ns3 ~ # emerge -pqv =sys-apps/help2man-1.43.3::gentoo [ebuild U ] sys-apps/help2man-1.43.3 [1.40.11] USE="nls" ns3 ~ # cat /var/tmp/portage/sys-apps/help2man-1.43.3/temp/build.log * Package: sys-apps/help2man-1.43.3 * Repository: gentoo * Maintainer: base-system@gentoo.org * USE: abi_x86_64 amd64 elibc_glibc kernel_linux multilib nls userland_GNU * FEATURES: preserve-libs sandbox userpriv usersandbox >>> Unpacking source... >>> Unpacking help2man-1.43.3.tar.gz to /var/tmp/portage/sys-apps/help2man-1.43.3/work >>> Source unpacked in /var/tmp/portage/sys-apps/help2man-1.43.3/work >>> Preparing source in /var/tmp/portage/sys-apps/help2man-1.43.3/work/help2man-1.43.3 ... * Applying help2man-1.36.4-respect-LDFLAGS.patch ... [ ok ] * Applying help2man-1.38.4-linguas.patch ... [ ok ] >>> Source prepared. >>> Configuring source in /var/tmp/portage/sys-apps/help2man-1.43.3/work/help2man-1.43.3 ... ./configure --prefix=/usr --build=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu --host=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --datadir=/usr/share --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var/lib --libdir=/usr/lib64 --enable-nls checking for perl... perl checking for module Locale::gettext... no checking for msgfmt... /usr/bin/msgfmt checking for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc checking whether the C compiler works... yes checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out checking for suffix of executables... checking whether we are cross compiling... no checking for suffix of object files... o checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes checking whether x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc accepts -g... yes checking for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed checking for library containing dlsym... -ldl checking for library containing bindtextdomain... none required configure: error: perl module Locale::gettext required !!! Please attach the following file when seeking support: !!! /var/tmp/portage/sys-apps/help2man-1.43.3/work/help2man-1.43.3/config.log * ERROR: sys-apps/help2man-1.43.3::gentoo failed (configure phase): * econf failed * * Call stack: * ebuild.sh, line 93: Called src_configure * environment, line 1804: Called econf '--enable-nls' * phase-helpers.sh, line 577: Called die * The specific snippet of code: * die "econf failed" * * If you need support, post the output of `emerge --info '=sys-apps/help2man-1.43.3::gentoo'`, * the complete build log and the output of `emerge -pqv '=sys-apps/help2man-1.43.3::gentoo'`. * The complete build log is located at '/var/tmp/portage/sys-apps/help2man-1.43.3/temp/build.log'. * The ebuild environment file is located at '/var/tmp/portage/sys-apps/help2man-1.43.3/temp/environment'. * Working directory: '/var/tmp/portage/sys-apps/help2man-1.43.3/work/help2man-1.43.3' * S: '/var/tmp/portage/sys-apps/help2man-1.43.3/work/help2man-1.43.3'
You need to run "perl-cleaner --all" as mentioned in your recent perl upgrade's post-install messages. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 41124 ***