mkfontscale needs libX11 added to DEPEND. if mkfontscale is emerged before libX11 the configure fails. checking for a BSD-compatible install... /bin/install -c checking for gzopen in -lz... yes checking for i686-pc-linux-gnu-pkg-config... no checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config checking pkg-config is at least version 0.9.0... yes checking for MKFONTSCALE... yes checking for X11... configure: error: Package requirements (x11) were not met: No package 'x11' 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 X11_CFLAGS and X11_LIBS to avoid the need to call pkg-config. See the pkg-config man page for more details. !!! Please attach the following file when filing a report to bugs.gentoo.org: !!! /var/tmp/portage/mkfontscale-1.0.1/work/mkfontscale-1.0.1/config.log !!! ERROR: x11-apps/mkfontscale-1.0.1 failed. !!! Function econf, Line 489, Exitcode 0 !!! econf failed
oops. checking for a BSD-compatible install... /bin/install -c checking for gzopen in -lz... yes checking for i686-pc-linux-gnu-pkg-config... no checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config checking pkg-config is at least version 0.9.0... yes checking for MKFONTSCALE... yes checking for X11... configure: error: Package requirements (x11) were not met: No package 'x11' 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 X11_CFLAGS and X11_LIBS to avoid the need to call pkg-config. See the pkg-config man page for more details. !!! Please attach the following file when filing a report to bugs.gentoo.org: !!! /var/tmp/portage/mkfontscale-1.0.1/work/mkfontscale-1.0.1/config.log !!! ERROR: x11-apps/mkfontscale-1.0.1 failed. !!! Function econf, Line 489, Exitcode 0 !!! econf failed !!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, NOT this status message.
damnit. you get the picture.
Sure do :) Thanks.