I dont think so, in fact here is the total debug output : >>> Regenerating /etc/ld.so.cache... * Caching service dependencies... Performing Global Updates: /usr/portage/profiles/updates/4Q-2004 (Could take a couple of minutes if you have a lot of binary packages.) .='update pass' *='binary update' @='/var/db move' s='/var/db SLOT move' S='binary SLOT move' p='update /etc/portage/package.*' ......................................s.....s....... ** Skipping packages. Run 'fixpackages' or set it in FEATURES to fix the tbz2's in the packages directory. Note: This can take a very long time. !!! ARCH is not set... Are you missing the /etc/make.profile symlink? !!! Is the symlink correct? Is your portage tree complete? and my spec file in attachment. Thanks for the replies. On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 11:31:57 +0100, Tobias Scherbaum wrote: > On Wed, 2004-12-22 at 10:40 +0100, martin nicolas wrote: > > !!! ARCH is not set... Are you missing the /etc/make.profile symlink? > > !!! Is the symlink correct? Is your portage tree complete? > > > > but my /etc/make.profile is correctly set. > > Are you using a cascading profiles enabled stage archive, but an "old" > profile (i.e. default-x86-2004.2) in your specfile or the other way > round? > > Tobias > > >