The wrapper for autoconf selects the wrong version of autoconf to run. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge games-board/ace 2. 3. Actual Results: cd . && autoconf FATAL ERROR: Autoconf version 2.50 or higher is required for this script make: *** [configure] Error 2 Portage 2.0.51-r8 (default-linux/amd64/2004.3, gcc-3.4.3, glibc-2.3.4.20041102-r0, 2.6.8-gentoo-r4 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.8-gentoo-r4 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+ Gentoo Base System version 1.6.8 Python: dev-lang/python-2.3.4 [2.3.4 (#1, Nov 9 2004, 00:39:32)] ccache version 2.3 [enabled] dev-lang/python: 2.3.4 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r6 sys-devel/automake: 1.5, 1.8.5-r2, 1.9.3, 1.4_p6, 1.6.3, 1.7.9 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r2 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.10-r2 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.8.1-r1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -ftracer -fprefetch-loop-arrays -ffast-math -frename-registers -mtune=athlon64 -march=athlon64" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" 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/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /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="-O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -ftracer -fprefetch-loop-arrays -ffast-math -frename-registers -mtune=athlon64 -march=athlon64" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks fixpackages sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://ftp.du.se/pub/os/gentoo http://mirror.pudas.net/gentoo http://ds.thn.htu.se/linux/gentoo ftp://mirror.pudas.net/gentoo http://mirror.uni-c.dk/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.linux.ee/pub/gentoo/distfiles/ http://gentoo.math.bme.hu http://mirror.uni-c.dk/gentoo/" LDFLAGS="" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="amd64 X acpi alsa arts berkdb bitmap-fonts bonobo cdr crypt cups esd f77 fam flac fortran gdbm gif gnome gpm gstreamer gtk2 gtkhtml guile imagemagick imlib ipv6 java jp2 jpeg junit kde libwww lzw lzw-tiff mad mikmod motif mozilla mysql nas ncurses nls nptl odbc offensive oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png python qt readline ruby samba sdl slang sqlite ssl tcltk tcpd tetex threads tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode usb userlocales xml xml2 xmms xpm xrandr xv zlib"
Created attachment 47423 [details] Ebuild fixing the reported problem Suggested fix: Adding "export WANT_AUTOCONF=2.5" and "libtoolize --copy --force" to the ebuild.
punted all the autotool code in the ebuild and fixed the timestamp of configure.in
