I did a few searches and did not find anyone else having this. Here is the error:
/bin/sh ../libtool --silent --mode=link gcc -g -O2 -Wall -I/usr/include/SDL -D_REENTRANT -o gasmoff gasmoff.o bitstream.o -lpopt -lm -L/usr/lib -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib -lSDL -lpthread
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.2.2/../../../../i686-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: cannot find -lartsc
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[2]: *** [gasmoff] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/libdv-0.98/work/libdv-0.98/libdv'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/libdv-0.98/work/libdv-0.98'
make: *** [all] Error 2
!!! ERROR: media-libs/libdv-0.98 failed. !!! Function src_compile, Line 42, Exitcode 2 !!! (no error message)
I can indivually merge all the other requirements for mplayer, just not this one.
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