When emerging mod_php this is the end of the config.log: root# tail /var/tmp/portage/mod_php-4.3.11-r2/work/php-4.3.11/config.log #line 18727 "configure" #include "confdefs.h" /* Override any gcc2 internal prototype to avoid an error. */ /* We use char because int might match the return type of a gcc2 builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply. */ char BZ2_bzerror(); int main() { BZ2_bzerror() ; return 0; } On the screen it says: checking for gzgets in -lz... yes checking whether to enable bc style precision math functions... yes checking for BZip2 support... yes checking for BZ2_bzerror in -lbz2... no configure: error: bz2 module requires libbz2 >= 1.0.0 !!! Please attach the config.log to your bug report: !!! /var/tmp/portage/mod_php-4.3.11-r2/work/php-4.3.11/config.log !!! ERROR: dev-php/mod_php-4.3.11-r2 failed. !!! Function econf, Line 485, Exitcode 0 !!! econf failed !!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, NOT this status message. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.tried to reemerge mod_php 2.tried to remerge bzip2 3.tried to remerge mod_php Actual Results: same as before Expected Results: mod_php should see that it needs this lib as a dep and pull it. this was being installed as a dep of phpmyadmin
bzip2-1.0.3 ist stable on all architectures and is part of the base profile, should therefore always be installed. local problem.