the following seems to be an automake 1.13* related issue >>> Emerging (1 of 1) xfce-extra/xfce4-quicklauncher-plugin-1.9.4-r1 * xfce4-quicklauncher-plugin-1.9.4.tar.bz2 SHA256 size ;-) ... [ ok ] >>> Unpacking source... >>> Unpacking xfce4-quicklauncher-plugin-1.9.4.tar.bz2 to /var/tmp/portage/xfce-extra/xfce4-quicklauncher-plugin-1.9.4-r1/work >>> Source unpacked in /var/tmp/portage/xfce-extra/xfce4-quicklauncher-plugin-1.9.4-r1/work >>> Preparing source in /var/tmp/portage/xfce-extra/xfce4-quicklauncher-plugin-1.9.4-r1/work/xfce4-quicklauncher-plugin-1.9.4 ... * Running libtoolize --copy --force --install --automake ... [ ok ] * Running aclocal -I /usr/share/xfce4/dev-tools/m4macros ... [ !! ] * Failed Running aclocal ! * * Include in your bugreport the contents of: * * /var/tmp/portage/xfce-extra/xfce4-quicklauncher-plugin-1.9.4-r1/temp/aclocal.out * ERROR: xfce-extra/xfce4-quicklauncher-plugin-1.9.4-r1 failed (prepare phase): * Failed Running aclocal ! * * Call stack: * ebuild.sh, line 93: Called src_prepare * environment, line 3324: Called eaclocal * environment, line 868: Called autotools_run_tool '--at-m4flags' 'aclocal' * environment, line 640: Called die * The specific snippet of code: * die "Failed Running $1 !";
> the following seems to be an automake 1.13* related issue ...and you base this assumption on ? IOW, what's in aclocal.out ?
(In reply to Rafał Mużyło from comment #1) > > the following seems to be an automake 1.13* related issue > ...and you base this assumption on ? > > IOW, what's in aclocal.out ? ***** aclocal ***** ***** PWD: /var/tmp/portage/xfce-extra/xfce4-quicklauncher-plugin-1.9.4-r1/work/xfce4-quicklauncher-plugin-1.9.4 ***** aclocal -I /usr/share/xfce4/dev-tools/m4macros configure.ac:16: error: 'AM_CONFIG_HEADER': this macro is obsolete. You should use the 'AC_CONFIG_HEADERS' macro instead. /usr/share/aclocal-1.13/obsolete-err.m4:12: AM_CONFIG_HEADER is expanded from... configure.ac:16: the top level autom4te-2.69: /usr/bin/m4 failed with exit status: 1 aclocal-1.13: error: echo failed with exit status: 1 ok, so it's an issue with =automake-1.13.1 after emerging automake-1.13.2 it configures, compiles and installs fine - both are in ~ I'm running ~amd64
fixed in tree by using AC_CONFIG_HEADERS instead