In order to be able to use the alsaconf setup script from the alsa-utils package, dialog is required but it is not listed as a requirement or even a suggestion. The obvious result being that alsaconf fails every time until dialog is installed. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. On a system without dialog, emerge alsa-utils. 2. Run alsaconf. Actual Results: alsaconf fails with an error message regarding whiptail/dialog. Expected Results: The alsa-utils ebuild should require the dialog package to be installed in order to ensure the usability of the components included in the package. Gentoo Base System version 1.4.10 Portage 2.0.50-r6 (default-x86-2004.0, gcc-3.3.2, glibc-2.3.2-r9, 2.6.5-gentoo-r1) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.5-gentoo-r1 i686 Mobile Pentium II Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.58-r1 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.3 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -fomit-frame-pointer -funroll-loops -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O3 -march=i686 -fomit-frame-pointer -funroll-loops -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://mirror.pudas.net/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X alsa apm avi berkdb crypt cups encode esd exiscan-acl foomaticdb gdbm gif gnome gpm gtk gtk2 gtkhtml imlib jpeg libg++ libwww mad maildir mikmod mmx motif mpeg nas ncurses nls offensive oggvorbis opengl oss pam pcmcia pdflib perl png python quicktime readline ruby sdl slang spell ssl svga tcltk tcpd truetype x86 xml2 xmms xv zlib"
Thanks. Added to 1.0.4
setting fixed.
