the following command: emerge --verbose automake gives the following errors/output: * Regenerating GNU info directory index... install-info: warning: no info dir entry in `/usr/share/info/fftw.info-1.gz' install-info: warning: no info dir entry in `/usr/share/info/fftw.info-2.gz' install-info: warning: no info dir entry in `/usr/share/info/fftw.info-3.gz' install-info: warning: no info dir entry in `/usr/share/info/fftw.info-4.gz' install-info: warning: no info dir entry in `/usr/share/info/fftw.info-5.gz' * Processed 287 info files; 5 errors. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge --verbose automake 2. 3. Actual Results: emerge went ok just had info file errors Expected Results: no info file errors flawless execution every time ;) Gentoo Base System version 1.4.3.13 Portage 2.0.50-r1 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.3.2, glibc-2.3.2-r9, 2.4.22) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.22 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) Processor Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.58-r1 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.3 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O3 -pipe -march=athlon-tbird -mmmx -m3dnow -fomit-frame-pointer -funrol l-loops -fthread-jumps " CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.1 /share/config /usr/kde/3.2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/mozilla /defaults/pref /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O3 -pipe -march=athlon-tbird -mmmx -m3dnow -fomit-frame-pointer -funr oll-loops -fthread-jumps " DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://ftp.ussg.iu.edu/pub/linux/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="3dnow X aalib alsa apach2 apm arts avi berkdb bonobo cdr crypt cups curl di rectfb dvd encode esd fbcon flash foomaticdb gd gdbm gif gnome gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 gvorbis imlib innodb jack java joystick jpeg kde ladcca lcms libg++ libgda libwww lirc mad mikmod mmx motif mozilla mpeg mysql nas ncurses nls og oggvorbi s opengl oss pam pdflib perl plotutils png python qt quicktime readline sdl slan g slp spell ssl svga tcpd tiff truetype usb wmf wxwindows x86 xml xml2 xmms xv z eo zlib"
Please update your fftw-2.x package. If it's considered up-to-date, re-emerge it, please. This was fixed a bit more than a month ago.