checking for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-pkg-config... no checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config checking pkg-config is at least version 0.9.0... yes checking for GLIB... no configure: error: GLib is required by the modular tests !!! Please attach the following file when seeking support: !!! /var/tmp/portage/sys-apps/dbus-1.4.12/work/dbus-1.4.12-tests-build/config.log * ERROR: sys-apps/dbus-1.4.12 failed (configure phase):
* dev-libs/glib Latest version available: 2.28.8 Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ] So glib never got installed and the tests are failing :(
oh you forgot to assign it
+ 16 Jun 2011; Samuli Suominen <ssuominen@gentoo.org> dbus-1.4.12.ebuild: + Fix missing dev-libs/glib and dev-libs/dbus-glib deps and USE="test" handling + wrt #371927 by Patrick Lauer