$ WANT_AUTOMAKE=1.9 emerge "=cairo-1.0.2" fails while $ WANT_AUTOMAKE=1.8 emerge "=cairo-1.0.2" works Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3.
I can confirm this problem, and its solution, on ~ppc.
Confirming. I'm on x86.
Please attach the complete output from the failing emerge process, and paste the output from "emerge --info". Thanks.
$ WANT_AUTOMAKE=1.9 emerge "=cairo-1.0.2" Calculating dependencies ...done! >>> emerge (1 of 1) x11-libs/cairo-1.0.2 to / >>> md5 files ;-) cairo-1.0.2.ebuild >>> md5 files ;-) cairo-0.1.23-r1.ebuild >>> md5 files ;-) cairo-0.3.0.ebuild >>> md5 files ;-) cairo-0.2.0-r1.ebuild >>> md5 files ;-) cairo-0.3.0-r2.ebuild >>> md5 files ;-) cairo-0.4.0.ebuild >>> md5 files ;-) files/digest-cairo-1.0.2 >>> md5 files ;-) files/digest-cairo-0.1.23-r1 >>> md5 files ;-) files/cairo-1.0.2-pkg_macro.patch >>> md5 files ;-) files/digest-cairo-0.2.0-r1 >>> md5 files ;-) files/digest-cairo-0.3.0 >>> md5 files ;-) files/cairo-0.3.0-header-fix.diff >>> md5 files ;-) files/cairo-0.4.0-makefile.patch >>> md5 files ;-) files/digest-cairo-0.3.0-r2 >>> md5 files ;-) files/digest-cairo-0.4.0 >>> md5 src_uri ;-) cairo-1.0.2.tar.gz >>> Unpacking source... >>> Unpacking cairo-1.0.2.tar.gz to /var/tmp/portage/cairo-1.0.2/work * Applying cairo-1.0.2-pkg_macro.patch ... [ ok ] /usr/share/aclocal/xmms.m4:17: warning: underquoted definition of XMMS_TEST_VERSION run info '(automake)Extending aclocal' or see http://sources.redhat.com/automake/automake.html#Extending-aclocal /usr/share/aclocal/xmms.m4:62: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_XMMS /usr/share/aclocal/smpeg.m4:13: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_SMPEG /usr/share/aclocal/pth.m4:43: warning: underquoted definition of _AC_PTH_ERROR /usr/share/aclocal/pth.m4:54: warning: underquoted definition of _AC_PTH_VERBOSE /usr/share/aclocal/pth.m4:60: warning: underquoted definition of AC_CHECK_PTH /usr/share/aclocal/pkg.m4:5: warning: underquoted definition of PKG_CHECK_MODULES /usr/share/aclocal/path_dps.m4:202: warning: underquoted definition of AC_PATH_DPS_GUESS_GNUSTEP /usr/share/aclocal/path_dps.m4:239: warning: underquoted definition of AC_PATH_DPS_GUESS /usr/share/aclocal/path_dps.m4:333: warning: underquoted definition of AC_PATH_DPS_CHECK_LIB /usr/share/aclocal/path_dps.m4:405: warning: underquoted definition of AC_PATH_DPS_CHECK_HEADER /usr/share/aclocal/path_dps.m4:440: warning: underquoted definition of AC_PATH_DPS_CHECK /usr/share/aclocal/path_dps.m4:450: warning: underquoted definition of AC_PATH_DPS /usr/share/aclocal/path_dps.m4:525: warning: underquoted definition of AC_CHECK_DPS_NXAGENT /usr/share/aclocal/path_dps.m4:558: warning: underquoted definition of AC_PATH_DPSET /usr/share/aclocal/path_dps.m4:579: warning: underquoted definition of AC_PROG_PSWRAP /usr/share/aclocal/path_dps.m4:172: file `path_dps.m4' does not exist !!! ERROR: x11-libs/cairo-1.0.2 failed. !!! Function src_unpack, Line 45, Exitcode 1 !!! aclocal failed !!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, NOT this status message. $ emerge --info Portage 2.0.51.22-r2 (default-linux/x86/2005.0, gcc-3.4.3-20050110, glibc-2.3.4.20050125-r1, 2.6.11-gentoo-r4 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.11-gentoo-r4 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1.50GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.7.0 ccache version 2.3 [enabled] dev-lang/python: 2.3.5 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.3 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r6 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r8 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.2-r7 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.8.1-r4 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-pipe -O3 -march=pentium-m -mmmx -msse -msse2 -fomit-frame-pointer -ffast-math" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/env /usr/kde/3.4/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /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="-pipe -O3 -march=pentium-m -mmmx -msse -msse2 -fomit-frame-pointer -ffast-math" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/mirrors/gentoo ftp://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/mirrors/gentoo ftp://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/Linux/gentoo http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linux/gentoo/ ftp://gentoo.inode.at/source/ http://gentoo.inode.at/" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 X aalib acpi alsa apm arts audiofile avi bash-completion berkdb bitmap-fonts bluetooth bzlib calendar cdparanoia cdr crypt cups curl dga dio directfb divx4linux dv dvd dvdr eds emboss encode esd ethereal exif fam fbcon ffmpeg flac foomaticdb fortran ftp gd gdbm gif gnome gphoto2 gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 icq ieee1394 imagemagick imap imlib ipv6 irmc jack java jpeg junit kde kdepim ldap libg++ libwww mad mikmod mime mmap mmx mng motif mozilla mp3 mpeg mysql ncurses nls ogg oggvorbis openal opengl oss pam pcmcia pdflib perl phppng png pnp posix postgres python qt quicktime readline samba sdl slang sndfile spell sse sse2 ssl svga tcpd tetex tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode usb vorbis wifi win32codecs xine xinerama xml2 xmms xpm xv xvid zlib userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc" Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
I just ran into this while doing an emerge -uD world, during a libtool upgrade. You might want to have a look at bug 98762.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 98762 ***