It seems to me that portage is hiding too much from the fbpager ebuild... When I emerge it, it reports "configure: error: Could not find XOpenDisplay in -lX11.". I then ran configure manually from /var/tmp/portage/fbpager-0.1.4/work/fbpager-0.1.4 and it succeeded without errors. Is this a portage bug or is it a bug with this specific ebuild? I've had this happen to me before with another ebuild, one of the old Synergy ebuilds. This happens on both of my systems. Here is the full output from the emerge: Calculating dependencies ...done! >>> emerge (1 of 1) x11-misc/fbpager-0.1.4 to / >>> md5 src_uri ;-) fbpager-0.1.4.tar.gz >>> Unpacking source... >>> Unpacking fbpager-0.1.4.tar.gz to /var/tmp/portage/fbpager-0.1.4/work >>> Source unpacked. ./configure --prefix=/usr --host=i686-pc-linux-gnu --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --datadir=/usr/share --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var/lib configure: WARNING: If you wanted to set the --build type, don't use --host. If a cross compiler is detected then cross compile mode will be used. checking for a BSD-compatible install... /bin/install -c checking whether build environment is sane... yes /var/tmp/portage/fbpager-0.1.4/work/fbpager-0.1.4/missing: Unknown `--run' option Try `/var/tmp/portage/fbpager-0.1.4/work/fbpager-0.1.4/missing --help' for more information configure: WARNING: `missing' script is too old or missing checking for gawk... gawk checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes checking for i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc... i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out checking whether the C compiler works... yes checking whether we are cross compiling... no checking for suffix of executables... checking for suffix of object files... o checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes checking whether i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc accepts -g... yes checking for i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed checking for style of include used by make... 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GNU/Linux ld.so checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes checking whether to build shared libraries... yes checking whether to build static libraries... yes configure: creating libtool appending configuration tag "CXX" to libtool checking whether the i686-pc-linux-gnu-g++ linker (/usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes libtool.m4: error: problem compiling CXX test program checking for i686-pc-linux-gnu-g++ option to produce PIC... checking if i686-pc-linux-gnu-g++ supports -c -o file.o... no checking whether the i686-pc-linux-gnu-g++ linker (/usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes appending configuration tag "F77" to libtool ./configure: line 19131: test: too many arguments checking for ANSI C header files... (cached) yes checking fcntl.h usability... no checking fcntl.h presence... yes configure: WARNING: fcntl.h: present but cannot be compiled configure: WARNING: fcntl.h: check for missing prerequisite headers? configure: WARNING: fcntl.h: see the Autoconf documentation configure: WARNING: fcntl.h: section "Present But Cannot Be Compiled" configure: WARNING: fcntl.h: proceeding with the preprocessor's result configure: WARNING: fcntl.h: in the future, the compiler will take precedence configure: WARNING: ## ------------------------------------------ ## configure: WARNING: ## Report this to the AC_PACKAGE_NAME lists. ## configure: WARNING: ## ------------------------------------------ ## checking for fcntl.h... yes checking signal.h usability... no checking signal.h presence... yes configure: WARNING: signal.h: present but cannot be compiled configure: WARNING: signal.h: check for missing prerequisite headers? configure: WARNING: signal.h: see the Autoconf documentation configure: WARNING: signal.h: section "Present But Cannot Be Compiled" configure: WARNING: signal.h: proceeding with the preprocessor's result configure: WARNING: signal.h: in the future, the compiler will take precedence configure: WARNING: ## ------------------------------------------ ## configure: WARNING: ## Report this to the AC_PACKAGE_NAME lists. ## configure: WARNING: ## ------------------------------------------ ## checking for signal.h... yes checking sys/select.h usability... no checking sys/select.h presence... yes configure: WARNING: sys/select.h: present but cannot be compiled configure: WARNING: sys/select.h: check for missing prerequisite headers? configure: WARNING: sys/select.h: see the Autoconf documentation configure: WARNING: sys/select.h: section "Present But Cannot Be Compiled" configure: WARNING: sys/select.h: proceeding with the preprocessor's result configure: WARNING: sys/select.h: in the future, the compiler will take precedence configure: WARNING: ## ------------------------------------------ ## configure: WARNING: ## Report this to the AC_PACKAGE_NAME lists. ## configure: WARNING: ## ------------------------------------------ ## checking for sys/select.h... yes checking sys/signal.h usability... no checking sys/signal.h presence... yes configure: WARNING: sys/signal.h: present but cannot be compiled configure: WARNING: sys/signal.h: check for missing prerequisite headers? configure: WARNING: sys/signal.h: see the Autoconf documentation configure: WARNING: sys/signal.h: section "Present But Cannot Be Compiled" configure: WARNING: sys/signal.h: proceeding with the preprocessor's result configure: WARNING: sys/signal.h: in the future, the compiler will take precedence configure: WARNING: ## ------------------------------------------ ## configure: WARNING: ## Report this to the AC_PACKAGE_NAME lists. ## configure: WARNING: ## ------------------------------------------ ## checking for sys/signal.h... yes checking for sys/stat.h... (cached) yes checking sys/time.h usability... no checking sys/time.h presence... yes configure: WARNING: sys/time.h: present but cannot be compiled configure: WARNING: sys/time.h: check for missing prerequisite headers? configure: WARNING: sys/time.h: see the Autoconf documentation configure: WARNING: sys/time.h: section "Present But Cannot Be Compiled" configure: WARNING: sys/time.h: proceeding with the preprocessor's result configure: WARNING: sys/time.h: in the future, the compiler will take precedence configure: WARNING: ## ------------------------------------------ ## configure: WARNING: ## Report this to the AC_PACKAGE_NAME lists. ## configure: WARNING: ## ------------------------------------------ ## checking for sys/time.h... yes checking for sys/types.h... (cached) yes checking sys/wait.h usability... no checking sys/wait.h presence... yes configure: WARNING: sys/wait.h: present but cannot be compiled configure: WARNING: sys/wait.h: check for missing prerequisite headers? configure: WARNING: sys/wait.h: see the Autoconf documentation configure: WARNING: sys/wait.h: section "Present But Cannot Be Compiled" configure: WARNING: sys/wait.h: proceeding with the preprocessor's result configure: WARNING: sys/wait.h: in the future, the compiler will take precedence configure: WARNING: ## ------------------------------------------ ## configure: WARNING: ## Report this to the AC_PACKAGE_NAME lists. ## configure: WARNING: ## ------------------------------------------ ## checking for sys/wait.h... yes checking sstream usability... no checking sstream presence... yes configure: WARNING: sstream: present but cannot be compiled configure: WARNING: sstream: check for missing prerequisite headers? configure: WARNING: sstream: see the Autoconf documentation configure: WARNING: sstream: section "Present But Cannot Be Compiled" configure: WARNING: sstream: proceeding with the preprocessor's result configure: WARNING: sstream: in the future, the compiler will take precedence configure: WARNING: ## ------------------------------------------ ## configure: WARNING: ## Report this to the AC_PACKAGE_NAME lists. ## configure: WARNING: ## ------------------------------------------ ## checking for sstream... yes checking whether time.h and sys/time.h may both be included... no checking return type of signal handlers... int checking for sigaction... no checking for strcasestr... no checking for X... libraries /usr/X11R6/lib, headers /usr/X11R6/include checking for dnet_ntoa in -ldnet... no checking for dnet_ntoa in -ldnet_stub... no checking for gethostbyname... no checking for gethostbyname in -lnsl... no checking for gethostbyname in -lbsd... no checking for connect... no checking for connect in -lsocket... no checking for remove... no checking for remove in -lposix... no checking for shmat... no checking for shmat in -lipc... no checking for IceConnectionNumber in -lICE... no checking for XOpenDisplay in -lX11... no configure: error: Could not find XOpenDisplay in -lX11. !!! ERROR: x11-misc/fbpager-0.1.4 failed. !!! Function econf, Line 449, Exitcode 1 !!! econf failed !!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, NOT this status message. Possibly changing it from econf to ./configure in the ebuild might fix it temporarily? Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. emerge info Portage 2.0.51_rc9 (default-x86-2004.2, gcc-3.3.4, glibc-2.3.4.20041006-r0, 2.6.9-rc2-love4 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.9-rc2-love4 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.26GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.5.3 distcc 2.18 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] ccache version 2.3 [enabled] Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r5 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.5-r1 Binutils: sys-devel/binutils-2.15.92.0.2-r1 Headers: sys-kernel/linux26-headers-2.6.8.1-r1 Libtools: sys-devel/libtool-1.5.2-r5 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium4 -fomit-frame-pointer -ftracer -fprefetch-loop-arrays -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium4 -fomit-frame-pointer -ftracer -fprefetch-loop-arrays -pipe -fvisibility-inlines-hidden" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache distlocks sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://lug.mtu.edu/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 Xaw3d acpi aim alsa apache2 arts audiofile avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cdparanoia cdr crypt cups dba dvd dvdr encode f77 faad flac flash foomaticdb freetype ftp gb gd gdbm gif gimp-print glx gnome gphoto2 gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 gtkhtml hal icq imagemagick imlib jabber jack java joystick jpeg kde ladcca ldap libg++ libwww lzw-tiff mad mbox mhash mikmod mmx motif mozilla mpeg msn mysql ncurses nls nptl nptlonly nvidia offensive oggvorbis opengl pam pcmcia pdflib perl php png python qt quicktime readline samba scanner sdl slang snmp socks5 spell sse ssl svga tcltk tcpd tga tiff truetype truetype-fonts trusted type1-fonts usb v4l v4l2 wavelan wmf wxwindows x86 xft xine xml xml2 xmms xprint xrandr xv yahoo zlib"
in the future, please post config logs as an attachment
well, i can't reproduce this... ensure that you are using the latest xorg from portage, and try again... reopen if it is still a problem btw, econf (within the ebuild) runs ./configure with many options _will_ differ from running it with none
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