It seems this is because orbit-idl doesn't generate its output from .idl files Output from gconf ./configure ...skipped... make[1]: Entering directory `/var/tmp/portage/gconf-1.0.8-r4/work/GConf-1.0.8' Making all in gconf make[2]: Entering directory `/var/tmp/portage/gconf-1.0.8-r4/work/GConf-1.0.8/gconf' orbit-idl ./GConf.idl Error: Empty file ** WARNING **: ./GConf.idl compilation failed orbit-idl ./GConf.idl Error: Empty file ** WARNING **: ./GConf.idl compilation failed orbit-idl ./GConf.idl Error: Empty file ...skipped...
and if you recompile ORBit ? what is the output of 'emerge info' btw ?
After recompiling ORBit and ORBit2 gconf successfully compiles. Sorry for wasting your time :-(
np . closing