when I try to update to vlc-0.9.8a, aclocal fails with the error: # ac-wrapper: Unable to locate any usuable version of autoconf. # I tried these versions: 2.62:2.5 2.61:2.5 2.60:2.5 2.59:2.5 2.13:2.1 # With a base name of '/usr/bin/autom4te'. # aclocal-1.10: autom4te failed with exit status: 1 Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge =vlc-0.9.8a 2. sit back 3. watch aclocal fail to do anything useful. Actual Results: Failed, couldn't load autoconf, aclocal, or (guessing) something else. Expected Results: Perfectly normal install, just like always.
emerge --info Portage 2.1.6.6 (default/linux/x86/2008.0/desktop, gcc-4.2.3, glibc-2.6.1-r0, 2.6.25-gentoo-r8 i686) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-2.6.25-gentoo-r8-i686-Intel-R-_Pentium-R-_D_CPU_3.40GHz-with-glibc2.0 Timestamp of tree: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 05:15:02 +0000 distcc 3.0 i686-pc-linux-gnu [enabled] ccache version 2.4 [enabled] app-shells/bash: 3.2_p39 dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7-r1, 2.1.6-r1 dev-lang/python: 2.4.4-r13, 2.5.2-r7 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r6 dev-util/ccache: 2.4-r7 dev-util/cmake: 2.6.2-r1 sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.11.1 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.18.1-r2 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.63 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10.2 sys-devel/binutils: 2.18-r3 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.0-r4 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.26 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.27-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=prescott -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /var/lib/hsqldb" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/php/apache2-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php5/ext-active/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/web2c /etc/udev/rules.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=prescott -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="ccache distcc distlocks fixpackages parallel-fetch protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-orphans userfetch" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.osuosl.org/ ftp://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo/ http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/gentoo http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/gentoo ftp://mirror.iawnet.sandia.gov/pub/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.ussg.iu.edu/pub/linux/gentoo ftp://ftp.ucsb.edu/pub/mirrors/linux/gentoo/ http://ftp.ucsb.edu/pub/mirrors/linux/gentoo/ http://cudlug.cudenver.edu/gentoo/ http://gentoo.mirrors.pair.com/ ftp://gentoo.mirrors.pair.com/ http://gentoo.mirrors.tds.net/gentoo ftp://gentoo.mirrors.tds.net/gentoo http://gentoo.netnitco.net ftp://gentoo.netnitco.net/pub/mirrors/gentoo/source/ http://mirror.espri.arizona.edu/gentoo/ http://open-systems.ufl.edu/mirrors/gentoo " LANG="C" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1" MAKEOPTS="-j3" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/portage/local/layman/Spring" SYNC="rsync://rsync.namerica.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="3dnow X aac acl acpi alsa audacious bash-completion bcmath bonobo branding bzip2 cairo calender cdb cddb cdio cdparanoia cdr cli cracklib crypt cscope cups curl curlwrappers dbus dga doc dri dvb dvd dvdr dvdread encode evo ffmpeg firefox flac foomaticdb ftp gb gd gdbm gif glut gnome gpm gstreamer gtk gtkhtml hal hddtemp iconv imap imlib ipod isdnlog java javascript jpeg jpeg2k lame lcms ldap libburn libgda libnotify lm_sensors mad matrox midi mime mmap mmx modplug mozilla mp3 mp4 mpeg mplayer mudflap mysql ncurses nptlonly nsplugin nvidia ogg opengl openmp pam pcre pdf perl png ppds pppd pulseaudio python qt3support quicktime readline reflection scanner sdl session spell spl sse sse2 sse3 ssl startup-notification svg symlink sysfs syslog sysvipc tcpd theora threads tiff truetype unicode usb v4l vcd verbose vorbis win32codecs x86 xcomposite xine xml xorg xscreensaver xulrunner xv xvid zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1 emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia nv" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, FFLAGS, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, LINGUAS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS Also, a member of #gentoo wanted me to note that emerge -DpNuv doesn't freak out or see anything wrong. Also, here's the output of /var/tmp/portage/media-video/vlc-0.9.8a/temp/aclocal-24660.out 1. desktop matthew # cat /var/tmp/portage/media-video/vlc-0.9.8a/temp/aclocal-24660.out 2. ***** aclocal ***** 3. ***** aclocal -I m4 -I m4 -I /var/tmp/portage/media-video/vlc-0.9.8a/work/vlc-m4 4. 5. ac-wrapper: Unable to locate any usuable version of autoconf. 6. I tried these versions: 2.62:2.5 2.61:2.5 2.60:2.5 2.59:2.5 2.13:2.1 7. With a base name of '/usr/bin/autom4te'. 8. aclocal-1.10: autom4te failed with exit status: 1
Looks, like you are mixing stable and unstable. You need sys-devel/autoconf-wrapper-6.
(In reply to comment #2) > Looks, like you are mixing stable and unstable. > You need sys-devel/autoconf-wrapper-6. > I already have that installed. I re-emerged it, just to be safe, and now aclocal is working beautifully. Thank you.
