bulid log pasted here: [32;01m * [39;49;00mPackage: app-i18n/ibus-1.4.99.20121006 [32;01m * [39;49;00mRepository: gentoo [32;01m * [39;49;00mMaintainer: cjk@gentoo.org [32;01m * [39;49;00mUSE: X amd64 dconf elibc_glibc gconf gtk gtk3 introspection kernel_linux multilib nls python userland_GNU [32;01m * [39;49;00mFEATURES: ccache preserve-libs sandbox >>> Unpacking source... >>> Unpacking ibus-1.4.99.20121006.tar.gz to /var/tmp/portage/app-i18n/ibus-1.4.99.20121006/work >>> Source unpacked in /var/tmp/portage/app-i18n/ibus-1.4.99.20121006/work >>> Preparing source in /var/tmp/portage/app-i18n/ibus-1.4.99.20121006/work/ibus-1.4.99.20121006 ... [32;01m*[0m Cleaning 'py-compile' file >>> Source prepared. >>> Configuring source in /var/tmp/portage/app-i18n/ibus-1.4.99.20121006/work/ibus-1.4.99.20121006 ... * econf: updating ibus-1.4.99.20121006/config.guess with /usr/share/gnuconfig/config.guess * econf: updating ibus-1.4.99.20121006/config.sub with /usr/share/gnuconfig/config.sub ./configure --prefix=/usr --build=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu --host=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --datadir=/usr/share --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var/lib --libdir=/usr/lib64 --disable-dependency-tracking --enable-dconf --enable-introspection --enable-gconf --enable-gtk2 --enable-xim --enable-gtk3 --enable-ui --enable-nls --disable-tests --disable-vala --enable-xim PYTHON=python2.7 --disable-python-library --enable-setup checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c checking whether build environment is sane... yes checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p checking for gawk... gawk checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... yes checking for style of include used by make... 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(cached) x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... (cached) yes checking whether x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes checking for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc option to accept ISO C89... (cached) none needed checking dependency style of x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc... (cached) none checking whether x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc and cc understand -c and -o together... yes checking for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc option to accept ISO C99... -std=gnu99 checking for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -std=gnu99 option to accept ISO Standard C... (cached) -std=gnu99 checking for valac... /usr/bin/valac checking /usr/bin/valac is at least version 0.14... no configure: error: Vala 0.14 not found. !!! Please attach the following file when seeking support: !!! /var/tmp/portage/app-i18n/ibus-1.4.99.20121006/work/ibus-1.4.99.20121006/config.log [31;01m*[0m ERROR: app-i18n/ibus-1.4.99.20121006 failed (configure phase): [31;01m*[0m econf failed [31;01m*[0m [31;01m*[0m Call stack: [31;01m*[0m ebuild.sh, line 93: Called src_configure [31;01m*[0m environment, line 5081: Called econf '--enable-dconf' '--enable-introspection' '--enable-gconf' '--enable-gtk2' '--enable-xim' '--enable-gtk3' '--enable-ui' '--enable-nls' '--disable-tests' '--disable-vala' '--enable-xim' 'PYTHON=python2.7' '--disable-python-library' '--enable-setup' [31;01m*[0m phase-helpers.sh, line 505: Called die [31;01m*[0m The specific snippet of code: [31;01m*[0m die "econf failed" [31;01m*[0m [31;01m*[0m If you need support, post the output of `emerge --info '=app-i18n/ibus-1.4.99.20121006'`, [31;01m*[0m the complete build log and the output of `emerge -pqv '=app-i18n/ibus-1.4.99.20121006'`. [31;01m*[0m The complete build log is located at '/var/log/portage/build/app-i18n/ibus-1.4.99.20121006:20130102-071445.log'. [31;01m*[0m For convenience, a symlink to the build log is located at '/var/tmp/portage/app-i18n/ibus-1.4.99.20121006/temp/build.log'. [31;01m*[0m The ebuild environment file is located at '/var/tmp/portage/app-i18n/ibus-1.4.99.20121006/temp/environment'. [31;01m*[0m Working directory: '/var/tmp/portage/app-i18n/ibus-1.4.99.20121006/work/ibus-1.4.99.20121006' [31;01m*[0m S: '/var/tmp/portage/app-i18n/ibus-1.4.99.20121006/work/ibus-1.4.99.20121006'
seems I made an old /usr/bin/valac sym link long time ago, pointing to 0.12.
