when i do an "emerge libwnck" all compiles and link nice, but when its going to autoclean packages its tries to remove gconf stuff, then appears an Gentoo QA Notice about libtool inherited illegally in gconf, and then a error about syntax errors in gconf ebuild... Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.emerge libwnck 2. 3. Actual Results: >>> x11-libs/libwnck-2.10.0 merged. >>> clean: No packages selected for removal. >>> Auto-cleaning packages ... gnome-base/gconf selected: 1.0.8-r5 2.8.1-r1 protected: 1.0.9 2.10.0 omitted: none >>> 'Selected' packages are slated for removal. >>> 'Protected' and 'omitted' packages will not be removed. >>> Waiting 5 seconds before starting... >>> (Control-C to abort)... >>> Unmerging in: 5 4 3 2 1 >>> Unmerging gnome-base/gconf-1.0.8-r5... No package files given... Grabbing a set. QA Notice: ECLASS 'libtool' inherited illegally in gnome-base/gconf-1.0.8-r5 /var/db/pkg/gnome-base/gconf-1.0.8-r5/gconf-1.0.8-r5.ebuild: line 26: syntax error near unexpected token `sys-devel/gettext' /var/db/pkg/gnome-base/gconf-1.0.8-r5/gconf-1.0.8-r5.ebuild: line 26: ` nls? ( sys-devel/gettext )"' !!! ERROR: gnome-base/gconf-1.0.8-r5 failed. !!! Function , Line 1702, Exitcode 1 !!! error sourcing ebuild !!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, NOT this status message. !!! FAILED prerm: 1 Expected Results: update gconf stuff without errors Portage 2.0.51.19 (default-linux/x86/2005.0, gcc-3.3.5-20050130, glibc-2.3.4.20041102-r1, 2.6.10 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.10 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1800+ Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 Python: dev-lang/python-2.2.3-r6,dev-lang/python-2.3.5 [2.3.5 (#1, Jun 9 2005, 22:42:06)] dev-lang/python: 2.2.3-r6, 2.3.5 sys-apps/sandbox: [Not Present] sys-devel/autoconf: 2.59-r6, 2.13 sys-devel/automake: 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.5, 1.4_p6, 1.6.3, 1.9.5 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r10 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.16 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.8.1-r2, 2.4.19-r1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -ffast-math" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -ffast-math" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://linuv.uv.es/mirror/gentoo/" 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="x86 3dnow X avi bitmap-fonts bonobo cdr crypt cups curl eds emboss encode esd fam flac fortran gd gdbm gif gnome gphoto2 gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 gtkhtml imagemagick imlib ipv6 jpeg junit libg++ libwww mad mikmod motif mozilla mp3 mpeg mysql ncurses nls ogg opengl oss pam perl png python readline samba sdl slang spell ssl svga tcltk tcpd tetex tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts vorbis xine xml xml2 xmms xv zlib userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc" Unset: ASFLAGS, CBUILD, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS
The description doesn't make a lot of sense. You got a corrupt entry in your db, this has nothing todo with 'Gentoo QA'. Best is probably to just rebuild the offending version (1.0.8-r5), remove it and then rebuild the stable 1.0 version 1.0.9 . closing, not a bug.
