Upgrading to Gnome 2.18 failed because gnome-base/gnome-vfs-2.18.1 fails due to missing XML::Parser perl module. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: Upgrade to Gnome 2.18. Actual Results: checking for XML::Parser... configure: error: XML::Parser perl module is required for intltool !!! Please attach the following file when filing a report to bugs.gentoo.org: !!! /var/tmp/portage/gnome-base/gnome-vfs-2.18.1/work/gnome-vfs-2.18.1/config.log !!! ERROR: gnome-base/gnome-vfs-2.18.1 failed. Call stack: ebuild.sh, line 1632: Called dyn_compile ebuild.sh, line 983: Called qa_call 'src_compile' ebuild.sh, line 44: Called src_compile ebuild.sh, line 1322: Called gnome2_src_compile gnome2.eclass, line 70: Called gnome2_src_configure gnome2.eclass, line 66: Called econf '--disable-schemas-install' '--disable-cdda' '--disable-howl' '--enable-http-neon' '--enable-openssl' '--disable-gnutls' '--enable-samba' '--enable-ipv6' '--disable-hal' '--disable-avahi' '--disable-gtk-doc' ebuild.sh, line 586: Called die !!! econf failed !!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack if relevant. !!! A complete build log is located at '/var/tmp/portage/gnome-base/gnome-vfs-2.18.1/temp/build.log'. Expected Results: Package should install. emerge --info: Portage 2.1.2.11 (default-linux/amd64/2007.0, gcc-4.1.2, glibc-2.5-r4, 2.6.22-gentoo-r2 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.22-gentoo-r2 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+ Gentoo Base System release 1.12.9 Timestamp of tree: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 14:20:01 +0000 dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.0.33-r1 dev-lang/python: 2.4.4-r4 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r6 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.17 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.61 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10 sys-devel/binutils: 2.17 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.16 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.23b virtual/os-headers: 2.6.22-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/X11/xkb" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/gconf /etc/php/apache2-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php5/ext-active/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/splash /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://gentoo.arcticnetwork.ca/pub/gentoo/ http://gentoo.arcticnetwork.ca/ ftp://mirrors.tera-byte.com/pub/gentoo http://gentoo.mirrors.tera-byte.com/ ftp://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo/ 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 --filter=H_**/files/digest-*" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.namerica.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="3dnow 3dnowext X aac acl alsa amd64 animgif apache2 artworkextra berkdb binary-drivers bitmap-fonts bittorrent bzip2 cdr clamav cli colordiff cracklib crypt cups dbus divx dri dvd dvdr dvdread encode faillog firefox fortran gdbm gif gimp gmedia gnome gpm gre gs gtk iconv imagemagick imap ipv6 javascript john jpeg junit keyring keyscrub lame libclamav logrotate lzw midi mmx mmxext mp3 mpeg mpeg2 mplayer mplayer-bin msn mudflap musicbrainz mysql nautilus ncurses net nls nptl nptlonly nsplugin ntfs offensive opengl openmp openssl pam pcap pcre pdf perl php png pppd python quicktime rar rdesktop readline realmedia reflection samba scrobbler session sftp signatures spell spl spoof-source sse sse2 ssl subversion symlink syslog tagwriting tcpd thunderbird tiff transcode truetype truetype-fonts type1 type1-fonts unicode vim-syntax vnc vncviewer vorbis wav webdav wifi wireshark wma wmp xinerama xinetd xorg xvid zip zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="fglrx" Unset: CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 41124 ***
Created attachment 127495 [details] Config log
Use "revdep-rebuild -X" to get the breakage and upgrade handled at the same time. http://www.gryniewicz.com/dang/blog/?p=449
Sorry, that was my first time with that problem.