x11-libs/vte- 0.14.0 and 0.12.2 fails to find freetype even when i unmerge freetype and gets resolved by vte deps themselves.. checking for freetype-config... /usr/bin/freetype-config checking for FreeType - version >= 6.1.0... no *** The FreeType test program failed to run. If your system uses *** shared libraries and they are installed outside the normal *** system library path, make sure the variable LD_LIBRARY_PATH *** (or whatever is appropiate for your system) is correctly set. configure: error: You must have freetype 2.0.2 or later to build vte. !!! Please attach the following file when filing a report to bugs.gentoo.org: !!! /var/tmp/portage/vte-0.14.0/work/vte-0.14.0/config.log !!! ERROR: x11-libs/vte-0.14.0 failed. Call stack: ebuild.sh, line 1546: Called dyn_compile ebuild.sh, line 937: Called src_compile ebuild.sh, line 1255: Called gnome2_src_compile gnome2.eclass, line 63: Called gnome2_src_configure gnome2.eclass, line 59: Called econf '--disable-debugging' '--enable-python' '--with-glX' '--with-xft2' '--with-pangox' '--disable-gtk-doc' ebuild.sh, line 540: Called die !!! econf failed !!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack if relevant. Here's the freetype info on my box hackles vte # $(which freetype-config) --version 9.8.3 hackles vte # media-libs/freetype Available versions: 1.3.1-r4 1.3.1-r4[1] ~1.3.1-r5 ~1.3.1-r5[1] 2.1.9-r1 2.1.9-r1[1] ~2.1.10 ~2.1.10[1] ~2.1.10-r1 2.1.10-r2 [M]2.2.1 Installed: 2.1.10-r2 Homepage: http://www.freetype.org/ Description: TTF-Library steps to reproduce: 1) emerge -C freetype vte 2) emerge vte Portage 2.1.1-r1 (default-linux/x86/2006.0, gcc-4.1.1, glibc-2.4-r3, 2.6.15-gentoo-r1 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.15-gentoo-r1 i686 Gentoo Base System version 1.12.6 Last Sync: Tue, 07 Nov 2006 04:30:01 +0000 distcc 2.18.3 i386-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] ccache version 2.3 [disabled] app-admin/eselect-compiler: [Not Present] dev-java/java-config: 1.2.11 dev-lang/python: 2.3.4-r1, 2.4.3-r4 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5 dev-util/ccache: 2.3 dev-util/confcache: [Not Present] sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.17 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.60 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2 sys-devel/binutils: 2.16.1-r3 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.13-r4 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.22 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.17-r1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.4/env /usr/kde/3.4/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/shutdown /usr/share/X11/xkb /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/" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/gconf /etc/splash /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo ftp://ftp.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu/pub/gentoo http://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo http://open-systems.ufl.edu/mirrors/gentoo" LINGUAS="es" 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" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage /usr/portage/local/layman/xeffects" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 X alsa apache2 apm arts berkdb bitmap-fonts cli cracklib crypt cups dlloader dri eds elibc_glibc emboss encode esd foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif gnome gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 iconv imlib input_devices_evdev input_devices_keyboard input_devices_mouse ipv6 isdnlog jpeg kde kernel_linux libg++ libwww linguas_es mad mikmod motif mp3 mpeg ncurses nls nptl nptlonly ogg opengl oss pam pcre perl png pppd python qt3 qt4 quicktime readline reflection sdl session spell spl ssl tcpd truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts udev userland_GNU video_cards_nvidia vorbis xml xorg xv zlib" Unset: CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, MAKEOPTS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS
> !!! Please attach the following file when filing a report to bugs.gentoo.org: > !!! /var/tmp/portage/vte-0.14.0/work/vte-0.14.0/config.log Please, do it and reopen then.
Created attachment 101389 [details] /var/tmp/portage/vte-0.14.0/work/vte-0.14.0/config.log Sorry about that,
Created attachment 101393 [details] /var/tmp/portage/vte-0.14.0/work/vte-0.14.0/config.log Sorry about that,
<snip> ./configure: line 25010: 11189 Segmentation fault ./conftest$ac_exeext </snip> Well, configure did segfault, this has nothing to do w/ vte or freetype, looks like your system in not quite stable and sane.
indeed it does segfault. i missed that. Ill check again. Thanks