pkgconfig is required to configure gift-fasttrack but it is not listed as a dependency. gift-fasttrack will not compile without it, but once it is added to the system it can be compiled. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Get a system that does not have pkgconfig installed on it 2. Attempt to emerge net-p2p/gift-fasttrack 3. Configuration fails on detecting pkgconfig Actual Results: creating libtool checking for pkg-config... no checking for pkg-config... no *** The pkg-config script could not be found. Make sure it is *** in your path, or set the PKG_CONFIG environment variable *** to the full path to pkg-config. *** Or see http://www.freedesktop.org/software/pkgconfig to get pkg-config. configure: error: Library requirements (libgift >= 0.11.1 libgift < 0.12.0) not met; consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if your libraries are in a nonstandard prefix so pkg-config can find them. Portage 2.0.49-r15 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.2.3, glibc-2.3.2-r1, 2.4.22) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.22 i586 Pentium MMX Gentoo Base System version 1.4.3.10p1 distcc 2.11.1 i586-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] ccache version 2.3 [enabled] ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=pentium-mmx -O3 -pipe" CHOST="i586-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /var/qmail/control /usr/share/config /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=pentium-mmx -O3 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs sandbox ccache" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 oss apm avi crypt cups encode foomaticdb gif imlib jpeg libg++ mad mikmod mpeg ncurses nls pdflib png quicktime sdl spell truetype xml2 xmms xv zlib gdbm berkdb slang readline java tcpd pam libwww ssl perl python oggvorbis mmx -X -gpm -gtk -gnome -alsa -xinerama -directfb -arts -bonobo -esd -svga -gtk -qt -kde -motif -opengl -mozilla -gphoto2 -cdr -scanner apache2 gd mysql"
This also happens for gift-openft.
Martin, sorry another one for you...
fixed in portage; thank you :)