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(cached) yes checking for glib-genmarshal... /usr/bin/glib-genmarshal checking for gconftool-2... /usr/bin/gconftool-2 Using config source xml:merged:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults for schema installation Using $(sysconfdir)/gconf/schemas as install directory for schema files ./configure: line 21876: GNOME_COMMON_INIT: command not found ./configure: line 21877: GNOME_DEBUG_CHECK: command not found ./configure: line 21878: syntax error near unexpected token `maximum' ./configure: line 21878: `GNOME_COMPILE_WARNINGS(maximum)' !!! Please attach the following file when seeking support: !!! /var/tmp/portage/www-client/epiphany-extensions-2.20.3/work/epiphany-extensions-2.20.3/config.log [31;01m*[0m [31;01m*[0m ERROR: www-client/epiphany-extensions-2.20.3 failed. 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looks like gnome-common is missing on the system. Probably upstream not including needed m4 in the tarball. Could you try installing gnome-common to valide this ?
Yes, that fixes it
fixed, thanks for reporting.