>>> Unpacking source... * git clone start --> * repository: git://git.savannah.gnu.org/autoconf.git Initialized empty Git repository in /usr/portage/distfiles/git-src/autoconf/ remote: Counting objects: 38023, done. remote: Compressing objects: 100% (10684/10684), done. remote: Total 38023 (delta 29832), reused 34721 (delta 27092) Receiving objects: 100% (38023/38023), 7.25 MiB | 1006 KiB/s, done. Resolving deltas: 100% (29832/29832), done. * local clone: /usr/portage/distfiles/git-src/autoconf * committish: master >>> Unpacked to /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/autoconf-9999/work/autoconf-9999 configure.ac:30: required file `build-aux/install-sh' not found configure.ac:30: `automake --add-missing' can install `install-sh' configure.ac:30: required file `build-aux/missing' not found configure.ac:30: `automake --add-missing' can install `missing' doc/Makefile.am:23: required file `build-aux/mdate-sh' not found doc/Makefile.am:23: `automake --add-missing' can install `mdate-sh' lib/emacs/Makefile.am:3: required file `build-aux/elisp-comp' not found lib/emacs/Makefile.am:3: `automake --add-missing' can install `elisp-comp' Makefile.am: required file `./INSTALL' not found Makefile.am: `automake --add-missing' can install `INSTALL' autoreconf-2.63: automake failed with exit status: 1 * * ERROR: sys-devel/autoconf-9999 failed. * Call stack: * ebuild.sh, line 49: Called src_unpack * environment, line 2185: Called die * The specific snippet of code: * autoreconf || die; And btw, could http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-autoconf/2008-10/msg00040.html be added to 2.63(-r1)?
probably fixed in latest tree now. works for me at least.