240564 2008-10-08 19:16 0000 [QA] app-text/rarian-0.8.1: command not found: foreign (due to incorrect AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE line in configure.ac) 2008-11-08 12:07:31 0000 1 1 1 Unclassified Gentoo Linux GNOME 2008.0 All Linux RESOLVED FIXED P2 normal --- 1 sandro.bonazzola@gmail.com gnome@gentoo.org sandro.bonazzola@gmail.com 2008-10-08 19:16:58 0000 QA: install QA Notice: command not found: ./configure: line 2450: foreign: command not found sandro.bonazzola@gmail.com 2008-10-08 19:18:28 0000 From the log file: >>> Compiling source in /var/tmp/portage/app-text/rarian-0.8.1/work/rarian-0.8.1 ... * econf: updating rarian-0.8.1/config.sub with /usr/share/gnuconfig/config.sub * econf: updating rarian-0.8.1/config.guess with /usr/share/gnuconfig/config.guess ./configure --prefix=/usr --host=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --datadir=/usr/share --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var/lib --localstatedir=/var --libdir=/usr/lib64 --build=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c checking whether build environment is sane... yes checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p checking for gawk... gawk checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes ./configure: line 2450: foreign: command not found checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no checking for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out checking whether the C compiler works... yes checking whether we are cross compiling... no .... eva@gentoo.org 2008-10-08 20:26:52 0000 is it causing _any_ problem at all ??? sandro.bonazzola@gmail.com 2008-10-09 18:41:12 0000 No one I am aware of. But since is signalled as a QA issue, I preferred reporting it. eva@gentoo.org 2008-10-11 23:18:34 0000 this is strange, looks like autoconf doesn't recognize foreign anymore. @base-system, any idea ? vapier@gentoo.org 2008-10-26 05:27:31 0000 "foreign" isnt an autoconf command, it's a parameter to automake if you look at the files, it should be apparent the real issue: configure.ac:AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE ([foreign dist-bzip2 dist-gzip]) configure: (foreign dist-bzip2 dist-gzip) hmm, looks to me like there shouldnt be a space there ... the m4 language does not allow for it ... eva@gentoo.org 2008-11-08 12:07:31 0000 ugh, I had shit in the eyes. Fixed without a bump.