checking whether ln -s works... yes checking for TeX specific libraries to build... checking for i686-pc-linux-gnu-pkg-config... no checking for pkg-config... pkg-config checking for i686-pc-linux-gnu-freetype-config... no checking for freetype-config... freetype-config checking for i686-pc-linux-gnu-icu-config... no checking for icu-config... icu-config checking requested system `kpathsea' library... ok checking requested system `zlib' library... ok checking requested system `libpng' library... ok checking requested system `xpdf' library... failed configure: error: some requested system libraries failed Error: * In program cave perform install --hooks --managed-output --output-exclusivity with-others =app-text/texlive-core-2011-r5:0::gentoo --destination installed --replacing =app-text/texlive-core-2010-r4:0::installed --x-of-y 1 of 16: * When installing 'app-text/texlive-core-2011-r5:0::gentoo' replacing { 'app-text/texlive-core-2010-r4:0::installed' }: * When running an ebuild command on 'app-text/texlive-core-2011-r5:0::gentoo': * Install failed for 'app-text/texlive-core-2011-r5:0::gentoo' (paludis::ActionFailedError) !!! ERROR in app-text/texlive-core-2011-r5::gentoo: !!! In econf at line 1883 !!! econf failed !!! Call stack: !!! * econf (/var/tmp/paludis/app-text-texlive-core-2011-r5/temp/loadsaveenv:1883) !!! * src_configure (/var/tmp/paludis/app-text-texlive-core-2011-r5/temp/loadsaveenv:4408) !!! * ebuild_f_configure (/usr/libexec/paludis/2/src_configure.bash:54) !!! * ebuild_main (/usr/libexec/paludis/ebuild.bash:646) !!! * main (/usr/libexec/paludis/ebuild.bash:672) diefunc: making ebuild PID 26849 exit with error die trap: exiting with error. Failed install to / for app-text/texlive-core-2011-r5:0::gentoo replacing 2010-r4:0::installed Reproducible: Always
You are confusing things. Try enabling USE="xpdf-headers" in app-text/poppler
Sorry for the confusion. I had the use-flag xpdf-headers set but poppler needed a rebuild. After rebuilding poppler texlive-core went in.