While compiling eel (during emerge gnome, reproduced during emerge eel as well), the following error is obtained during compilation : if /bin/sh ../libtool --tag=CC --mode=compile x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -DG_LOG_DOMAIN=\"Eel\" -I.. -DORBIT2=1 -pthread -I/usr/include/gail-1.0 -I/usr/include/atk-1.0 -I/usr/include/gtk-2.0 -I/usr/include/libgnomecanvas-2.0 -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib64/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/lib64/gtk-2.0/include -I/usr/include/cairo -I/usr/include/pango-1.0 -I/usr/include/libart-2.0 -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/gconf/2 -I/usr/include/orbit-2.0 -I/usr/include/gnome-vfs-2.0 -I/usr/lib64/gnome-vfs-2.0/include -I/usr/include/bonobo-activation-2.0 -I/usr/include/libbonobo-2.0 -I/usr/include/gnome-vfs-module-2.0 -I/usr/include/libglade-2.0 -I/usr/include/libxml2 -I/usr/include/libgnome-2.0 -I/usr/include/libgnomeui-2.0 -I/usr/include/libbonoboui-2.0 -I/usr/include/gnome-keyring-1 -I/usr/include/gnome-menus -I/usr/include/gnome-desktop-2.0 -I/usr/include/startup-notification-1.0 -DDATADIR=\""/usr/share"\" -DSOURCE_DATADIR=\""../data"\" -DGNOMELOCALEDIR=\""/usr/share/locale"\" -DG_DISABLE_DEPRECATED -DGDK_DISABLE_DEPRECATED -DGDK_PIXBUF_DISABLE_DEPRECATED -DGMENU_I_KNOW_THIS_IS_UNSTABLE -march=athlon64 -O2 -pipe -MT eel-alert-dialog.lo -MD -MP -MF ".deps/eel-alert-dialog.Tpo" -c -o eel-alert-dialog.lo eel-alert-dialog.c; \ then mv -f ".deps/eel-alert-dialog.Tpo" ".deps/eel-alert-dialog.Plo"; else rm -f ".deps/eel-alert-dialog.Tpo"; exit 1; fi In file included from /usr/include/gtk-2.0/gtk/gtk.h:60, from /usr/include/gail-1.0/libgail-util/gailtextutil.h:28, from ../eel/eel-accessibility.h:32, from eel-accessibility.c:28: /usr/include/gtk-2.0/gtk/gtkclist.h:155: error: parse error before "GMemChunk" /usr/include/gtk-2.0/gtk/gtkclist.h:155: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or union /usr/include/gtk-2.0/gtk/gtkclist.h:156: warning: data definition has no type or storage class /usr/include/gtk-2.0/gtk/gtkclist.h:245: error: parse error before '}' token In file included from /usr/include/gtk-2.0/gtk/gtk.h:68, from /usr/include/gail-1.0/libgail-util/gailtextutil.h:28, from ../eel/eel-accessibility.h:32, from eel-accessibility.c:28: /usr/include/gtk-2.0/gtk/gtkctree.h:110: error: field `clist' has incomplete type In file included from /usr/include/gtk-2.0/gtk/gtk.h:152, from /usr/include/gail-1.0/libgail-util/gailtextutil.h:28, from ../eel/eel-accessibility.h:32, from eel-accessibility.c:28: /usr/include/gtk-2.0/gtk/gtkstatusbar.h:68: error: parse error before "GMemChunk" /usr/include/gtk-2.0/gtk/gtkstatusbar.h:68: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or union /usr/include/gtk-2.0/gtk/gtkstatusbar.h:82: error: parse error before '}' token make[2]: *** [eel-accessibility.lo] Error 1 make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -DG_LOG_DOMAIN=\"Eel\" -I.. -DORBIT2=1 -pthread -I/usr/include/gail-1.0 -I/usr/include/atk-1.0 -I/usr/include/gtk-2.0 -I/usr/include/libgnomecanvas-2.0 -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib64/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/lib64/gtk-2.0/include -I/usr/include/cairo -I/usr/include/pango-1.0 -I/usr/include/libart-2.0 -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/gconf/2 -I/usr/include/orbit-2.0 -I/usr/include/gnome-vfs-2.0 -I/usr/lib64/gnome-vfs-2.0/include -I/usr/include/bonobo-activation-2.0 -I/usr/include/libbonobo-2.0 -I/usr/include/gnome-vfs-module-2.0 -I/usr/include/libglade-2.0 -I/usr/include/libxml2 -I/usr/include/libgnome-2.0 -I/usr/include/libgnomeui-2.0 -I/usr/include/libbonoboui-2.0 -I/usr/include/gnome-keyring-1 -I/usr/include/gnome-menus -I/usr/include/gnome-desktop-2.0 -I/usr/include/startup-notification-1.0 -DDATADIR=\"/usr/share\" -DSOURCE_DATADIR=\"../data\" -DGNOMELOCALEDIR=\"/usr/share/locale\" -DG_DISABLE_DEPRECATED -DGDK_DISABLE_DEPRECATED -DGDK_PIXBUF_DISABLE_DEPRECATED -DGMENU_I_KNOW_THIS_IS_UNSTABLE -march=athlon64 -O2 -pipe -MT eel-alert-dialog.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/eel-alert-dialog.Tpo -c eel-alert-dialog.c -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/eel-alert-dialog.o make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/eel-2.14.1/work/eel-2.14.1/eel' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/eel-2.14.1/work/eel-2.14.1' make: *** [all] Error 2 emerge --info eel is as follows : Portage 2.1-r2 (default-linux/amd64/2006.0, gcc-3.4.4, glibc-2.3.5-r2, 2.6.15-gentoo-r5 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.15-gentoo-r5 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3400+ Gentoo Base System version 1.6.14 app-admin/eselect-compiler: [Not Present] dev-lang/python: 2.4.2 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5 dev-util/ccache: [Not Present] dev-util/confcache: [Not Present] sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.12 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: 2.16.1 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.12-r6 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.22 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=athlon64 -O2 -pipe" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/lib/X11/xkb" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/gconf /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon64 -O2 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180 --exclude='/distfiles' --exclude='/local' --exclude='/packages'" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="amd64 X alsa avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cli crypt cups dlloader dri eds emboss encode foomaticdb fortran gif gnome gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 imlib ipv6 isdnlog jpeg kde lzw lzw-tiff mp3 mpeg ncurses nls nptl opengl pam pcre pdflib perl png pppd python qt3 qt4 quicktime readline reflection sdl session spell spl ssl tcpd tiff truetype-fonts type1-fonts usb xorg xpm xv zlib elibc_glibc input_devices_keyboard input_devices_mouse input_devices_evdev kernel_linux userland_GNU video_cards_apm video_cards_ark video_cards_ati video_cards_chips video_cards_cirrus video_cards_cyrix video_cards_dummy video_cards_fbdev video_cards_glint video_cards_i128 video_cards_i810 video_cards_mga video_cards_neomagic video_cards_nv video_cards_rendition video_cards_s3 video_cards_s3virge video_cards_savage video_cards_siliconmotion video_cards_sis video_cards_sisusb video_cards_tdfx video_cards_tga video_cards_trident video_cards_tseng video_cards_v4l video_cards_vesa video_cards_vga video_cards_via video_cards_vmware video_cards_voodoo" Unset: CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY This is fairly serious for new users as one is unable to install gnome due to this. Thanks and best regards, Srikant
what version of glib do you have installed?
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 126820 *** *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 126820 ***