Possibly related to automake=1.5 problems because using "WANT_AUTOMAKE=1.4 emerge aalib" succeeds without any trouble. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.emerge aalib 2. 3. Actual Results: Making all in src make[1]: Entering directory `/var/tmp/portage/aalib-1.4_rc4-r2/work/aalib-1.4.0/src' cd .. && automake --foreign --include-deps src/Makefile automake-1.5: configure.in: required file `./depcomp' not found /usr/share/automake-1.5/am/depend2.am: AMDEP does not appear in AM_CONDITIONAL /usr/share/automake-1.5/am/depend2.am: AMDEP does not appear in AM_CONDITIONAL /usr/share/automake-1.5/am/depend2.am: AMDEP does not appear in AM_CONDITIONAL /usr/share/automake-1.5/am/lang-compile.am: AMDEP does not appear in AM_CONDITIONAL make[1]: *** [Makefile.in] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/aalib-1.4_rc4-r2/work/aalib-1.4.0/src' make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 !!! ERROR: media-libs/aalib-1.4_rc4-r2 failed. !!! Function src_compile, Line 53, Exitcode 2 Expected Results: aalib emerges successfully Portage 2.0.50-r8 (default-x86-2004.0, gcc-3.3.3, glibc-2.3.3.20040420-r0, 2.6.5-gentoo-r1) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.5-gentoo-r1 i686 Celeron (Coppermine) Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r4 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.5-r1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=pentium3 -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -funroll-loops" 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/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control"CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=pentium3 -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -funroll-loops" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X aalib alsa apm avi berkdb cjk crypt cups directfb encode esd fbcon foomaticdb gdbm gif gnome gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 imlib ipv6 java jpeg libg++ libwww mad mikmod mmx motif mozilla mpeg ncurses nls nocardbus oggvorbis opengl oss pam pcmcia pdflib perl png pnp python qt quicktime readline ruby samba sdl slang spell sse ssl svga tcltk tcpd tiff truetype trusted x86 xml xml2 xmms xv zlib"
nice catch, Greg, fixed in portage.
*** Bug 54462 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***