All versions in tree, 1.15.8.8-10. Looks like bad configure generated by eautoreconf. checking for setsid... yes checking for getdtablesize... yes checking for posix_fadvise... yes ./configure: line 14608: syntax error near unexpected token `fi' ./configure: line 14608: `fi' !!! Please attach the following file when seeking support: !!! /var/tmp/portage/app-arch/dpkg-1.15.8.8/work/dpkg-1.15.8.8/config.log * ERROR: app-arch/dpkg-1.15.8.8 failed (configure phase): * econf failed * * Call stack: * ebuild.sh, line 56: Called src_configure * environment, line 5840: Called econf '--disable-nls' '--without-dselect' '--with-bz2' '--disable-unicode' '--with-zlib' '--disable-compiler-warnings' '--without-selinux' '--without-start-stop-daemon' * ebuild.sh, line 557: Called die * The specific snippet of code: * die "econf failed" * * If you need support, post the output of 'emerge --info =app-arch/dpkg-1.15.8.8', * the complete build log and the output of 'emerge -pqv =app-arch/dpkg-1.15.8.8'. * The complete build log is located at '/var/log/portage/build/app-arch/dpkg-1.15.8.8:20110328-045252.log'. * The ebuild environment file is located at '/var/tmp/portage/app-arch/dpkg-1.15.8.8/temp/environment'. * S: '/var/tmp/portage/app-arch/dpkg-1.15.8.8/work/dpkg-1.15.8.8' Portage 2.1.9.42 (hardened/linux/amd64, gcc-3.4.6, glibc-2.10.1-r1, 2.6.36-hardened-r4-infra17 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-2.6.36-hardened-r4-infra17-x86_64-Intel-R-_Xeon-R-_CPU_3050_@_2.13GHz-with-gentoo-1.12.13 Timestamp of tree: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 03:00:01 +0000 app-shells/bash: 3.2_p39 dev-lang/python: 2.6.6-r1 sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.13 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.6-r2 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.63 sys-devel/automake: 1.6.3, 1.10.2, 1.11.1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.20.1-r1 sys-devel/gcc: 3.4.6-r2, 4.3.4 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.1 sys-devel/libtool: 2.2.6b sys-devel/make: 3.81 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.30-r1 (sys-kernel/linux-headers) ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/dev.d /etc/env.d /etc/gconf /etc/init.d /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/scsi_id.config /etc/terminfo /etc/udev" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs buildpkg collision-protect distlocks fixlafiles fixpackages multilib-strict parallel-fetch protect-owned sandbox sfperms split-elog split-log splitdebug strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-orphans userfetch" FFLAGS="" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.bytemark.co.uk/gentoo http://distfiles.gentoo.org" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS="--exclude-from=/etc/portage/portage.exclude" 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" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="acl amd64 berkdb bzip2 cli cracklib crypt cups cxx dri gdbm gpm hardened iconv ipv6 jpeg justify libwww maildir mmx modules mudflap multilib ncurses nptl nptlonly openmp pam pcre perl png pppd python readline session snmp sse sse2 ssl sysfs tcpd urandom vim-syntax xml 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" 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 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" PHP_TARGETS="php5-3" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby18" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="fbdev glint intel mach64 mga neomagic nouveau nv r128 radeon savage sis tdfx trident vesa via vmware dummy v4l" XTABLES_ADDONS="account chaos checksum condition delude dhcpmac echo fuzzy geoip iface ipmark ipp2p ipset ipv4options length2 logmark lscan pknock psd quota2 rawnat steal sysrq tarpit tee" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LINGUAS, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
Is anything stopping you from updating autconf?
