>>> Unpacking source... >>> Unpacking gmetadom-0.2.3.tar.gz to /var/tmp/portage/dev-libs/gmetadom-0.2.3/work * Applying gmetadom-0.2.3-gentoo.patch ... [ ok ] * Applying gmetadom-0.2.3-gcc41.patch ... [ ok ] am-wrapper: /usr/bin/aclocal-1.7 is missing or not executable. Please try emerging the correct version of automake. am-wrapper: /usr/bin/automake-1.7 is missing or not executable. Please try emerging the correct version of automake. am-wrapper: /usr/bin/aclocal-1.7 is missing or not executable. Please try emerging the correct version of automake. autoreconf-2.61: aclocal failed with exit status: 1 * * ERROR: dev-libs/gmetadom-0.2.3 failed. Hmm, strange src_unpack() { unpack ${A} cd ${S} epatch ${FILESDIR}/${P}-gentoo.patch # Fix gcc 4.1 problems epatch ${FILESDIR}/${P}-gcc41.patch WANT_AUTOCONF="2.5" WANT_AUTOMAKE="1.7" autoreconf --install --force || die } Now I'm not the expert, but I think that is really not how you do it. The WANT_AUTO* needs to be at the beginning (before autotools inherit?) and not just on the autoreconf line.
emerge --info please
Seems like the ebuild lacks depency on automake and autoconf (with version set)
What f*cking ebuild it is! gmetadom-0.2.6 in cvs.