GConf cannot emerge without indent and as such dev-util/indent should be a dependency of gconf. Here is the output of emerge on a machine without indent, as the compile fails. config.status: executing default-1 commands make all-recursive make[1]: Entering directory `/var/tmp/portage/gconf-2.12.1/work/GConf-2.12.1' Making all in gconf make[2]: Entering directory `/var/tmp/portage/gconf-2.12.1/work/GConf-2.12.1/gconf' /usr/bin/orbit-idl-2 ./GConfX.idl orbit-idl-2 2.12.0 compiling mode, show preprocessor errors, passes: stubs skels common headers skel_impl imodule sh: indent: command not found make[2]: *** [GConfX-common.c] Broken pipe make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/gconf-2.12.1/work/GConf-2.12.1/gconf' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/gconf-2.12.1/work/GConf-2.12.1' make: *** [all] Error 2
i unmerged indent and then emerge gconf-2.12.1. everything went smoothly. in configure.in it even states: " # We would like indent, but don't require it. AC_CHECK_PROG(INDENT, indent, indent) "
