checking /usr/include/ncursesw/ncurses.h usability... no checking /usr/include/ncursesw/ncurses.h presence... no checking for /usr/include/ncursesw/ncurses.h... no checking /usr/include/ncurses.h usability... no checking /usr/include/ncurses.h presence... no checking for /usr/include/ncurses.h... no configure: error: Finch will not be built. You need to install ncursesw (or ncurses) and its development headers. !!! Please attach the following file when seeking support: !!! /gtmp/portage/net-im/pidgin-2.7.6/work/pidgin-2.7.6/config.log * ERROR: net-im/pidgin-2.7.6 failed: * econf failed * * Call stack: * ebuild.sh, line 62: Called src_configure * environment, line 6308: Called econf '--disable-silent-rules' '--enable-consoleui' '--enable-gtkui' '--enable-sm' '--enable-nls' '--enable-startup-notification' '--enable-screensaver' '--disable-cap' '--disable-gevolution' '--enable-gtkspell' '--disable-perl' '--disable-tk' '--disable-tcl' '--disable-debug' '--disable-dbus' '--disable-meanwhile' '--enable-gstreamer' '--enable-farsight' '--enable-vv' '--disable-cyrus-sasl' '--disable-doxygen' '--disable-nm' '--disable-avahi' '--disable-idn' '--with-system-ssl-certs=/home/matt/gentoo/etc/ssl/certs/' '--with-dynamic-prpls=irc,jabber,oscar,yahoo,simple,msn,myspace' '--disable-mono' '--x-includes=/home/matt/gentoo/usr/include/X11' '--enable-gnutls=no' '--enable-nss=yes' '--without-python' * ebuild.sh, line 561: Called die * The specific snippet of code: * die "econf failed" matt@u64 ~/gentoo/usr/portage/net-im/pidgin $ emerge --info Portage 2.2.01.17422-prefix (prefix/linux/amd64, gcc-4.4.5, unavailable, 2.6.32-27-generic x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-2.6.32-27-generic-x86_64-AMD_Athlon-tm-_Dual_Core_Processor_4850e-with-debian-squeeze-sid Timestamp of tree: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 19:12:05 +0000 app-shells/bash: 4.1_p7 dev-lang/python: 2.6.5-r2, 2.7.1-r00.1 dev-util/cmake: 2.8.3-r1 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.68 sys-devel/automake: 1.10.3, 1.11.1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.20.51.0.11 sys-devel/gcc: 4.2.4-r01.2, 4.4.5, 4.5.1-r1 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.1-r00.2 sys-devel/libtool: 2.4 sys-devel/make: 3.82 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.36.1 (sys-kernel/linux-headers) Repositories: gentoo_prefix myprefixebuilds nesicide mupen64plus xpaint_overlay supertuxkart ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~amd64-linux" ACCEPT_LICENSE="* @FSF-APPROVED" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=athlon64 -O2 -pipe" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/portage /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/language.dat.d /etc/texmf/language.def.d /etc/texmf/updmap.d /etc/texmf/web2c" CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon64 -O2 -pipe" DISTDIR="/home/matt/gentoo/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs distlocks fixlafiles fixpackages news parallel-fetch preserve-libs protect-owned sfperms strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org" LANG="en_US.utf8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1" LINGUAS="en en_US" MAKEOPTS="-j3" PKGDIR="/home/matt/gentoo/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/home/matt/gentoo/" 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="/gtmp" PORTDIR="/home/matt/gentoo/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/home/matt/gentoo/usr/local/portage/prefix /home/matt/gentoo/usr/local/portage/nesicide /home/matt/gentoo/usr/local/portage/mupen64plus /home/matt/gentoo/usr/local/portage/xpaint /home/matt/gentoo/usr/local/portage/supertuxkart" SYNC="rsync://rsync.prefix.freens.org/gentoo-portage-prefix" USE="3dnow aac alsa amd64 berkdb bzip2 cli cracklib crypt cxx dri flac fortran gdbm gif gpg iconv ipv6 joystick jpeg mmx mmxext modules mp3 mudflap ncurses nls nptl nptlonly opengl openmp pcre png pppd prefix qt3support readline sdl session spell sse sse2 ssl svg sysfs tiff unicode xorg 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" 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 cgi cgid 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" CAMERAS="ptp2" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ubx" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="en en_US" PHP_TARGETS="php5-3" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby18" USERLAND="GNU" 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, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS
Created attachment 258418 [details] build.log
Created attachment 258420 [details] config.log
Created attachment 258422 [details, diff] pidgin-2.7.6.ebuild.patch
matt, thank you for report! Will pidgin build if you'll use path without ncursesw: myconf+=" --with-ncurses-headers=${EPREFIX}/usr/include/" ?
