Just completed a stage 1 install. When I trued to emerge cups, I got this error: "FATAL ERROR: Autoconf version 2.50 or higher is required for this script" Of course autoconf-2.59-r4 is installed, and re-emerging autoconf didn't change anything. Everything else has compiled normally, including emerging kde with USE="-cups" Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. install gentoo 2. emerge cups 3. Actual Results: Calculating dependencies ...done! >>> emerge (1 of 1) net-print/cups-1.1.20-r3 to / >>> md5 src_uri ;-) cups-1.1.20-source.tar.bz2 >>> Unpacking source... >>> Unpacking cups-1.1.20-source.tar.bz2 to /var/tmp/portage/cups-1.1.20-r3/work * Applying disable-strip.patch... [ ok ] * Applying cups-1.1.20-str633.patch... [ ok ] * Applying cups-1.1.20-zero-len-udp-dos.patch... [ ok ] * Applying str920.patch... [ ok ] FATAL ERROR: Autoconf version 2.50 or higher is required for this script !!! ERROR: net-print/cups-1.1.20-r3 failed. !!! Function src_unpack, Line 36, Exitcode 2 !!! (no error message) Expected Results: cups compiles Portage 2.0.50-r11 (default-x86-2004.0, gcc-3.3.4, glibc-2.3.3.20040420-r1, 2.6.5-gentoo-r1) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.5-gentoo-r1 i686 Pentium III (Coppermine) Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 distcc 2.16 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r4 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.5-r1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=pentium3 -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.3 /env /usr/kde/3.3/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /us r/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ / usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/te xmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=pentium3 -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp:///ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/gentoo/ ftp://mirrors.sec.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/gentoo/ http://gentoo.tiscali.nl/gentoo/ http://ftp.gentoo.skynet.be/pub/gentoo/" MAKEOPTS="-j3" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="3dfx X alsa avi berkdb bitmap-fonts crypt cups divx4linux emacs foomaticdb gif gnome gpm gtk gtk2 imlib java jpeg kde libg++ libwww mad mbox mikmod motif mozilla mpeg msn ncurses nls nptl oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png python qt quicktime readline sdl slang spell ssl svga tcpd tetex truetype voodoo3 x86 xml2 xmms xprint xv xvid zlib"
same here.. WANT_AUTOCONF_2_5=1 emerge cups will make it happen..
same with libungif
same problem with gnome-spell. WANT_AUTOCONF_2_5=1 works with all three for me too - thanks.
see also: Bug 66828 - CUPS complains about needing Autoconf >2.50, Autoconf 2.59 installed. http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=66828
Add bug 66683 (libungif) to that list.
I guess libungif doesn't go to printing team, at first I thought it was the start of a list of autoconf troubled ebuilds. I can't find a general bug for this, is this something that will have to be worked out for each ebuild, or a bigger problem I should open a bug for?
*** Bug 66703 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 66854 ***
