I'm not sure if this is a problem with libtool or with gtkspell, but i haven't had this problem before so i assume it's gtkspell. Here's the error message I get when I try to merge gtkspall-2.4.0-r1: checking for i686-pc-linux-gnu-ar... i686-pc-linux-gnu-ar checking for i686-pc-linux-gnu-ranlib... i686-pc-linux-gnu-ranlib checking for i686-pc-linux-gnu-strip... i686-pc-linux-gnu-strip checking for correct ltmain.sh version... no *** Gentoo sanity check failed! *** *** libtool.m4 and ltmain.sh have a version mismatch! *** *** (libtool.m4 = 1.5.10, ltmain.sh = 1.4.3) *** Please run: libtoolize --copy --force if appropriate, please contact the maintainer of this package (or your distribution) for help. make: *** [config.status] Error 1 I'm using libtool-1.5.10-r1. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge gtkspell Actual Results: configure fails Expected Results: clean build # emerge info Portage 2.0.51-r8 (gcc34-x86-2004.2, gcc-3.4.3, glibc-2.3.4.20041102-r0, 2.6.9-gentoo-r9 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.9-gentoo-r9 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 Mobile CPU 1.60GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.6.7 Python: dev-lang/python-2.3.4 [2.3.4 (#1, Dec 8 2004, 13:40:20)] distcc 2.18.2 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [enabled] dev-lang/python: 2.3.4 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.59-r6, 2.13 sys-devel/automake: 1.8.5-r2, 1.5, 1.4_p6, 1.6.3, 1.7.9, 1.9.3 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r2 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.10-r1 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.8.1-r1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O2 -O3 -march=pentium4 -ftracer -fomit-frame-pointer -funroll-loops -ffast-math -fprefetch-loop-arrays -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" 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 -O3 -march=pentium4 -ftracer -fomit-frame-pointer -funroll-loops -ffast-math -fprefetch-loop-arrays -pipe -fvisibility-inlines-hidden" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache distcc distlocks sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo http://gentoo.ccccom.com ftp://ftp.ndlug.nd.edu/pub/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j6" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X alsa apm avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cdr crypt cups dvd encode f77 faad flac foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif gnome gpm gtk gtk2 gtkhtml imlib java jpeg kde libg++ libwww mad mikmod mmx motif mpeg ncurses nls nptl oggvorbis opengl pam pdflib perl png ppds python qt quicktime readline samba sdl slang spell sse ssl svga tcpd truetype x86 xml2 xmms xv zlib"
Sorry, that should be 2.0.4-r1 :/
fixed in cvs, thanks