It is not possible to compile xen-tools-3.4.1-r1 because sys-devel/gettext is missing (and no dependency to defined). It looks like it is a result of USE="-nls" and "emerge --depclean" (which removed sys-devel/gettext). The installation of "sys-devel/gettext" fixed the problem. Maybe it should be defined as a dependeny. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Add "-nls" useflag 2. emerge -e system; emerge --depclean 3. emerge xen-tools Actual Results: Installation of xen-tools fails with: [...] Checking check_xgettext: which: no xgettext in (/usr/lib/ccache/bin:/usr/lib64/portage/bin/ebuild-helpers:/usr/local/sbin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/opt/bin:/usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/4.3.2:/sbin:/usr/sbin) *** check_xgettext FAILED: can't find xgettext [...] Expected Results: should compile (and pull in gettext if needed)
+ 05 Nov 2009; Patrick Lauer <patrick@gentoo.org> xen-tools-3.4.1-r1.ebuild: + Adding gettext depend for #287935 Confirmed and fixed.