It seems gnome-shell-3.0.0.2 needs $libdir/libmozjs.so provided by xulrunner. But this lib is not provided by xulrunner but thunderbird on gentoo. Xulrunner provides libmozjs.so in $libdir/xulrunner-2.0/libmozjs.so, so gnome-shell incorrectly uses thunderbird one and fails to compile. If I create a symlink like this, gnome-shell compiles fine: ln -s /usr/lib64/xulrunner-2.0/libmozjs.so /usr/lib64/libmozjs.so Anyway here is the fail log for gnome-shell-3.0.0.2: /var/tmp/portage/gnome-base/gnome-shell-3.0.0.2/work/gnome-shell-3.0.0.2/src/tmp-introspectaZQS4s/.libs/Shell-0.1: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib64/libgjs.so.0: undefined symbol: JS_StrictPropertyStub Command '['/var/tmp/portage/gnome-base/gnome-shell-3.0.0.2/work/gnome-shell-3.0.0.2/src/tmp-introspectaZQS4s/Shell-0.1', '--introspect-dump=/var/tmp/portage/gnome-base/gnome-shell-3.0.0.2/work/gnome-shell-3.0.0.2/src/tmp-introspectaZQS4s/types.txt,/var/tmp/portage/gnome-base/gnome-shell-3.0.0.2/work/gnome-shell-3.0.0.2/src/tmp-introspectaZQS4s/dump.xml']' returned non-zero exit status 127 make[3]: *** [Shell-0.1.gir] Error 1
emerge --info =gnome-base/gnome-shell-3.0.0.2 Portage 2.2.0_alpha30 (default/linux/amd64/10.0/desktop, gcc-4.5.2, glibc-2.13-r2, 2.6.38-gentoo x86_64) ================================================================= System Settings ================================================================= System uname: Linux-2.6.38-gentoo-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-_i5_CPU_M_430_@_2.27GHz-with-gentoo-2.0.2 Timestamp of tree: Sat, 16 Apr 2011 23:00:01 +0000 ccache version 3.1.4 [enabled] app-shells/bash: 4.2_p8 dev-java/java-config: 2.1.11-r3 dev-lang/python: 2.5.4-r4, 2.6.6-r1, 2.7.1-r1, 3.1.3-r1 dev-util/ccache: 3.1.4 dev-util/cmake: 2.8.4 sys-apps/baselayout: 2.0.2 sys-apps/openrc: 0.8.2 sys-apps/sandbox: 2.5 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13::<unknown repository>, 2.68 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6-r1, 1.5-r1, 1.7.9-r2, 1.8.5-r4, 1.9.6-r3, 1.10.3, 1.11.1-r1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.21 sys-devel/gcc: 4.4.5, 4.5.2 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.1 sys-devel/libtool: 2.4-r1 sys-devel/make: 3.82 sys-kernel/linux-headers: 2.6.38 virtual/os-headers: 0 Repositories: gentoo mpd crossdev symix keenblade pcsx2 pok3d pd-overlay desktop-effects emacs java-overlay webapp-experimental rox enlightenment mozilla gechi gnome sunrise proaudio ladi Installed sets: @compiz-fusion ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64" ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA Broadcom" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=core2 -O2 -pipe" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/config /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt /var/lib/hsqldb" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/php/apache2-php5.3/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5.3/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php5.3/ext-active/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/language.dat.d /etc/texmf/language.def.d /etc/texmf/updmap.d /etc/texmf/web2c" CXXFLAGS="-march=core2 -O2 -pipe" DISTDIR="/media/xs-2/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs ccache collision-protect distlocks fail-clean fixlafiles fixpackages news parallel-fetch preserve-libs protect-owned sandbox sfperms sign strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch" FFLAGS="" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://192.168.0.10/gentoo/ " LANG="tr_TR.UTF-8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed" LINGUAS="tr" MAKEOPTS="-j5" PKGDIR="/media/xs-2/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="/var/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/media/xs-2/usr/local/overlays/mpd-overlay /usr/local/overlays/crossdev /media/xs-2/usr/local/overlays/symix /media/xs-2/usr/local/overlays/keenblade /var/lib/layman/pcsx2 /var/lib/layman/pok3d /var/lib/layman/pd-overlay /var/lib/layman/desktop-effects /var/lib/layman/emacs /var/lib/layman/java-overlay 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xvmc zlib" ALSA_CARDS="hda-intel mpu401 usb-audio" 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="evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="tr" LIRC_DEVICES="alsa_usb" PHP_TARGETS="php5-3" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby18" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="radeon vesa" 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, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS ================================================================= Package Settings ================================================================= gnome-base/gnome-shell-3.0.0.2 was built with the following: USE="(multilib) nm-applet"
Do you have spidermonkey installed ?
(In reply to comment #2) > Do you have spidermonkey installed ? No, I don't have spidermonkey installed
I found an upstream bug report here: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=637554 May be it helps.
(In reply to comment #2) > Do you have spidermonkey installed ? Probably spidermonkey was uninstalled while migrating to gnome-3. And $libdir/libmozjs.so was a left over, since now no packages claim it including thunderbird, xulrunner and firefox. I removed it and gnome-shell-3.0.1 emerged fine. So I am closing this bug. Sorry for any inconvenience.