Included below are the results from 1) emerge --info 2) emerge gnome-base/gnome-vfs 3) cat /var/tmp/portage/gnome-vfs-2.14.2-r1/temp/automake-29960.out ------------------>8--------------------------- emerge --info Portage 2.1.1 (default-linux/x86/2006.1/desktop, gcc-20050130, glibc-2.3.4.20041102-r1, 2.6.11-co-0.6.4 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.11-co-0.6.4 i686 Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.80GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.12.5 Last Sync: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 07:00:01 +0000 app-admin/eselect-compiler: [Not Present] dev-java/java-config: [Not Present] dev-lang/python: 2.3.5, 2.4.3-r4 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5 dev-util/ccache: [Not Present] dev-util/confcache: [Not Present] sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.17 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r6 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.5 sys-devel/binutils: 2.16.1-r3 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.11-r4 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.18-r1 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i386-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -mcpu=i686" CHOST="i386-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/X11/xkb" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -mcpu=i686" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo" LINGUAS="" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180 --exclude='/distfiles' --exclude='/local' --exclude='/packages'" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 X alsa arts berkdb bitmap-fonts cairo cdr cli cracklib crypt cups dbus dlloader dri dvd dvdr eds elibc_glibc emboss encode esd fam firefox fortran gdbm gif gnome gpm gstreamer gtk hal input_devices_evdev input_devices_keyboard input_devices_mouse ipv6 isdnlog jpeg kde kernel_linux ldap libg++ mad mikmod mp3 mpeg ncurses nls nptl nptlonly ogg opengl oss pam pcre perl png ppds pppd python qt3 qt4 quicktime readline reflection sdl session spell spl ssl tcpd truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts udev unicode userland_GNU video_cards_apm video_cards_ark video_cards_ati video_cards_chips video_cards_cirrus video_cards_cyrix video_cards_dummy video_cards_fbdev video_cards_glint video_cards_i128 video_cards_i740 video_cards_i810 video_cards_imstt video_cards_mga video_cards_neomagic video_cards_nsc video_cards_nv video_cards_rendition video_cards_s3 video_cards_s3virge video_cards_savage video_cards_siliconmotion video_cards_sis video_cards_sisusb video_cards_tdfx video_cards_tga video_cards_trident video_cards_tseng video_cards_v4l video_cards_vesa video_cards_vga video_cards_via video_cards_vmware video_cards_voodoo vorbis win32codecs xml xorg xv zlib" Unset: CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, MAKEOPTS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY ------------------>8--------------------------- emerge gnome-base/gnome-vfs >>> Emerging (1 of 1) gnome-base/gnome-vfs-2.14.2-r1 to / * gnome-vfs-2.14.2.tar.bz2 MD5 ;-) ... [ ok ] * gnome-vfs-2.14.2.tar.bz2 RMD160 ;-) ... [ ok ] * gnome-vfs-2.14.2.tar.bz2 SHA1 ;-) ... [ ok ] * gnome-vfs-2.14.2.tar.bz2 SHA256 ;-) ... [ ok ] * gnome-vfs-2.14.2.tar.bz2 size ;-) ... [ ok ] * checking ebuild checksums ;-) ... [ ok ] * checking auxfile checksums ;-) ... [ ok ] * checking miscfile checksums ;-) ... [ ok ] * checking gnome-vfs-2.14.2.tar.bz2 ;-) ... [ ok ] >>> Unpacking source... >>> Unpacking gnome-vfs-2.14.2.tar.bz2 to /var/tmp/portage/gnome-vfs-2.14.2-r1/work * Fixing OMF Makefiles ... [ ok ] * Applying gnome-vfs-2.12.0-afs.patch ... [ ok ] * Applying gnome-vfs-2.14.2-http_module-undef-neon-symbols.patch ... [ ok ] * Automake used for the package (1.9.6) differs from * the installed version (1.9.5). * Running eautoreconf in '/var/tmp/portage/gnome-vfs-2.14.2-r1/work/gnome-vfs-2.14.2' ... * Running aclocal ... [ ok ] * Running libtoolize --copy --force --automake ... [ ok ] * Running aclocal ... [ ok ] * Running autoconf ... [ ok ] * Running autoheader ... [ ok ] * Running automake --add-missing --copy ... [ !! ] * Failed Running automake ! * * Include in your bugreport the contents of: * * /var/tmp/portage/gnome-vfs-2.14.2-r1/temp/automake-29960.out !!! ERROR: gnome-base/gnome-vfs-2.14.2-r1 failed. Call stack: ebuild.sh, line 1546: Called dyn_unpack ebuild.sh, line 708: Called src_unpack gnome-vfs-2.14.2-r1.ebuild, line 75: Called eautomake autotools.eclass, line 179: Called eautoreconf autotools.eclass, line 87: Called eautomake autotools.eclass, line 188: Called autotools_run_tool 'automake' '--add-missing' '--copy' autotools.eclass, line 240: Called die !!! Failed Running automake ! !!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack if relevant. ------------------>8--------------------------- contents of /var/tmp/portage/gnome-vfs-2.14.2-r1/temp/automake-29960.out ***** automake ***** gtk-doc.make:7: GTK_DOC_USE_LIBTOOL does not appear in AM_CONDITIONAL doc/Makefile.am:82: `gtk-doc.make' included from here gtk-doc.make:43: ENABLE_GTK_DOC does not appear in AM_CONDITIONAL doc/Makefile.am:82: `gtk-doc.make' included from here gtk-doc.make:134: ENABLE_GTK_DOC does not appear in AM_CONDITIONAL doc/Makefile.am:82: `gtk-doc.make' included from here
your automake (1.9.5) is out of date. How often do you do a emerge -uDav world? try doing emerge -av -1 automake first ( you should end up with 1.9.6-r2 ) and then try gnome-vfs again.
See above.
