIX_SOURCE -D_XOPEN_SOURCE -D_BSD_SOURCE -D_SVID_SOURCE -DFUNCPROTO=15 -DNARROWPROTO -DDO_POPUP -DHAS_ICONV_H -c -o gobrowser.o gobrowser.c rm -f gobrowser i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -o gobrowser -O2 -march=athlon-xp -fomit-frame-pointer -D_GNU_SOURCE -L/usr/lib gobrowser.o -lXm -lXt -lSM -lICE -lXp -lXext -lX11 make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/xmcd-3.3.2/work/xmcd-3.3.2/util_d' >>> Test phase [not enabled]: media-sound/xmcd-3.3.2 >>> Install xmcd-3.3.2 into /var/tmp/portage/xmcd-3.3.2/image/ category media-sound * Running install script... Installing "xmcd" Motif CD Player/Ripper version 3.3.2 by Ti Kan ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is free software and comes with no warranty. See the GNU General Public License in the COPYING file for details. This software contains support for the Gracenote CDDB(R) Disc Recognition Service. See the CDDB file for information. The following executable binaries are missing: xmcd_d/xmcd cda_d/cda If you have the xmcd source code distribution, make sure you compile the source code to generate the binaries first. See the INSTALL file for details. If you have the xmcd binary distribution, it is probably corrupt. Error: Missing binaries: installation aborted by user. ERROR(s) have occurred in the installation. See /tmp/xmcd.err for details. !!! ERROR: media-sound/xmcd-3.3.2 failed. !!! Function src_install, Line 61, Exitcode 1 !!! (no error message) !!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, NOT this status message. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge xmcd 2. 3. Actual Results: installation failed Expected Results: xmcd should have been compiled, linked and installed root@goedel root # emerge --info Portage 2.0.51.19 (default-linux/x86/2005.0, gcc-3.3.5-20050130, glibc-2.3.4.20041102-r1, 2.6.11-gentoo-r6 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.11-gentoo-r6 i686 AMD Athlon(TM) XP 2100+ Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 Python: dev-lang/python-2.3.5 [2.3.5 (#1, Apr 27 2005, 23:26:00)] dev-lang/python: 2.3.5 sys-apps/sandbox: [Not Present] sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r6 sys-devel/automake: 1.5, 1.4_p6, 1.9.4, 1.6.3, 1.8.5-r3, 1.7.9-r1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r7 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.16 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.8.1-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon-xp -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/env /usr/kde/3.3/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /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/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon-xp -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch/mirror/gentoo" LANG="english" LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 X alsa apm arts avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cddb cdr crypt cups curl dvd dvdr emacs emboss encode esd fam flac foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif gnome gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 imagemagick imlib ipv6 java jpeg junit kde ldap libg++ libwww mad mikmod motif mozilla mp3 mpeg mysql ncurses nls nvidia ogg oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png python qt quicktime readline scanner sdl slang speex spell sqlite ssl svga tcltk tcpd tetex tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode usb v4l vorbis xml xml2 xmms xv zlib zvbi" Unset: ASFLAGS, CBUILD, CTARGET, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS
The problem occurs, if libcddb is already installed on the system. XMCD has its own libcddb (cddb2supplib) which conflicts with media-libs/libcddb. Either the conflict should be resolved or stated in the emerge file.
the ebuild blocks libcddb for now, thanks for reporting.