mit-krb5 is a dependancy of ximian-connector, and without it ximian-connector will not build. Configure Error: checking regexp.h usability... no checking regexp.h presence... yes configure: WARNING: regexp.h: present but cannot be compiled configure: WARNING: regexp.h: check for missing prerequisite headers? configure: WARNING: regexp.h: see the Autoconf documentation configure: WARNING: regexp.h: section "Present But Cannot Be Compiled" configure: WARNING: regexp.h: proceeding with the preprocessor's result configure: WARNING: regexp.h: in the future, the compiler will take precedence configure: WARNING: ## ------------------------------------------ ## configure: WARNING: ## Report this to the AC_PACKAGE_NAME lists. ## configure: WARNING: ## ------------------------------------------ ## Make Error: make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/mit-krb5-1.3.3-r1/work/krb5-1.3.3/src/util' making all in include... make[1]: Entering directory `/var/tmp/portage/mit-krb5-1.3.3-r1/work/krb5-1.3.3/src/include' Makefile:530: *** missing separator. Stop. make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/mit-krb5-1.3.3-r1/work/krb5-1.3.3/src/include' make: *** [all-recurse] Error 1 !!! ERROR: app-crypt/mit-krb5-1.3.3-r1 failed. !!! Function src_compile, Line 128, Exitcode 2 !!! (no error message) Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge mit-krb5 2. 3. Actual Results: build fails Expected Results: port should build successfully Portage 2.0.50-r9 (default-x86-2004.2, gcc-3.3.3, glibc-2.3.3.20040420-r0, 2.6.7-gentoo-r11) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.7-gentoo-r11 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) III CPU 1133MHz Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 distcc 2.13 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [enabled] Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r3 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.3 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium3 -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.2 /share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/ config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium3 -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache distcc sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp:///ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/gentoo/ http://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo ftp://mirrors.sec.informatik.tu- darmstadt.de/gentoo/ http://mirrors.tds.net/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j6" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X alsa apm arts avi berkdb bonobo cdr crypt cups dvd encode esd foomaticdb gdbm gif gnome gpm gtk gtk2 gtkhtml guile imlib java jpeg kde libg++ libwww mad mikmod motif mozilla mpeg ncurses nls oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png python qt quicktime readline sdl slang spell ssl svga tcpd truetype x86 xml2 xmms xv zlib"
I run emerge sync on a daily basis, so this might be one of the steps that needs to be reproduced in order to get this error.
See #57185 Axel
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 57185 ***