trevor@zeppelin ~/Desktop/Downloads $ bash --version GNU bash, version 3.1.5(1)-release (i386-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc. trevor@zeppelin ~/Desktop/Downloads $ sudo emerge mod_python -v Calculating dependencies ...done! >>> emerge (1 of 1) dev-python/mod_python-3.1.4-r1 to / >>> checksums files ;-) mod_python-2.7.10.ebuild >>> checksums files ;-) mod_python-3.1.4.ebuild >>> checksums files ;-) mod_python-3.1.4-r1.ebuild >>> checksums files ;-) mod_python-3.1.3-r1.ebuild >>> checksums files ;-) mod_python-2.7.11.ebuild >>> checksums files ;-) files/16_mod_python.conf >>> checksums files ;-) files/digest-mod_python-3.1.3-r1 >>> checksums files ;-) files/digest-mod_python-3.1.4-r1 >>> checksums files ;-) files/mod_python.conf >>> checksums files ;-) files/digest-mod_python-2.7.10 >>> checksums files ;-) files/digest-mod_python-2.7.11 >>> checksums files ;-) files/publisher-2.diff >>> checksums files ;-) files/digest-mod_python-3.1.4 >>> checksums files ;-) files/16_mod_python-r1.conf >>> checksums src_uri ;-) mod_python-3.1.4.tgz >>> Unpacking source... >>> Unpacking mod_python-3.1.4.tgz to /var/tmp/portage/mod_python-3.1.4-r1/work >>> Source unpacked. >>> Compiling source in /var/tmp/portage/mod_python-3.1.4-r1/work/mod_python-3.1.4 ... ./configure --prefix=/usr --host=i386-pc-linux-gnu --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --datadir=/usr/share --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var/lib --with-apxs=/usr/sbin/apxs2 --build=i386-pc-linux-gnu checking for i386-pc-linux-gnu-gcc... i386-pc-linux-gnu-gcc checking for C compiler default output... a.out checking whether the C compiler works... yes checking whether we are cross compiling... no checking for suffix of executables... checking for suffix of object files... o checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes checking whether i386-pc-linux-gnu-gcc accepts -g... yes checking for ar... ar checking for a BSD-compatible install... /bin/install -c checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes checking for main in -lm... yes checking for i386-pc-linux-gnu-gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed checking for an ANSI C-conforming const... yes checking your blood pressure... a bit high, but we can proceed configure: checking whether apxs is available... checking for --with-apxs... /usr/sbin/apxs2 executable, good checking Apache version... 2.0.55 checking for Apache libexec directory... /usr/lib/apache2/modules checking for Apache include directory... -I/usr/include/apache2 checking for --with-python... no checking for python... /usr/bin/python checking Python version... 2.4 checking Python install prefix... /usr checking for Py_NewInterpreter in -lpython2.4... yes checking what libraries Python was linked with... -lpython2.4 -lpthread -ldl -lutil -lm checking linker flags used to link Python... checking where Python include files are... -I/usr/include/python2.4 ./configure: line 2951: syntax error near unexpected token `(' ./configure: line 2951: `as_me=`(basename "$0") 2>/dev/null ||' !!! Please attach the following file when filing a report to bugs.gentoo.org: !!! /var/tmp/portage/mod_python-3.1.4-r1/work/mod_python-3.1.4/config.log !!! ERROR: dev-python/mod_python-3.1.4-r1 failed. !!! Function econf, Line 489, Exitcode 0 !!! econf failed !!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, NOT this status message. trevor@zeppelin ~/Desktop/Downloads $ sudo emerge "<app-shells/bash-3.1" -v Calculating dependencies ...done! >>> emerge (1 of 1) app-shells/bash-3.0-r14 to / [snip] trevor@zeppelin ~/Desktop/Downloads $ bash trevor@zeppelin ~/Desktop/Downloads $ bash --version GNU bash, version 3.00.16(1)-release (i386-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. trevor@zeppelin ~/Desktop/Downloads $ sudo emerge mod_python -v Calculating dependencies ...done! >>> emerge (1 of 1) dev-python/mod_python-3.1.4-r1 to / [snip] >>> dev-python/mod_python-3.1.4-r1 merged. >>> clean: No packages selected for removal. >>> Auto-cleaning packages ... >>> No outdated packages were found on your system. * GNU info directory index is up-to-date. As you can see there seems to be a syntax error in the configure script of mod_python if one is using bash >=3.1. This error does not exist if one is using bash <3.1. Hope I pasted enough output.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 118948 ***
