The current stable net-misc/sobby-0.3.0 needs net-libs/net6-1.2 , net-libs/obby-0.3 and that versions are not in portage and can't compile with the current versions of both packages. As a bonus thing, there are no open bugs for net-misc/sobby-0.4.5 and has been in tree since November 2008. Thanks
ppc stable
hrm.. checking for libnet6... yes checking for libgnutls-config... no checking for libgnutls - version >= 1.0.0... no *** The libgnutls-config script installed by LIBGNUTLS could not be found *** If LIBGNUTLS was installed in PREFIX, make sure PREFIX/bin is in *** your path, or set the LIBGNUTLS_CONFIG environment variable to the *** full path to libgnutls-config. configure: error: *** *** libgnutls was not found. You may want to get it by using the *** package manager of your distribution or by compiling the source *** from ftp://ftp.gnutls.org/pub/gnutls/. This dependency is *** now mandatory. !!! Please attach the following file when seeking support: !!! /var/tmp/portage/net-libs/net6-1.3.5/work/net6-1.3.5/config.log * * ERROR: net-libs/net6-1.3.5 failed. * Call stack: * ebuild.sh, line 49: Called src_compile * environment, line 139: Called _eapi0_src_compile * ebuild.sh, line 598: Called econf * ebuild.sh, line 534: Called die * The specific snippet of code: * die "econf failed" this is with net-libs/gnutls-2.8.4 USE="cxx examples nls zlib -bindist -doc -guile -lzo" are other ppl hitting this too?
My bad, you are hitting bug #271989 , which is fixed in >=net6-1.3.9 , so net-libs/net6-1.3.9 should be stabilized before net-misc/sobby-0.4.5
amd64/x86 stable, all arches done.