After it is done patching the "bugfixes/updates" I get this: * Reconfiguring configure scripts (be patient)...aclocal: macro `gt_GLIBC2' required but not defined aclocal: macro `gt_TYPE_INTMAX_T' required but not defined aclocal: macro `gt_PRINTF_POSIX' required but not defined aclocal: macro `gt_INTDIV0' required but not defined aclocal: macro `gl_XSIZE' required but not defined Portage 2.1_pre3-r1 (default-linux/x86/2005.1, gcc-4.0.2, glibc-2.3.6-r2, 2.6.15-ck2 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.15-ck2 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.12.0_pre15 dev-lang/python: 2.4.2 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.17 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r7 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.16.91.0.5 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.22 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r3 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium4 -mfpmath=sse -fomit-frame-pointer -ftracer -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control /var/www/localhost/htdocs" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/init.d /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium4 -mfpmath=sse -fomit-frame-pointer -ftracer -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig distlocks noinfo sandbox sfperms" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.espri.arizona.edu/gentoo/" MAKEOPTS="-j3" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 X alsa apache2 audiofile bzip2 cairo cups curl dga exif expat firefox gd gif glut gtk gtk2 java jpeg junit lirc mmx mysql ncurses nptl nsplugin opengl pcre perl php png python readline sse sse2 ssl truetype udev usb win32codecs xinerama xml2 xv xvid zlib elibc_glibc kernel_linux userland_GNU" Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS
*** Bug 120453 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
seemant I'm hiting this same bug. Portage 2.1_pre3-r1 (uclibc/x86/2005.1, gcc-3.4.5, uclibc-0.9.28-r0, 2.6.11-hardened-r15 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.11-hardened-r15 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.60GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.12.0_pre14 dev-lang/python: 2.4.2 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.17 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r7 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.16.1-r1 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.22 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r3 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i386-gentoo-linux-uclibc" CFLAGS="-Os -pipe" CHOST="i386-gentoo-linux-uclibc" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-Os -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig buildpkg confcache distclean distlocks nodoc noinfo noman sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j4" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages/i386-gentoo-linux-uclibc" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp/portage" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/portage/local" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 bitmap-fonts hardened ncurses pic readline truetype-fonts type1-fonts uclibc zlib elibc_uclibc kernel_linux userland_GNU" Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS
Fast (and dirty) workaround: comment the lines which defines versions for AUTOMAKE and AUTOCONF. I think it should use v1.96 rather than 1.8...
changed to force 1.9
