I changed it to WANT_AUTOMAKE="latest", now it's compiling. this happens on 2 different computers see also bug 149744, bug 148668 with 1.6, it says ---- * Required automake 1.6. Using automake (GNU automake) 1.6.3. * Running automake --add-missing --copy --foreign ... [ !! ] * Failed Running automake ! top of /usr/PORTAGE_TMPDIR/portage/openmotif-2.2.3-r9/temp/automake-12627.out ---- ***** automake ***** aclocal.m4:990: version mismatch. This is Automake 1.6.3, but aclocal.m4 aclocal.m4:990: was generated for Automake 1.4-p6. You should recreate aclocal.m4:990: aclocal.m4 with aclocal and run automake again. clients/mwm/Makefile.am: installing `./depcomp' /usr/share/automake-1.6/am/depend2.am: AMDEP does not appear in AM_CONDITIONAL ...
I have the same problem, but I had to use WANT_AUTOMAKE="1.4"... It first requires you to install automake 1.4 and then says it tries to use 1.6 ... there's a bug...
Fixed in autotools.eclass by making sure the requested autotools versions are always used.
*** Bug 149978 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 150010 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***