During emerge -uD world, on compiling libsdl: config.status: creating src/video/caca/Makefile config.status: error: cannot find input file: src/video/caca/Makefile.in !!! ERROR: media-libs/libsdl-1.2.7-r2 failed. !!! Function econf, Line 449, Exitcode 1 !!! econf failed !!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, NOT this status message. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge libsdl 2. 3. Actual Results: config.status: creating src/video/caca/Makefile config.status: error: cannot find input file: src/video/caca/Makefile.in !!! ERROR: media-libs/libsdl-1.2.7-r2 failed. !!! Function econf, Line 449, Exitcode 1 !!! econf failed !!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, NOT this status message. Expected Results: Finished configure, make, make install Portage 2.0.51 (default-x86-2004.2, gcc-3.3.4, glibc-2.3.4.20040808-r1, 2.6.8-gentoo-r10 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.8-gentoo-r10 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r5 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.5-r1 Binutils: sys-devel/binutils-2.14.90.0.8-r1 Headers: sys-kernel/linux-headers-2.4.21-r1 Libtools: sys-devel/libtool-1.5.2-r5 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon-xp -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/env /usr/kde/3.3/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon-xp -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache distlocks sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.osuosl.org 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 apm arts avi berkdb bitmap-fonts crypt cups encode f77 foomaticdb gdbm gif gnome gpm gtk gtk2 imlib java jpeg kde libg++ libwww mad mikmod motif mpeg ncurses nls oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png python qt quicktime readline sdl slang spell ssl svga tcpd truetype userlocales x86 xml2 xmms xprint xv zlib"
Fixed by removing SDL-1.2.7.tar.gz from distfiles/ I though checksumming prevented this?