While attempting to emerge app-editors/emacs-21.4 the make fails in three places with messages such as: creating src/epaths.h cd /var/tmp/portage/emacs-21.4/work/emacs-21.4 && autoconf aclocal.m4:30: error: m4_defn: undefined macro: _m4_divert_diversion autoconf/c.m4:870: AC_PROG_CC_STDC is expanded from... aclocal.m4:30: the top level autom4te-2.59: /usr/bin/m4 failed with exit status: 1 make: *** [/var/tmp/portage/emacs-21.4/work/emacs-21.4/configure] Error 1 creating lib-src/Makefile creating src/Makefile cd /var/tmp/portage/emacs-21.4/work/emacs-21.4 && autoconf aclocal.m4:30: error: m4_defn: undefined macro: _m4_divert_diversion autoconf/c.m4:870: AC_PROG_CC_STDC is expanded from... aclocal.m4:30: the top level autom4te-2.59: /usr/bin/m4 failed with exit status: 1 make: *** [/var/tmp/portage/emacs-21.4/work/emacs-21.4/configure] Error 1 !!! ERROR: app-editors/emacs-21.4 failed. !!! Function src_compile, Line 103, Exitcode 2 !!! (no error message) !!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, NOT this status message. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.emerge -a emacs 2. 3. Actual Results: emerge failed Expected Results: emerged successfully See attachment for the entire emerge session
Created attachment 60855 [details] emerge session transcript
Please paste the output of `emerge --info`. (For whatever reason autoconf-2.59 was called on your system but autoconf-2.13 should be executed. )
# emerge --info Portage 2.0.51.19 (default-linux/x86/2005.0, gcc-3.3.5-20050130, glibc-2.3.4.20041102-r1, 2.6.9-gentoo-r9 i586) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.9-gentoo-r9 i586 AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 Python: dev-lang/python-2.3.5 [2.3.5 (#1, May 16 2005, 20:47:39)] distcc 2.16 i586-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [enabled] dev-lang/python: 2.3.5 sys-apps/sandbox: [Not Present] sys-devel/autoconf: 2.59-r6, 2.13 sys-devel/automake: 1.5, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.4_p6 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r10 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.16 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.8.1-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=k6-2 -pipe" CHOST="i586-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /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/lib/X11/xkb /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=k6-2 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distcc distlocks sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j3" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.ca.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X alsa apm arts artswrappersuid avi berkdb bitmap-fonts bonobo cdr crypt cups curl dga emboss encode esd fam foomaticdb fortran freetype gd gdbm gif gmp gnome gpm gtk gtk2 gtkhtml guile imagemagick imlib ipv6 jpeg kde libg++ libwww mad mikmod motif mozilla mp3 mpeg mule mysql ncurses nls ogg oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png python qt quicktime readline sdl slang spell ssl svga tcpd tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts vorbis x86 xml xml2 xmms xv zlib userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc" Unset: ASFLAGS, CBUILD, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
Gary, do you still have this problem with the current -r4 or -r5 versions?
Assumed fixed, as there was no reaction from reporter...
