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In file included from amarok.h:10,
from tracktooltip.cpp:19:
/usr/kde/3.5/include/kurl.h:837: error: stray \'\\17\' in program
/usr/kde/3.5/include/kurl.h:838: error: stray \'@\' in program
/usr/kde/3.5/include/kurl.h:840: error: stray \'@\' in program
/usr/kde/3.5/include/kurl.h:843: error: stray \'@\' in program
/usr/kde/3.5/include/kurl.h:843: error: stray \'@\' in program
/usr/kde/3.5/include/kurl.h:846: error: stray \'@\' in program
/usr/kde/3.5/include/kurl.h:847: error: stray \'@\' in program
/usr/kde/3.5/include/kurl.h:838: error: ISO C++ forbids declaration of \'brief\' with no type
/usr/kde/3.5/include/kurl.h:838: error: expected \';\' before \'Adds\'
make[4]: *** [tracktooltip.lo] Error 1
make[4]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
make[4]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/amarok-1.4_beta3/work/amarok-1.4-beta3/amarok/src\'
make[3]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/amarok-1.4_beta3/work/amarok-1.4-beta3/amarok/src\'
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/amarok-1.4_beta3/work/amarok-1.4-beta3/amarok\'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/amarok-1.4_beta3/work/amarok-1.4-beta3\'
make: *** [all] Error 2

!!! ERROR: media-sound/amarok-1.4_beta3 failed.
Call stack:
ebuild.sh, line 1532: Called dyn_compile
ebuild.sh, line 929: Called src_compile
amarok-1.4_beta3.ebuild, line 106: Called kde_src_compile
kde.eclass, line 113: Called kde_src_compile \'all\'
kde.eclass, line 230: Called kde_src_compile \'myconf\' \'configure\' \'make\'
kde.eclass, line 226: Called die

!!! died running emake, kde_src_compile:make
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gcc -v
Using built-in specs.
Target: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
Configured with: /var/tmp/portage/gcc-4.1.0/work/gcc-4.1.0/configure --prefix=/usr --bindir=/usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/4.1.0 --includedir=/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.0/include --datadir=/usr/share/gcc-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.0 --mandir=/usr/share/gcc-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.0/man --infodir=/usr/share/gcc-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.0/info --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.0/include/g++-v4 --host=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu --build=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu --disable-altivec --enable-nls --without-included-gettext --with-system-zlib --disable-checking --disable-werror --disable-libunwind-exceptions --enable-multilib --disable-libmudflap --disable-libssp --disable-libgcj --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-clocale=gnu
Thread model: posix
gcc version 4.1.0 (Gentoo 4.1.0)

hum.. compiling by hand worked out OK. perhaps something wrong with the ebuild.