Here the info you asked for:

> Which permission does that directory have ?

$ ls -l /usr | grep lib
dr-xr-xr-x  38 bin     bin       9728 Nov  3 17:49 lib
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root    printq      12 Aug 16  2003 lpd -> /usr/lib/lpd

$ ls -l /usr/lib/libiconv.a
-r--r--r-- 1 bin bin 374809 Nov  3 17:44 /usr/lib/libiconv.a

$ ar -x /usr/lib/libiconv.a shr4.o
ar: Permission denied
ar: 0707-113 The fopen system call failed on file shr4.o.

> Which permission does shr4.o have ?

$ ls -la shr4.o
-r--r--r-- 1 mdmcmull staff 111273 Apr 18 16:03 shr4.o

> What is your umask set to ?

$ umask
022

> $ strip -e shr4.o

$ strip -e shr4.o
strip: shr4.o -- 0654-400 Cannot open file.
        Permission denied

So, doing a "chmod 777 shr4.o", I can then do:

$ strip -e shr4.o
$ echo $?
0

... Does this help ?



>
> >                                                                      [
> > !! ]
> > >>> Completed installing libiconv-1.11 into
> > /home/mdmcmull/.overlay/var/tmp/portage/dev-libs/libiconv-1.11/image/home/mdmcmull/.overlay/
> >
> > ecompressdir: bzip2 -9 home/mdmcmull/.overlay/usr/share/man
> > making executable: home/mdmcmull/.overlay/lib/libcharset.so.1.0.0
> > making executable: home/mdmcmull/.overlay/lib/libiconv.so.2.4.0
> >
> >  * QA Notice: Missing gen_usr_ldscript for libcharset.so
> >
> >  * QA Notice: Missing gen_usr_ldscript for libiconv.so
> >
> > !!! ERROR: dev-libs/libiconv-1.11 failed.
> > Call stack:
> >   misc-functions.sh, line 631:   Called install_qa_check
> >   misc-functions.sh, line 320:   Called die
> >
> > !!! add those ldscripts
> > !!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call
> > stack if relevant.
> > !!! A complete build log is located at
> > '/home/mdmcmull/.overlay/var/tmp/portage/dev-libs/libiconv-1.11/temp/build.log'.
> >
> > !!! install_qa_check failed; exiting.
>
> That portage-patch[1] seems to be not yet in portage.
> Grobian, is it because it is too much a hack (but keeps diffs small) ?
> [1] http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.alt/2281
>
> /haubi/
>
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