Hermes a dependancy of pingus refuses to install because aclocal-1.8 is not found. The thing is I have aclocal-1.5 to 1.9 except 1.8. The main question ofcourse is why does it need 1.8... Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge pingus Actual Results: Calculating dependencies ...done! >>> emerge (1 of 3) media-libs/hermes-1.3.3 to / >>> md5 src_uri ;-) Hermes-1.3.3.tar.bz2 >>> Unpacking source... >>> Unpacking Hermes-1.3.3.tar.bz2 to /var/tmp/portage/hermes-1.3.3/work * Applying hermes-1.3.3-amd64.patch ... [ ok ] * Applying hermes-1.3.3-destdir.patch ... [ ok ] am-wrapper: /usr/bin/aclocal-1.8 is missing or not executable. Please try emerging the correct version of automake. !!! ERROR: media-libs/hermes-1.3.3 failed. !!! Function src_unpack, Line 34, Exitcode 1 !!! aclocal failed !!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, NOT this status message. Expected Results: Install hermes... and pingus Portage 2.0.51-r8 (default-linux/x86/2004.0, gcc-3.4.3, glibc-2.3.4.20041102-r0, 2.6.9-gentoo-r3 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.9-gentoo-r3 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) processor Gentoo Base System version 1.6.7 Python: dev-lang/python-2.3.4 [2.3.4 (#1, Jun 13 2004, 07:06:40)] distcc 2.18.2 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] dev-lang/python: 2.3.4 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r6 sys-devel/automake: 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9, 1.4_p6, 1.9.3 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r1 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.2-r7 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.8.1-r1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O3 -march=athlon-tbird -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O3 -march=athlon-tbird -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/gentoo ftp://ftp.easynet.nl/mirror/gentoo/ ftp://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/Linux/gentoo ftp://ftp.wh2.tu-dresden.de/pub/mirrors/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j5" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="3dnow X alsa apm avi berkdb bitmap-fonts crypt cups dvd encode esd f77 fam flac foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif gnome gpm gtk gtk2 gtkhtml imlib java jpeg junit kde ldap libg++ libwww mad mikmod mmx motif mpeg ncurses nls nptl nptlonly oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png python qt quicktime readline sdl slang speex spell ssl svga tcpd tetex tiff truetype x86 xml xml2 xmms xv zlib"
Even though you are trying to install a game, the problem is with the hermes package, not the game itself.
is this a new install ? if so, please try this: emerge sync emerge -C automake-wrapper emerge automake-wrapper
This is not a new install, but a regulary updated Gentoo Box, my personal desktop. But the trick with automake-wrapper works. While installing hermes a lot of m4 warnings of all kind of packages appear, but in the end it is installed.
ok, i locked the RDEPEND recently more tightly between automake and automake-wrapper ... it seems it was possible before to get just automake-1.9.x on your system and it looks like that bug bit you :/
