Upgrading to sys-apps/kbd-2.0.0 on my (pretty minimalist) raspberry failed due to dev-libs/check missing: ./configure --prefix=/usr --build=armv6j-hardfloat-linux-gnueabi --host=armv6j-hardfloat-linux-gnueabi --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --datadir=/usr/share --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var/lib --disable-silent-rules --disable-dependency-tracking --enable-nls --enable-vlock checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c checking whether build environment is sane... yes checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p checking for gawk... gawk checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes checking for armv6j-hardfloat-linux-gnueabi-pkg-config... /usr/bin/armv6j-hardfloat-linux-gnueabi-pkg-config checking pkg-config is at least version 0.9.0... yes checking for CHECK... no configure: error: Package requirements (check >= 0.9.4) were not met: No package 'check' found Installing dev-libs/check allowed for a clean installation Reproducible: Always emerge --info: Portage 2.2.6 (default/linux/arm/13.0, gcc-4.8.1, glibc-2.17, 3.9.11+ armv6l) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-3.9.11+-armv6l-with-gentoo-2.2 KiB Mem: 448400 total, 71520 free KiB Swap: 2097148 total, 2097148 free Timestamp of tree: Mon, 16 Sep 2013 17:00:01 +0000 ld GNU ld (GNU Binutils) 2.23.1 distcc 3.1 armv6j-hardfloat-linux-gnueabi [enabled] app-shells/bash: 4.2_p45 dev-lang/python: 2.7.5-r2, 3.2.5-r2, 3.3.2-r2 dev-util/cmake: 2.8.11.1 dev-util/pkgconfig: 0.28 sys-apps/baselayout: 2.2 sys-apps/openrc: 0.12 sys-apps/sandbox: 2.6-r1 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.69 sys-devel/automake: 1.11.6, 1.12.6, 1.13.4, 1.14 sys-devel/binutils: 2.23.1, 2.23.2 sys-devel/gcc: 4.7.2-r1, 4.8.1 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.8 sys-devel/libtool: 2.4.2 sys-devel/make: 3.82-r4 sys-kernel/linux-headers: 3.6 (virtual/os-headers) sys-libs/glibc: 2.17 Repositories: gentoo x-portage ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="arm ~arm" ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA" CBUILD="armv6j-hardfloat-linux-gnueabi" CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -march=armv6j -mfpu=vfp -mfloat-abi=hard" CHOST="armv6j-hardfloat-linux-gnueabi" CONFIG_PROTECT="/boot/cmdline.txt /boot/config.txt /etc /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -march=armv6j -mfpu=vfp -mfloat-abi=hard" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--autounmask-keep-masks" FCFLAGS="-O2" FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs config-protect-if-modified distcc distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles merge-sync news parallel-fetch preserve-libs protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch userpriv usersandbox usersync" FFLAGS="-O2" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org" LANG="de_DE.UTF-8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --omit-dir-times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --human-readable --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" USE="acl arm berkdb bzip2 cli cracklib crypt cxx dri fortran gdbm iconv ipv6 modules mudflap ncurses nls nptl openmp pam pcre readline session ssl tcpd unicode zlib" APACHE2_MODULES="authn_core authz_core socache_shmcb unixd actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="kexi words flow plan sheets stage tables krita karbon braindump author" CAMERAS="ptp2" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ubx" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LIBREOFFICE_EXTENSIONS="presenter-console presenter-minimizer" OFFICE_IMPLEMENTATION="libreoffice" PHP_TARGETS="php5-5" PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python2_7" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_2" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby19 ruby18" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="exynos fbdev omap omapfb dummy v4l" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, SYNC, USE_PYTHON
This impacts me as well.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 485116 ***