Is a dependency missing? Which library is required? root # emerge mawk Calculating dependencies ...done! >>> emerge (1 of 1) sys-apps/mawk-1.3.3 to / >>> md5 src_uri ;-) mawk-1.3.3.tar.gz >>> Unpacking source... >>> Unpacking mawk-1.3.3.tar.gz to /var/tmp/portage/mawk-1.3.3/work >>> Source unpacked. creating cache ./config.cache checking for gcc... gcc checking whether we are using GNU C... yes checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E checking for -lm... no checking for log... no configure: error: Cannot find a math library. You need to set MATHLIB in config.user !!! ERROR: sys-apps/mawk-1.3.3 failed. !!! Function src_compile, Line 17, Exitcode 1 !!! Failed to configure root #emerge -sv mawk Searching... [ Results for search key : mawk ] [ Applications found : 1 ] * sys-apps/mawk Latest version available: 1.3.3 Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ] Size of downloaded files: 205 kB Homepage: not avail -- use SRC_URI Description: An (often faster than gawk) awk-interpreter. License: GPL-2 root # emerge -pv mawk These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating dependencies ...done! [ebuild N ] sys-apps/mawk-1.3.3 0 kB Total size of downloads: 0 kB root # Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge mawk 2. 3. Actual Results: see Details Expected Results: emerge a runing copy of mawk ;-) root # emerge info Portage 2.0.50-r1 (default-x86-2004.0, gcc-3.3.2, glibc-2.3.2-r9, 2.4.22-gentoo-r7) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.22-gentoo-r7 i686 Celeron (Coppermine) Gentoo Base System version 1.4.3.13 ccache version 2.3 [enabled] Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.58-r1 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.7.7 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O2 -mcpu=i686 -fomit-frame-pointer -march=pentium2 -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -mcpu=i686 -fomit-frame-pointer -march=pentium2 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache sandbox strict userpriv usersandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://ftp.easynet.nl/mirror/gentoo/" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X Xaw3d aalib acl acpi alsa apache2 apm arts avi berkdb bonobo caps crypt cups curl dga directfb doc dvb emacs-W3 encode esd ethereal fam fastcgi fbcon fdftk flac flash foomaticdb freetds gd gdbm gif gnome gphoto2 gpm gps gstreamer gtk gtk2 gtkhtml icq imagemagick imap imlib innodb ipv6 jabber java jikes jpeg kde kerberos krb4 lcms ldap lesstif libg++ libgda libwww mad maildir mbox mcal mikmod mmx motif mozilla mpeg mysql nas ncurses nls odbc oggvorbis opengl oss pam pcmcia pdflib perl plotutils png pnp postgres ppds prelude python qt quicktime readline samba sasl scanner sdl slang slp socksi5 speex spell sse ssl svga tcltk tcpd tetex theora tiff truetype trusted unicode usb vhosts wavelan wmf wxwindows x86 xml xml2 xmms xv yahoo zlib"
Fixed.
