Here's a numbered list of failed packages after SECOND emptytree rebuild; machine has not been rebooted since previous post; Reboot scheduled due to video driver version bump.
tortoise portage # ls * -l app-office: =1=drwxr-xr-x 7 portage portage 4096 Apr 16 19:59 texmacs-1.99.2-r1 dev-db: =2=drwxr-xr-x 7 portage portage 4096 Apr 16 15:57 mysql-workbench-6.2.5 dev-dotnet: =3=drwxr-xr-x 7 portage portage 4096 Apr 16 20:56 nuget-2.8.1 dev-java: =4=drwxr-xr-x 4 portage portage 4096 Apr 15 08:38 java-sdk-docs-1.7.0.76 =5=drwxr-xr-x 4 portage portage 4096 Apr 15 11:33 oracle-jdk-bin-1.7.0.76 dev-libs: =6=drwxr-xr-x 7 portage portage 4096 Apr 15 13:05 libcdio-0.93 =7=drwxr-xr-x 7 portage portage 4096 Apr 15 13:22 libcdio-paranoia-0.93_p1 dev-qt: =8=drwxr-xr-x 7 portage portage 4096 Apr 16 11:49 qt-creator-3.4.0_rc1 dev-util: =9=drwxr-xr-x 6 portage portage 4096 Apr 16 23:59 monodevelop-5.7.0-r1 games-emulation: =10=drwxr-xr-x 7 portage portage 4096 Apr 15 19:28 zsnes-1.51-r4 media-plugins: =11=drwxr-xr-x 7 portage portage 4096 Apr 15 23:36 gst-plugins-ffmpeg-0.10.13_p201211-r3 =12=drwxr-xr-x 7 portage portage 4096 Apr 15 23:34 gst-plugins-libav-1.4.5-r1 media-sound: =13=drwxr-xr-x 7 portage portage 4096 Apr 15 19:09 playmidi-2.5-r2 media-video: =14=drwxr-xr-x 7 portage portage 4096 Apr 15 23:09 ffmpeg-2.6.2 =15=drwxr-xr-x 7 portage portage 4096 Apr 15 13:40 vcdimager-0.7.24 net-libs: =16=drwxr-xr-x 7 portage portage 4096 Apr 16 01:48 webkit-gtk-2.4.8-r200 sci-geosciences: =17=drwxr-xr-x 4 portage portage 4096 Apr 16 05:00 googleearth-7.1.2.2041 First diagnosis: #1; long standing failure related to custom container classes. #2, /usr/lib64/libX11.so.6: error adding symbols: DSO missing from command line ; seemed to work when -lncurses was forced. #3 FileModifiers/XdtTransformer.cs(5,7): error CS0234: The type or namespace name `Web' does not exist in the namespace `Microsoft'. Are you missing an assembly reference? #4, #5 Java 1.8 is out and runs Minecraft (only useful Java application), no reason to keep 1.7 around, do not intend to ever re-install. #6 collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status; didn't happen when -Lncurses was forced.... #7,#11,#12,#14,#15 Secondary failure to #6. #8,#16; INTERNAL COMPILER ERROR!!!!!! (recently RMA'd some RAM, new ram had a 1-bit intermittent failure in 32GB, jacked voltage and hoped was good...) #9, #17 bleh. #10,#13 /usr/lib32/libtinfo.so.5: error adding symbols: DSO missing from command line NCURSES!!!!!!!!!! -- IQ is a measure of how stupid you feel. Powers are not rights.