I can't compile pidgin 2.5.3 without intltool. Intltool should be a pidgin dependency. Emergin intltool and than pidgin solves the issue.
Please provide build log and the output of `emerge --info` and reopen this bug.
sigma cpu # emerge --info Portage 2.1.4.5 (default/linux/x86/2008.0, gcc-4.1.2, glibc-2.6.1-r0, 2.6.27-gentoo-r7 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.27-gentoo-r7 i686 VIA Esther processor 1200MHz Timestamp of tree: Fri, 26 Dec 2008 09:00:01 +0000 app-shells/bash: 3.2_p33 dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7-r1, 2.1.6-r1 dev-lang/python: 2.5.2-r7 sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.11.1 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.18.1-r2 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.61-r2 sys-devel/automake: 1.9.6-r2, 1.10.1-r1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.18-r3 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.0-r4 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.26 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.23-r3 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=i686 -mmmx -msse -msse2 -msse3 -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/php/apache2-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php5/ext-active/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo /etc/udev/rules.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=i686 -mmmx -msse -msse2 -msse3 -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-orphans userfetch" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.mirror.pw.edu.pl/ " LANG="en_US.UTF-8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1" LINGUAS="pl" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="16bit 7zip aac acl alsa apache2 async bash-completion berkdb bonjour bzip2 cgi cli cracklib crypt ctype cups curl dbus djvu dri dvd encode exif ffmpeg flac fortran ftp gadu gd gdbm gpm iconv id3tag isdnlog java jpeg lame logrotate mad midi mmx mudflap musepack mysql mysqli ncurses nls nptl nptlonly ogg openmp pam pcre pdo perl php png ppds pppd python readline reflection samba session spl sqlite srt sse sse2 ssl ssse3 swat sysfs tcpd threads tiff truetype unicode vorbis wavpack win32codecs x264 x86 xml xmlreader xmlrpc xmlwriter xorg xsl xvid zip zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1 emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="pl" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="vesa" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, FFLAGS, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY sigma cpu # emerge -av pidgin These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild R ] net-im/pidgin-2.5.3 USE="dbus gadu ncurses nls perl -bonjour -debug -doc -eds -gnutls -groupwise -gstreamer -gtk -meanwhile -networkmanager -prediction -qq -sasl -silc -spell -tcl -tk -zephyr" 0 kB checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c checking whether NLS is requested... yes checking for intltool-update... no checking for intltool-merge... no checking for intltool-extract... no configure: error: The intltool scripts were not found. Please install intltool. !!! Please attach the following file when seeking support: !!! /var/tmp/portage/net-im/pidgin-2.5.3/work/pidgin-2.5.3/config.log * * ERROR: net-im/pidgin-2.5.3 failed. * Call stack: * ebuild.sh, line 49: Called src_compile * environment, line 3433: Called econf 'src_compile' 'src_compile' '--enable-consoleui' '--enable-nls' '--enable-perl' '--disable-gtkui' '--disable-startup-notification' '--disable-screensaver' '--disable-sm' '--disable-tcl' '--disable-gtkspell' '--disable-tk' '--disable-debug' '--enable-dbus' '--disable-meanwhile' '--disable-gevolution' '--disable-gstreamer' '--disable-cyrus-sasl' '--disable-doxygen' '--disable-cap' '--disable-nm' '--without-krb4' '--disable-avahi' '--with-dynamic-prpls=irc,jabber,oscar,yahoo,simple,msn,myspace,gg' '--disable-mono' '--x-includes=/usr/include/X11' '--with-gadu-includes=.' '--with-gadu-libs=.' * ebuild.sh, line 519: Called die * The specific snippet of code: * die "econf failed" * The die message: * econf failed * * If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack if relevant. * A complete build log is located at '/var/tmp/portage/net-im/pidgin-2.5.3/temp/build.log'. * The ebuild environment file is located at '/var/tmp/portage/net-im/pidgin-2.5.3/temp/environment'. * * Messages for package net-im/pidgin-2.5.3: * * ERROR: net-im/pidgin-2.5.3 failed. * Call stack: * ebuild.sh, line 49: Called src_compile * environment, line 3433: Called econf 'src_compile' 'src_compile' '--enable-consoleui' '--enable-nls' '--enable-perl' '--disable-gtkui' '--disable-startup-notification' '--disable-screensaver' '--disable-sm' '--disable-tcl' '--disable-gtkspell' '--disable-tk' '--disable-debug' '--enable-dbus' '--disable-meanwhile' '--disable-gevolution' '--disable-gstreamer' '--disable-cyrus-sasl' '--disable-doxygen' '--disable-cap' '--disable-nm' '--without-krb4' '--disable-avahi' '--with-dynamic-prpls=irc,jabber,oscar,yahoo,simple,msn,myspace,gg' '--disable-mono' '--x-includes=/usr/include/X11' '--with-gadu-includes=.' '--with-gadu-libs=.' * ebuild.sh, line 519: Called die * The specific snippet of code: * die "econf failed" * The die message: * econf failed * * If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack if relevant. * A complete build log is located at '/var/tmp/portage/net-im/pidgin-2.5.3/temp/build.log'. * The ebuild environment file is located at '/var/tmp/portage/net-im/pidgin-2.5.3/temp/environment'. *
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 236761 ***
