I downloaded portage snapshot date 8/10/2004 during installation libungif fails to compile. dungara root # emerge libungif ................. creating Makefile creating doc/Makefile creating pic/Makefile creating config.h cd . && aclocal cd . && automake --gnu Makefile cd . && autoconf FATAL ERROR: Autoconf version 2.50 or higher is required for this script make: *** [configure] Error 2 make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... !!! ERROR: media-libs/libungif-4.1.0.1b failed. !!! Function src_compile, Line 38, Exitcode 2 !!! (no error message) Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.run emerge libungif 2. 3. To fix the bug before emerge libungif run #export WANT_AUTOCONF_2_5 I think this should be done automatically by emerge process.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 66854 ***