Step to reproduce: 1) cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@pserv.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/pserv login 2) cvs -z9 -d:pserver:anonymous@pserv.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/pserv co -P pserv 3) autoupdate 4) autoscan 5) autoreconf Here is the output: $ autoreconf am-wrapper: warning: invalid WANT_AUTOMAKE '2.5'; ignoring. am-wrapper: warning: invalid WANT_AUTOMAKE '2.5'; ignoring. am-wrapper: warning: invalid WANT_AUTOMAKE '2.5'; ignoring. am-wrapper: warning: invalid WANT_AUTOMAKE '2.5'; ignoring. $ qfile -v `which autoreconf` sys-devel/autoconf-wrapper-4-r2 (/usr/bin/autoreconf) $ qfile -v /usr/lib64/misc/am-wrapper.sh sys-devel/automake-wrapper-3-r1 (/usr/lib64/misc/am-wrapper.sh) $ emerge --info Portage 2.1.2_rc2-r1 (default-linux/amd64/2006.1, gcc-4.1.1, glibc-2.5-r0, 2.6.18-gentoo-r2 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.18-gentoo-r2 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3500+ Gentoo Base System version 1.12.6 Last Sync: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 17:50:02 +0000 distcc 2.18.3 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] ccache version 2.4 [enabled] dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.0.30 dev-lang/python: 2.4.4 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5 dev-util/ccache: 2.4-r6 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.18.1 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.61 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10 sys-devel/binutils: 2.17 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.14 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.22 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.17-r1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS=" -march=athlon64 -Os -pipe " CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /opt/jetty/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /var/bind" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/gconf /etc/java-config/vms/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/splash /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/web2c" CXXFLAGS=" -march=athlon64 -Os -pipe " DISTDIR="/home/ftp/distfiles" EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--with-bdeps y" FEATURES="autoconfig ccache collision-protect cvs distlocks elog java-strict metadata-transfer multilib-strict sandbox sfperms sign strict stricter test userfetch userpriv" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.switch.ch/ftp/mirror/gentoo/ ftp://mirror.switch.ch/mirror/gentoo/ " LANG="it_IT.utf8" LC_ALL="it_IT.utf8" LINGUAS="it" PKGDIR="/home/ftp/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS=" --timeout=400 --progress " 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" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/overlays/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="amd64 7zip X a52 aac acl acpi alsa amr aoss apache2 arts asf audiofile avahi bash-completion berkdb bitmap-fonts bl bzip2 cairo caps ccache cdb cddb cdparanoia cdr chroot cli cpudetection cracklib crypt css cups curl dba dbus devhelp dga directfb djvu dlloader dmi dri dts dv dvd dvdr dvdread dynagraph elibc_glibc encode erandom esd exif expat extrafilters fame ffmpeg firefox flac fltk foomaticdb gd gdbm ggi gif gimp gimpprint glibc-omitfp glut gmp gnokii gnome gnutls gphoto2 gpm graphviz gtk gtkhtml guile hal howl-compat iconv idn ieee1394 imagemagick imlib input_devices_evdev input_devices_keyboard input_devices_mouse ipv6 isdnlog ithreads java javacomm jbig jikes jpeg jpeg2k justify kde kdeenablefinal kdehiddenvisibility kernel_linux lcms ldap libcaca libg++ libnotify linguas_it linuxthreads-tls lm_sensors logitech-mouse logrotate lzo mad mailwrapper matroska mbox mdb mhash mikmod mjpeg mmap mng motif mozdevelop mozsvg mp3 mpeg mpm-worker msn musepack musicbrainz mysql ncurses nfs nls nptl nptlonly nsplugin numeric nvidia odbc offensive ogg on-the-fly-crypt openexr opengl oss pam pcre pdf perl php png povray ppds pppd pulseaudio python qa qt3 qt4 quicktime rdesktop readline reflection restrict-javascript rtc samba scanner sdl session slang smime smp sndfile snmp speex spell spl ssl startup-notification subversion svg sysfs syslog tcltk tcpd test tetex tga theora threads tidy tiff timidity tk truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts udev unicode usb userland_GNU userlocales utempter v4l v4l2 vcd vda video_cards_nv video_cards_nvidia vorbis vorbis-psy wma wmf wmp xcomposite xforms xine xinerama xml xorg xpm xscreensaver xv xvid xvmc yv12 zeroconf zlib" Unset: CTARGET, INSTALL_MASK, LDFLAGS, MAKEOPTS
typo in the autoconf-wrapper; fixed in 4-r3
Works fine now with -r3. Closing.
