Sure, autoconf is going to pretty much be on every system... but as grub is one of the first packages to be installed on a new box, it should have proper dependancies Green root # emerge grub Calculating dependencies ...done! >>> emerge (1 of 1) sys-apps/grub-0.93.20030118 to / >>> md5 src_uri ;-) grub-0.93.tar.gz >>> md5 src_uri ;-) grub-0.93.20030118-gentoo.diff.bz2 >>> Unpacking source... >>> Unpacking grub-0.93.tar.gz to /var/tmp/portage/grub-0.93.20030118/work >>> Unpacking grub-0.93.20030118-gentoo.diff.bz2 to /var/tmp/portage/grub-0.93.20030118/work * Applying grub-0.93.20030118-gentoo.diff.bz2... [ ok ] * Applying grub-0.93-gcc3.3.diff... [ ok ]/usr/sbin/ebuild.sh: line 41: autoconf: command not found !!! ERROR: sys-apps/grub-0.93.20030118 failed. !!! Function src_unpack, Line 41, Exitcode 127 !!! (no error message)
added autoconf-2.5 to compile time dependency list