Trying to emerge gnucash-1.8.8 does: checking for GNOME-PRINT - version >= 0.21... found 0.35 checking for libglade-config... /usr/bin/libglade-config checking for libglade... yes checking for main in -lgal... yes checking for gtkhtml < 1.1... checking for gtk_html_new in -lgtkhtml... no configure: error: Cannot find gtkhtml. See the README and config.log for more info. !!! ERROR: app-office/gnucash-1.8.8 failed. !!! Function econf, Line 339, Exitcode 1 !!! econf failed config.log shows: configure:13646: checking for gtkhtml < 1.1 configure:13663: checking for gtk_html_new in -lgtkhtml configure:13682: gcc -o conftest -march=pentium4 -mcpu=pentium4 -mfpmath=sse -msse2 -mmmx -O2 -pipe conftest.c -lgtkhtml -rdynamic -L/usr/lib -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lgtkhtml-1.1 -lgal -lgnomeprint -lfreetype -lglade-gnome -lglade -lxml -lz -lgnomeui -lart_lgpl -lgdk_imlib -lSM -lICE -lgnome -lgnomesupport -lesd -laudiofile -ldb1 -lgdk_pixbuf -lgnomecanvaspixbuf -lgconf-gtk-1 -lgconf-1 -loaf -lORBitCosNaming -lORBit -lIIOP -lORBitutil -lgtk -lgdk -lgmodule -lglib -ldl -lXi -lXext -lX11 -lm -lpopt -lm -lm 1>&5 /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.2.3/../../../../i686-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: cannot find -lgconf-gtk-1 collect2: ld returned 1 exit status configure: failed program was: #line 13671 "configure" #include "confdefs.h" /* Override any gcc2 internal prototype to avoid an error. */ /* We use char because int might match the return type of a gcc2 builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply. */ char gtk_html_new(); int main() { gtk_html_new() ; return 0; } This test is failing because it can't link with gconf-gtk-1, as this system has gconf-2.4.0.1 installed. As gconf is SLOT enabled, a DEPEND for gconf-1 should be added. Maybe the configure script could be patched to work with gconf 2 as well?
As it clearly states it is the gtkhtml test that is failing, so look there for problems : gnucash deps on gtkhtml deps on gconf-1 . There is no other conclusion than that you have removed gconf-1 yourself in some way. Packages are slotted for a reason, don't remove versions just because they might seem obsolete. Try recompiling gtkhtml yourself to get its deps right. Closing INVALID unless strong evidence suggests otherwise.
on my system i get the same "checking for gtkhtml < 1.1... checking for gtk_html_new in -lgtkhtml... no" but config.log shows nothing about gconf, just "/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.2.3/../../../../i686-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: cannot find -lgtkhtml" i have gtkhtml-1.1.10-r1 installed, so i can imagine the "checking for gtkhtml < 1.1." makes sense :) didn't manage to parse the configure script though
