config.status: creating config.h config.status: executing depfiles commands cd . && \ /bin/sh /var/tmp/portage/sim-0.8.3/work/sim-0.8.3/admin/missing --run automake-1.6 --foreign ./Makefile aclocal.m4:2676: your implementation of AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE comes from an aclocal.m4:2676: old Automake version. You should recreate aclocal.m4 aclocal.m4:2676: with aclocal and run automake again. WARNING: `automake-1.6' is needed, and you do not seem to have it handy on your system. You might have modified some files without having the proper tools for further handling them. Check the `README' file, it often tells you about the needed prerequirements for installing this package. You may also peek at any GNU archive site, in case some other package would contain this missing `automake-1.6' program. make: *** [Makefile.in] Error 1 !!! ERROR: net-im/sim-0.8.3 failed. !!! Function src_compile, Line 55, Exitcode 2 !!! (no error message) Portage 2.0.49-r9 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.3.1, glibc-2.3.2-r1, 2.4.20-gentoo-r7) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.20-gentoo-r7 i686 Pentium III (Katmai) Gentoo Base System version 1.4.3.10p1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=pentium3 -O3 -pipe -msse -mmmx -mfpmath=sse -fomit-frame-pointer -fforce-addr -falign-functions=4 -fprefetch-loop-arrays" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /var/qmail/control /usr/share/config /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /var/bind /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=pentium3 -O3 -pipe -msse -mmmx -mfpmath=sse -fomit-frame-pointer -fforce-addr -falign-functions=4 -fprefetch-loop-arrays" DISTDIR="/home/distfiles" FEATURES="sandbox ccache autoaddcvs" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://ftp.uninett.no/pub/linux/Gentoo http://gentoo.linux.no/ ftp://gentoo.linux.no/pub/gentoo/" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 oss avi crypt cups encode foomaticdb gif jpeg libg++ libwww mad mmx mpeg ncurses pdflib png quicktime spell truetype xml2 xmms xv zlib gdbm berkdb readline java X sdl gpm tcpd pam ssl perl python esd imlib oggvorbis gtk motif opengl aavm dga dnd evo ffmpeg gd hyriand javascript jikes mbox mdb moznoirc moznomail mozp3p mozsvg offensive pda pic radeon S3TC samba sox sse tiff type1 usb vim-with-x wmf wxwindows Xaw3d xosd -apm -arts -kde -mikmod -nls -svga -slang -tcltk -gnome -qt video_cards_radeon"
Should be fixed now. Thanks for the report!