checking for SHA1 implementation... libcrypto checking for XSERVERCFLAGS... no configure: error: Package requirements (fixesproto >= 5.0 damageproto >= 1.1 xcmiscproto >= 1.2.0 xtrans >= 1.3.5 bigreqsproto >= 1.1.0 xproto >= 7.0.28 randrproto >= 1.5.0 renderproto >= 0.11 xextproto >= 7.2.99.901 inputproto >= 2.3 kbproto >= 1.0.3 fontsproto >= 2.1.3 pixman-1 >= 0.27.2 videoproto compositeproto >= 0.4 recordproto >= 1.13.99.1 scrnsaverproto >= 1.1 resourceproto >= 1.2.0 xf86driproto >= 2.1.0 glproto >= 1.4.17 dri >= 7.8.0 presentproto >= 1.0 xineramaproto xkbfile pixman-1 >= 0.27.2 xfont2 >= 2.0.0 xau xshmfence >= 1.1 xdmcp) were not met: No package 'xfont2' 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 XSERVERCFLAGS_CFLAGS and XSERVERCFLAGS_LIBS to avoid the need to call pkg-config. See the pkg-config man page for more details. from config.log: configure:28505: checking for XSERVERCFLAGS configure:28512: $PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors "$REQUIRED_MODULES $REQUIRED_LIBS" Package xfont2 was not found in the pkg-config search path. Perhaps you should add the directory containing `xfont2.pc' to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable No package 'xfont2' found configure:28515: $? = 1 configure:28529: $PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors "$REQUIRED_MODULES $REQUIRED_LIBS" Package xfont2 was not found in the pkg-config search path. Perhaps you should add the directory containing `xfont2.pc' to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable No package 'xfont2' found configure:28532: $? = 1 configure:28546: result: no No package 'xfont2' found configure:28562: error: Package requirements (fixesproto >= 5.0 damageproto >= 1.1 xcmiscproto >= 1.2.0 xtrans >= 1.3.5 bigreqsproto >= 1.1.0 xproto >= 7.0.28 randrproto >= 1.5.0 renderproto >= 0.11 xextproto >= 7.2.99.901 inputproto >= 2.3 kbproto >= 1.0.3 fontsproto >= 2.1.3 pixman-1 >= 0.27.2 videoproto compositeproto >= 0.4 recordproto >= 1.13.99.1 scrnsaverproto >= 1.1 resourceproto >= 1.2.0 xf86drip roto >= 2.1.0 glproto >= 1.4.17 dri >= 7.8.0 presentproto >= 1.0 xineramaproto xkbfile pixman-1 >= 0.27.2 xfont2 >= 2.0.0 xau xshmfence >= 1.1 xdmcp) were not met: No package 'xfont2' found Works after emerging x11-libs/libXfont2-2.0.1::gentoo
Confirmed, this is indeed happening with 1.18.99.901.
Evidently I fixed this a long time ago, when I imported the 9999 ebuild into the main tree.