here's the output of /var/tmp/portage/media-gfx/flam3-9999/temp/aclocal.out: ***** aclocal ***** ***** PWD: /var/tmp/portage/media-gfx/flam3-9999/work/flam3-9999 ***** aclocal -I m4 aclocal-1.13: warning: autoconf input should be named 'configure.ac', not 'configure.in' configure.in:5: error: 'AM_CONFIG_HEADER': this macro is obsolete. You should use the 'AC_CONFIG_HEADERS' macro instead. /usr/share/aclocal-1.13/obsolete-err.m4:12: AM_CONFIG_HEADER is expanded from... configure.in:5: the top level autom4te-2.69: /usr/bin/m4 failed with exit status: 1 aclocal-1.13: error: echo failed with exit status: 1 Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge aclocal-1.13 2. emerge flam3-9999 3. cry emo tears when (2.) fails. Actual Results: the error message in the description. Expected Results: The discription gives a good suggestion for which macro should be used instead.
> 1. emerge aclocal-1.13 Just so you know, aclocal is part of the automake package.
+ 02 May 2013; Patrick Lauer <patrick@gentoo.org> flam3-3.0.1.ebuild, + flam3-9999.ebuild: + Automake 1.13 fix #468134