net-analyzer/wireshark-1.4.6-r1 uses WANT_AUTOMAKE=latest, which am-wrapper (sys-devel/automake-wrapper-5) does not understand. >>> Emerging (1 of 1) net-analyzer/wireshark-1.4.6-r1 * wireshark-1.4.6.tar.bz2 RMD160 SHA1 SHA256 size ;-) ... [ ok ] * Package: net-analyzer/wireshark-1.4.6-r1 * Repository: gentoo * Maintainer: pva@gentoo.org netmon@gentoo.org * USE: amd64 caps consolekit elibc_glibc gcrypt geoip gtk ipv6 kernel_linux multilib pcap policykit python smi ssl threads userland_GNU zlib * FEATURES: preserve-libs sandbox userpriv usersandbox >>> Unpacking source... >>> Unpacking wireshark-1.4.6.tar.bz2 to /var/tmp/portage/net-analyzer/wireshark-1.4.6-r1/work >>> Source unpacked in /var/tmp/portage/net-analyzer/wireshark-1.4.6-r1/work >>> Preparing source in /var/tmp/portage/net-analyzer/wireshark-1.4.6-r1/work/wireshark-1.4.6 ... * Applying wireshark-1.4.6-wspy_dissectors_dir.patch ... [ ok ] * Running eautoreconf in '/var/tmp/portage/net-analyzer/wireshark-1.4.6-r1/work/wireshark-1.4.6' ... am-wrapper: warning: invalid WANT_AUTOMAKE 'latest'; ignoring. * Running aclocal -I ./aclocal-fallback ... [ ok ] * Running libtoolize --copy --force --install --automake ... [ ok ] * Running aclocal -I ./aclocal-fallback ... [ ok ] * Running autoconf ... [ ok ] * Running autoheader ... [ ok ] * Running automake --add-missing --copy ... [ ok ] * Running elibtoolize in: wireshark-1.4.6/ * Applying portage-1.2.0.patch ... * Applying sed-1.5.6.patch ... * Applying as-needed-2.2.6.patch ... >>> Source prepared. Portage 2.2.0_alpha30 (default/linux/amd64/10.0/desktop/kde, gcc-4.5.2, libc-0-r0, 2.6.38-gentoo-r3 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-2.6.38-gentoo-r3-x86_64-AMD_Athlon-tm-_64_X2_Dual_Core_Processor_5000+-with-gentoo-2.0.2 Timestamp of tree: Sat, 30 Apr 2011 09:15:01 +0000 distcc 3.1 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu [disabled] app-shells/bash: 4.2_p8-r1 dev-java/java-config: 2.1.11-r3 dev-lang/python: 2.7.1-r1, 3.1.3-r1 dev-util/cmake: 2.8.4-r1 sys-apps/baselayout: 2.0.2 sys-apps/openrc: 0.8.2-r1 sys-apps/sandbox: 2.5 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.68 sys-devel/automake: 1.9.6-r3, 1.10.3, 1.11.1-r1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.21 sys-devel/gcc: 4.5.2 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.1-r1 sys-devel/libtool: 2.4-r1 sys-devel/make: 3.82 sys-kernel/linux-headers: 2.6.38 sys-libs/glibc: 2.13-r2 virtual/os-headers: 0 Repositories: gentoo kde pcsx2 oss-overlay sunrise qt-symbian-overlay gamerlay-stable local Installed sets: @kdebase ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64" ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-pipe -O2 -march=athlon64-sse3 -ftree-vectorize" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/config /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt /usr/share/themes/oxygen-gtk/gtk-2.0 /var/lib/neatx/home" 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="-pipe -O2 -march=athlon64-sse3 -ftree-vectorize" DISTDIR="/var/cache/portage/distfiles" EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--depclean-lib-check n --with-bdeps y --keep-going" FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs distlocks fixlafiles fixpackages news parallel-fetch preserve-libs protect-owned sandbox sfperms sign strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch userpriv usersandbox usersync" FFLAGS="" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://linux.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/gentoo-mirror/ ftp://linux.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/gentoo-mirror/ http://distfiles.gentoo.org" LANG="en_GB.UTF-8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed -Wl,--hash-style=gnu -Wl,--hash-style=gnu" LINGUAS="de" MAKEOPTS="-j3" PKGDIR="/var/cache/portage/packages" PORTAGE_COMPRESS="xz" 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/cache/portage/gentoo" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/var/cache/portage/layman/kde /var/cache/portage/layman/pcsx2 /var/cache/portage/layman/oss-overlay /var/cache/portage/layman/sunrise /var/cache/portage/layman/qt-symbian-overlay /var/cache/portage/layman/gamerlay /var/cache/portage/local" [...} Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS
This setting comes from autotools.eclass.
yes, but the eclass rewrites the value to the actual latest. the warning comes up because wireshark runs some stupid shell script for its ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS. http://sources.gentoo.org/eclass/autotools.eclass?r1=1.102&r2=1.103