Configure freaks out when using glib <= 2.4.5, the ebuild having allowed it to progress. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: Portage 2.0.51-r3 (default-linux/x86/gcc2, gcc-2.95.3, glibc-2.2.5-r9,glibc-2.2.5-r4, 2.6.7 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.7 i686 Pentium II (Deschutes) Gentoo Base System version 1.4.2.8 Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r3 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.3 Binutils: sys-devel/binutils-2.11.92.0.12.3-r2,sys-devel/binutils-2.14.90.0.8-r1 Headers: sys-kernel/linux-headers-2.4.18 Libtools: sys-devel/libtool-1.4.1-r10 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=i686 -mcpu=i686 -O2 -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.2/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="-march=i686 -mcpu=i686 -O2 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://www.mirror.ac.uk/mirror/distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo/ http://sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch/ftp/mirror/gentoo/ http://trumpetti.atm.tut.fi/gentoo/" MAKEOPTS="-j4" 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 arts avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cdr cjk crypt cups encode esd f77 fam flac foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif gpm gtk gtk2 guile imagemagick imlib jack java jpeg kde libg++ libwww mad mikmod mmx motif moznocompose moznoirc moznomail mozsvg mpeg ncurses nls oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png python qt quicktime readline samba scanner sdl slang speex spell ssl svga tcltktcpd tetex theora tiff truetype v4l v4l2 x86 xml xml2 xmms xv zlib"
Looks like I forgot to mask the ebuild yesterday. thanks for pointing out another issue I didn't think about
Fixed in CVS now.