pidgin-2.7.1-r1 fails to build on ~amd64. These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild U ] net-im/pidgin-2.7.1-r1 [2.6.6] USE="dbus eds gstreamer gtk ncurses nls perl python%* spell startup-notification xscreensaver -debug -doc -gadu -gnutls -groupwise -idn -krb4% -meanwhile -networkmanager -prediction -qq -sasl -silc -tcl -tk -zephyr -zeroconf" 0 kB Total: 1 package (1 upgrade), Size of downloads: 0 kB Would you like to merge these packages? [Yes/No] >>> Verifying ebuild manifests >>> Emerging (1 of 1) net-im/pidgin-2.7.1-r1 * pidgin-2.7.1.tar.bz2 RMD160 SHA1 SHA256 size ;-) ... [ ok ] * checking ebuild checksums ;-) ... [ ok ] * checking auxfile checksums ;-) ... [ ok ] * checking miscfile checksums ;-) ... [ ok ] * CPV: net-im/pidgin-2.7.1-r1 * REPO: gentoo * USE: amd64 dbus eds elibc_glibc gstreamer gtk kernel_linux multilib ncurses nls perl python spell startup-notification userland_GNU xscreensaver >>> Unpacking source... >>> Unpacking pidgin-2.7.1.tar.bz2 to /var/tmp/portage/net-im/pidgin-2.7.1-r1/work >>> Source unpacked in /var/tmp/portage/net-im/pidgin-2.7.1-r1/work >>> Preparing source in /var/tmp/portage/net-im/pidgin-2.7.1-r1/work/pidgin-2.7.1 ... * Fixing OMF Makefiles ... [ ok ] * Running elibtoolize in: pidgin-2.7.1 * Applying portage-2.2.patch ... * Applying sed-1.5.6.patch ... * Applying as-needed-2.2.6.patch ... >>> Source prepared. >>> Configuring source in /var/tmp/portage/net-im/pidgin-2.7.1-r1/work/pidgin-2.7.1 ... * Disabling GnuTLS, using NSS * econf: updating pidgin-2.7.1/config.guess with /usr/share/gnuconfig/config.guess * econf: updating pidgin-2.7.1/config.sub with /usr/share/gnuconfig/config.sub ./configure --prefix=/usr --build=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu --host=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --datadir=/usr/share --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var/lib --libdir=/usr/lib64 --enable-consoleui --enable-nls --enable-gtkui --enable-sm --enable-startup-notification --enable-screensaver --disable-cap --enable-gevolution --enable-gtkspell --enable-perl --disable-tk --disable-tcl --disable-debug --enable-dbus --disable-meanwhile --enable-gstreamer --enable-farsight --enable-vv --disable-cyrus-sasl --disable-doxygen --disable-nm --disable-avahi --disable-idn --with-dynamic-prpls=irc,jabber,oscar,yahoo,simple,msn,myspace --disable-mono --x-includes=/usr/include/X11 --enable-gnutls=no --enable-nss=yes --with-python=python2.6 checking build system type... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu checking host system type... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c checking whether build environment is sane... yes checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p checking for gawk... gawk checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes checking for sed... /bin/sed checking for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc checking whether the C compiler works... yes checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out checking for suffix of executables... checking whether we are cross compiling... no checking for suffix of object files... o checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes checking whether x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc accepts -g... yes checking for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed checking for style of include used by make... 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Please attach the following file when seeking support: !!! /var/tmp/portage/net-im/pidgin-2.7.1-r1/work/pidgin-2.7.1/config.log * ERROR: net-im/pidgin-2.7.1-r1 failed: * econf failed * * Call stack: * ebuild.sh, line 54: Called src_configure * environment, line 5837: Called econf '--enable-consoleui' '--enable-nls' '--enable-gtkui' '--enable-sm' '--enable-startup-notification' '--enable-screensaver' '--disable-cap' '--enable-gevolution' '--enable-gtkspell' '--enable-perl' '--disable-tk' '--disable-tcl' '--disable-debug' '--enable-dbus' '--disable-meanwhile' '--enable-gstreamer' '--enable-farsight' '--enable-vv' '--disable-cyrus-sasl' '--disable-doxygen' '--disable-nm' '--disable-avahi' '--disable-idn' '--with-dynamic-prpls=irc,jabber,oscar,yahoo,simple,msn,myspace' '--disable-mono' '--x-includes=/usr/include/X11' '--enable-gnutls=no' '--enable-nss=yes' '--with-python=python2.6' * ebuild.sh, line 544: Called die * The specific snippet of code: * die "econf failed" * * If you need support, post the output of 'emerge --info =net-im/pidgin-2.7.1-r1', * the complete build log and the output of 'emerge -pqv =net-im/pidgin-2.7.1-r1'. * The complete build log is located at '/var/tmp/portage/net-im/pidgin-2.7.1-r1/temp/build.log'. * The ebuild environment file is located at '/var/tmp/portage/net-im/pidgin-2.7.1-r1/temp/environment'. * S: '/var/tmp/portage/net-im/pidgin-2.7.1-r1/work/pidgin-2.7.1' dwh@localhost ~ $ emerge --info Portage 2.1.8.3 (default/linux/amd64/10.0/desktop/gnome, gcc-4.4.3, glibc-2.11.2-r0, 2.6.33-gentoo-r2 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-2.6.33-gentoo-r2-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-2_Quad_CPU_Q6600_@_2.40GHz-with-gentoo-2.0.1 Timestamp of tree: Mon, 12 Jul 2010 19:00:04 +0000 app-shells/bash: 4.0_p37 dev-java/java-config: 2.1.11 dev-lang/python: 2.6.5-r2, 3.1.2-r3 dev-util/cmake: 2.8.1-r2 sys-apps/baselayout: 2.0.1 sys-apps/openrc: 0.6.1-r1 sys-apps/sandbox: 2.2 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.65-r1 sys-devel/automake: 1.7.9-r2, 1.9.6-r3, 1.10.3, 1.11.1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.20.1-r1 sys-devel/gcc: 4.4.3-r2 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.1 sys-devel/libtool: 2.2.10 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.34 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64" ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA dlj-1.1 PUEL" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=native -O2 -pipe" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/X11/xkb" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-march=native -O2 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="assume-digests distlocks fixpackages news parallel-fetch protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org" LANG="en_US.UTF-8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1" MAKEOPTS="-j5" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" 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="/home/dwh/ebuilds" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X a52 aac acl acpi alsa amd64 berkdb bluetooth branding bzip2 cairo cdr cli consolekit cracklib crypt cups cxx dbus dri dts dvd dvdr eds emboss encode evo exif fam firefox flac fortran gdbm gdu gif gnome gnome-keyring gpm gstreamer gtk hal iconv ipv6 jpeg lcms libnotify mad mikmod mmx mng modules mp3 mp4 mpeg mudflap multilib nautilus ncurses nls nptl nptlonly ogg opengl openmp pam pango pcre pdf perl png policykit ppds pppd python qt3support readline reflection sdl session spell spl sqlite sse sse2 ssl startup-notification svg sysfs tcpd tiff truetype unicode usb vorbis x264 xcb xml xorg xulrunner xv xvid zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci 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="mouse keybord evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby18" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, FFLAGS, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, LINGUAS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS
This bug happened while revdep-rebuild was running. I tried to install pidgin manually and everything went ok.
rebuild XML-Parser and try again
Better yet, run perl-cleaner after upgrading dev-lang/perl.
Running perl-cleaner did the trick. Thank you!
