..according to configure output (and I currently have 0.10.3 installed): checking whether i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc implements __PRETTY_FUNCTION__... yes checking whether i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc implements __FUNCTION__... yes checking whether i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc implements __func__... yes checking for GLIB... yes checking for LIBOIL... yes checking for GST... configure: error: no gstreamer-0.10 >= 0.10.4 (GStreamer) found !!! Please attach the config.log to your bug report: !!! /mnt/sandbox/portage/portage/gst-plugins-alsa-0.10.4/work/gst-plugins-base-0.10.4/config.log !!! ERROR: media-plugins/gst-plugins-alsa-0.10.4 failed.
sorry about this, finally sorted. It had been committed without checking the dependencies