[gentoo-amd64] file type not allowed in /usr/lib

[Will Briggs <will@burnieanglican.org.au>]

G'day everyone,

This is a bit of a "help me" but also a question about how things work.

The _"help me"_ relates to a bug I filed almost a month ago 
(http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=98622) that has yet to gain a 
reply of _any sort_ from anyone.  (I'd be happy with a "go away n00b" or 
even a "not our problem, bug here", but nothing).

The issue happens on an emerge of skencil (a dependency of inkscape with 
USE=plugins I believe):

Compiling
/var/tmp/portage/skencil-0.6.16/image///usr/lib/skencil-0.6.16/Script/usersguide.py
...
install: `Examples' is a directory
gzip:
/var/tmp/portage/skencil-0.6.16/image/usr/share/doc/skencil-0.6.16//Examples: 
No
such file or directory
install: `Doc' is a directory
gzip: 
/var/tmp/portage/skencil-0.6.16/image/usr/share/doc/skencil-0.6.16//Doc:
No such file or directory
install: `Misc' is a directory
gzip: 
/var/tmp/portage/skencil-0.6.16/image/usr/share/doc/skencil-0.6.16//Misc:
No such file or directory
man:
prepallstrip:
strip: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-strip --strip-unneeded
strip: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-strip --strip-unneeded
    usr/lib/skencil-0.6.16/Lib/paxtkinter.so
    usr/lib/skencil-0.6.16/Lib/paxmodule.so
    usr/lib/skencil-0.6.16/Lib/streamfilter.so
    usr/lib/skencil-0.6.16/Lib/intl.so
    usr/lib/skencil-0.6.16/Sketch/Modules/skreadmodule.so
    usr/lib/skencil-0.6.16/Sketch/Modules/_sketchmodule.so
    usr/lib/skencil-0.6.16/Sketch/Modules/_type1module.so
    usr/lib/skencil-0.6.16/Sketch/Modules/pstokenize.so

!!! ERROR: media-gfx/skencil-0.6.16 failed.
!!! Function dyn_install, Line 1114, Exitcode 0
!!! File
/var/tmp/portage/skencil-0.6.16/image///usr/lib/skencil-0.6.16/Lib/paxtkinter.so
matches a file type that is not allowed in /usr/lib
!!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, NOT this status 
message.

So if anyone can help with a fix, please let me know.

The _question_ relates to the fact that I've seen this sort of error a 
number of times, but by the time I come across it it's been bugged and 
fixed and the next emerge sync fixes it.  Can someone let me know what 
the issue is here - (mainly so I can get a handle on hacking my own 
fixes when bug reports go unanswered)  Why can't a .so file be placed in 
/usr/lib?

I'm assuming there's some AMD64 specificity to this bug.  Because a) it 
hasn't got the attention that x86 bugs get and b) its a /usr/lib issue 
and I'm assuming multilib might be at play somehow.

And besides, I've been subscribed to this list for a while :-)

Point me elsewhere if I'm on another track.

Thanks,

W.



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