Bug 230790 – gnome-base/libbonobo-2.20.4 /usr/bin/m4:/usr/local/share/bison/yacc.c:23: cannot open `b4_pkgdatadir/c.m4': No such file or directory

• Status: RESOLVED INVALID
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description ksenija 2008-07-04 19:29:04 UTC]

When installing some packages (e.g.libbonobo) I get the following:

Making all in activation-server
make[2]: Entering directory `/var/tmp/portage/gnome-base/libbonobo-2.20.4/work/l
ibbonobo-2.20.4/activation-server'
bison -y -d -v ./activation-context-query-parser.y
sed -e "s|\@LIBEXECDIR\@|/usr/libexec|" Bonobo_CosNaming_NamingContext.server.in
.in > Bonobo_CosNaming_NamingContext.server.in
LC_ALL=C ../intltool-merge -o -u -c ../po/.intltool-merge-cache ../po Bonobo_Cos
Naming_NamingContext.server.in Bonobo_CosNaming_NamingContext.server
/usr/bin/m4:/usr/local/share/bison/yacc.c:23: cannot open `b4_pkgdatadir/c.m4': 
No such file or directory
/usr/local/share/bison/yacc.c:61: error: invalid pure value: pure
/usr/local/share/bison/yacc.c:61: the top level
bison: subsidiary program `/usr/bin/m4' failed (exit status 1)
make[2]: *** [stamp-parser] Error 1
make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
Generating and caching the translation database
Merging translations into Bonobo_CosNaming_NamingContext.server.
make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/gnome-base/libbonobo-2.20.4/work/li
bbonobo-2.20.4/activation-server'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/gnome-base/libbonobo-2.20.4/work/li
bbonobo-2.20.4'
make: *** [all] Error 2
 * 
 * ERROR: gnome-base/libbonobo-2.20.4 failed.
 * Call stack:
 *               ebuild.sh, line   49:  Called src_compile
 *             environment, line  617:  Called gnome2_src_compile
 *             environment, line  547:  Called die
 * The specific snippet of code:
 *       emake || die "compile failure"
 *  The die message:
 *   compile failure
 * 
 * If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack if rele
vant.
 * A complete build log is located at '/var/tmp/portage/gnome-base/libbonobo-2.2
0.4/temp/build.log'.
 * The ebuild environment file is located at '/var/tmp/portage/gnome-base/libbon
obo-2.20.4/temp/environment'.
 * 



Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.emerge libbonobo
2.
3.

Actual Results:  
I get the error described above. 

Expected Results:  
Installed package. 

/usr/local/share/bison/yacc.c, make.conf and output of emerge --list attached

[Comment 1 ksenija 2008-07-04 19:48:50 UTC]

Created attachment 159558 [details]
output of  'emerge --info'

[Comment 2 ksenija 2008-07-04 19:50:20 UTC]

Created attachment 159560 [details]
/etc/make.conf

[Comment 3 ksenija 2008-07-04 19:52:04 UTC]

Created attachment 159562 [details]
/usr/local/share/bison/yacc.c

/usr/local/share/bison/yacc.c is a symbolic link to /usr/share/bison/yacc.c

[Comment 4 Gilles Dartiguelongue (RETIRED) 2008-07-04 22:43:42 UTC]

failure due to package installed by hand is not in the scope of things we can fix. Get rid of what's in /usr/local or fix your PATH that will probably make the problem go away