It fails because Makefile in docs wants libsoup-gnome.la, which is not built because of that -gnome flag. docs/reference/Makefile.in:GTKDOC_LIBS = $(top_builddir)/libsoup/libsoup-gnome-2.4.la Disabling doc or enabling gnome flag works. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.build with -gnome +doc 2. 3.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 268592 ***