It must be one of the most annoying things in Gentoo when OOo fails at the very last minute! It may be this was caused by me forgetting to set MAKEOPTS="-j1" but just in case something else is amiss, does this look familiar? =============================================== ============= Building module xmlsecurity Entering /var/tmp/portage/app-office/openoffice-3.2.1- r1/work/ooo/build/OOO320_m19/xmlsecurity/inc mkout -- version: 1.8 Entering /var/tmp/portage/app-office/openoffice-3.2.1- r1/work/ooo/build/OOO320_m19/xmlsecurity/source/xmlsec/mscrypt Entering /var/tmp/portage/app-office/openoffice-3.2.1- r1/work/ooo/build/OOO320_m19/xmlsecurity/source/xmlsec/nss Compiling: xmlsecurity/source/xmlsec/nss/securityenvironment_nssimpl.cxx In file included from /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.4.5/include/g++- v4/string:41, from /usr/include/unicode/std_string.h:39, from /usr/include/unicode/unistr.h:31, from /usr/include/unicode/strenum.h:14, from /usr/include/unicode/uenum.h:24, from /usr/include/unicode/ucnv.h:51, from /usr/include/libxml2/libxml/encoding.h:31, from /usr/include/libxml2/libxml/parser.h:807, from /usr/include/libxml2/libxml/globals.h:18, from /usr/include/libxml2/libxml/threads.h:35, from /usr/include/libxml2/libxml/xmlmemory.h:218, from /usr/include/libxml2/libxml/tree.h:1248, from /var/tmp/portage/app-office/openoffice-3.2.1- r1/work/ooo/build/OOO320_m19/solver/320/unxlngx6.pro/inc/external/xmlsec/xmlsec.h:18, from /var/tmp/portage/app-office/openoffice-3.2.1- r1/work/ooo/build/OOO320_m19/xmlsecurity/source/xmlsec/nss/securityenvironment_nssimpl.hxx:64, from /var/tmp/portage/app-office/openoffice-3.2.1- r1/work/ooo/build/OOO320_m19/xmlsecurity/source/xmlsec/nss/securityenvironment_nssimpl.cxx:38: /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.4.5/include/g++-v4/bits/stringfwd.h:44: error: template with C linkage /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.4.5/include/g++-v4/bits/stringfwd.h:47: error: template with C linkage /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.4.5/include/g++-v4/bits/stringfwd.h:50: error: template with C linkage /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.4.5/include/g++-v4/bits/stringfwd.h:54: error: template specialization with C linkage /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.4.5/include/g++-v4/bits/stringfwd.h:59: error: template specialization with C linkage In file included from /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.4.5/include/g++- v4/bits/char_traits.h:42, from /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.4.5/include/g++- v4/string:42, from /usr/include/unicode/std_string.h:39, from /usr/include/unicode/unistr.h:31, from /usr/include/unicode/strenum.h:14, from /usr/include/unicode/uenum.h:24, from /usr/include/unicode/ucnv.h:51, from /usr/include/libxml2/libxml/encoding.h:31, from /usr/include/libxml2/libxml/parser.h:807, from /usr/include/libxml2/libxml/globals.h:18, from /usr/include/libxml2/libxml/threads.h:35, from /usr/include/libxml2/libxml/xmlmemory.h:218, from /usr/include/libxml2/libxml/tree.h:1248, from /var/tmp/portage/app-office/openoffice-3.2.1- r1/work/ooo/build/OOO320_m19/solver/320/unxlngx6.pro/inc/external/xmlsec/xmlsec.h:18, from /var/tmp/portage/app-office/openoffice-3.2.1- r1/work/ooo/build/OOO320_m19/xmlsecurity/source/xmlsec/nss/securityenvironment_nssimpl.hxx:64, from /var/tmp/portage/app-office/openoffice-3.2.1- r1/work/ooo/build/OOO320_m19/xmlsecurity/source/xmlsec/nss/securityenvironment_nssimpl.cxx:38: /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.4.5/include/g++-v4/bits/postypes.h:111: error: template with C linkage /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.4.5/include/g++-v4/bits/postypes.h:214: error: template with C linkage /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.4.5/include/g++-v4/bits/postypes.h:219: error: template with C linkage In file included from /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.4.5/include/g++- v4/string:42, from /usr/include/unicode/std_string.h:39, from /usr/include/unicode/unistr.h:31, from /usr/include/unicode/strenum.h:14, from /usr/include/unicode/uenum.h:24, from /usr/include/unicode/ucnv.h:51, from /usr/include/libxml2/libxml/encoding.h:31, from /usr/include/libxml2/libxml/parser.h:807, from /usr/include/libxml2/libxml/globals.h:18, from /usr/include/libxml2/libxml/threads.h:35, from /usr/include/libxml2/libxml/xmlmemory.h:218, from /usr/include/libxml2/libxml/tree.h:1248, from /var/tmp/portage/app-office/openoffice-3.2.1- r1/work/ooo/build/OOO320_m19/solver/320/unxlngx6.pro/inc/external/xmlsec/xmlsec.h:18, from /var/tmp/portage/app-office/openoffice-3.2.1- r1/work/ooo/build/OOO320_m19/xmlsecurity/source/xmlsec/nss/securityenvironment_nssimpl.hxx:64, from /var/tmp/portage/app-office/openoffice-3.2.1- r1/work/ooo/build/OOO320_m19/xmlsecurity/source/xmlsec/nss/securityenvironment_nssimpl.cxx:38: /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.4.5/include/g++-v4/bits/char_traits.h:64: error: template with C linkage /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.4.5/include/g++-v4/bits/char_traits.h:89: error: template with C linkage /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.4.5/include/g++-v4/bits/char_traits.h:149: error: template with C linkage /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.4.5/include/g++-v4/bits/char_traits.h:162: error: template with C linkage /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.4.5/include/g++-v4/bits/char_traits.h:173: error: template with C linkage /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.4.5/include/g++-v4/bits/char_traits.h:184: error: template with C linkage /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.4.5/include/g++-v4/bits/char_traits.h:193: error: template with C linkage /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.4.5/include/g++-v4/bits/char_traits.h:203: error: template with C linkage /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.4.5/include/g++-v4/bits/char_traits.h:230: error: template with C linkage /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.4.5/include/g++-v4/bits/char_traits.h:236: error: template specialization with C linkage /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.4.5/include/g++-v4/bits/char_trait ... [snip ...] template with C linkage /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.4.5/include/g++- v4/bits/basic_string.tcc:995: error: template with C linkage /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.4.5/include/g++- v4/bits/basic_string.tcc:1067: error: template with C linkage dmake: Error code 1, while making '../../../unxlngx6.pro/slo/securityenvironment_nssimpl.obj' ERROR: Error 65280 occurred while making /var/tmp/portage/app- office/openoffice-3.2.1- r1/work/ooo/build/OOO320_m19/xmlsecurity/source/xmlsec/nss rmdir /var/tmp/portage/app-office/openoffice-3.2.1-r1/temp/yKGfbqXzp4 make: *** [stamp/build] Error 1 * ERROR: app-office/openoffice-3.2.1-r1 failed (compile phase): * Build failed * * Call stack: * ebuild.sh, line 56: Called src_compile * environment, line 8825: Called die * The specific snippet of code: * make || die "Build failed" =============================================== Before I start again, shall I switch to libreoffice-3.3.1 or is it not yet as polished as OOo? -- Regards, Mick