It is very strange, because I set USE -avahi globally. I think problem is in configure or in ebuild, that can not fully disable avahi. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge =www-client/epiphany-3.6.1 on system with global -avahi global USE. I don't try to merge it on systems with avahi USE. localhost test # cat /var/tmp/portage/www-client/epiphany-3.6.1/temp/build.log * Package: www-client/epiphany-3.6.1 * Repository: gentoo * Maintainer: gnome@gentoo.org * USE: amd64 elibc_glibc introspection jit kernel_linux nss userland_GNU * FEATURES: preserve-libs sandbox * Applying epiphany-3.3.90-paxctl-introspection.patch ... [ ok ] * Running eautoreconf in '/var/tmp/portage/www-client/epiphany-3.6.1/work/epiphany-3.6.1' ... * Running glib-gettextize --copy --force ... [ ok ] * Running intltoolize --automake --copy --force ... [ ok ] * Running gtkdocize --copy ... [ ok ] * Running libtoolize --install --copy --force --automake ... [ ok ] * Running aclocal -I m4 ... [ ok ] * Running autoconf ... [ ok ] * Running autoheader ... [ ok ] * Running automake --add-missing --copy --foreign ... [ ok ] * Running elibtoolize in: epiphany-3.6.1/ * Applying portage/1.2.0 patch ... * Applying sed/1.5.6 patch ... * Applying as-needed/2.4.2 patch ... * Fixing OMF Makefiles ... [ ok ] * Disabling deprecation warnings ... 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(cached) yes checking whether the x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc linker (/usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld -m elf_x86_64) supports shared libraries... yes checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... no checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate checking for shl_load... no checking for shl_load in -ldld... no checking for dlopen... no checking for dlopen in -ldl... yes checking whether a program can dlopen itself... yes checking whether a statically linked program can dlopen itself... no checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes checking whether to build shared libraries... yes checking whether to build static libraries... no checking for library containing strerror... none required checking for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc... (cached) x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... (cached) yes checking whether x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes checking for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc option to accept ISO C89... (cached) none needed checking dependency style of x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc... (cached) none checking for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc... (cached) x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... (cached) yes checking whether x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes checking for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc option to accept ISO C89... (cached) none needed checking dependency style of x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc... (cached) none checking for ANSI C header files... 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Perhaps you should add the directory containing `avahi-client.pc' to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable Package 'avahi-client', required by 'avahi-gobject', not found Consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if you installed software in a non-standard prefix. Alternatively, you may set the environment variables DEPENDENCIES_CFLAGS and DEPENDENCIES_LIBS to avoid the need to call pkg-config. See the pkg-config man page for more details. !!! Please attach the following file when seeking support: !!! /var/tmp/portage/www-client/epiphany-3.6.1/work/epiphany-3.6.1/config.log * ERROR: www-client/epiphany-3.6.1 failed (configure phase): * econf failed * * Call stack: * ebuild.sh, line 93: Called src_configure * environment, line 3555: Called gnome2_src_configure * environment, line 2689: Called econf '--disable-schemas-compile' '--disable-maintainer-mode' '--disable-gtk-doc' '--enable-shared' '--disable-static' '--with-distributor-name=Gentoo' '--enable-introspection' '--enable-nss' '--disable-tests' * phase-helpers.sh, line 511: Called die * The specific snippet of code: * die "econf failed" * * If you need support, post the output of `emerge --info '=www-client/epiphany-3.6.1'`, * the complete build log and the output of `emerge -pqv '=www-client/epiphany-3.6.1'`. * The complete build log is located at '/var/tmp/portage/www-client/epiphany-3.6.1/temp/build.log'. * The ebuild environment file is located at '/var/tmp/portage/www-client/epiphany-3.6.1/temp/environment'. * Working directory: '/var/tmp/portage/www-client/epiphany-3.6.1/work/epiphany-3.6.1' * S: '/var/tmp/portage/www-client/epiphany-3.6.1/work/epiphany-3.6.1'
epiphany needs avahi as stated in its dependencies. If you masked avahi or used other tricks such as package.provided, this will obviously not work. Do you have avahi installed ? If yes with what cflags ?
I is not a trick. I use it to prevent security issues. Yes, have, because some ebuilds hardly need it. [I] net-dns/avahi Available versions: 0.6.30-r1 0.6.30-r3 (~)0.6.30-r4[3] (~)0.6.31 {autoipd bookmarks dbus doc gdbm gtk gtk3 howl-compat +introspection ipv6 mdnsresponder-compat mono python qt4 test utils KERNEL="linux"} Installed versions: 0.6.31(06:26:36 17.01.2013)(gdbm gtk gtk3 introspection qt4 -autoipd -bookmarks -dbus -doc -howl-compat -ipv6 -mdnsresponder-compat -mono -python -test -utils KERNEL="linux") Homepage: http://avahi.org/ Description: System which facilitates service discovery on a local network
Does it work if you rebuild avahi with USE=dbus ?
Yes, worked in this way. But is there way to build epiphany fully without avahi?
+ 20 Jan 2013; Gilles Dartiguelongue <eva@gentoo.org> -epiphany-3.4.3.ebuild, + epiphany-3.6.1.ebuild, +files/epiphany-3.6.1-test-gwarning.patch: + Requires avahi[dbus], bug #453110. Fix some testsuite issues. + epiphany upstream did not make this optional and since dbus is almost mandatory for any gnome application nowadays, this is not something we would work on making optional either. Thanks for reporting.