[gentoo-user] Cannot emerge libgksu: lacks XML::Parser

[Kevin O'Gorman]

I've got portage's dev-perl/XML-Parser-2.36, but nevertheless several
packages have started to fail during emerge for lack of Perl's
XML::Parser.
Even the simple script fails to run under perl:
> #!/usr/bin/perl -w
>
> use XML::Parser;
>
> print "yes\n";

Do I have to get it from CPAN?

Consider libgksu; here's the end of the emerge output, where
XML::Parser is required by intltool:

checking for perl... /usr/bin/perl
checking for XML::Parser... configure: error: XML::Parser perl module
is required for intltool

!!! Please attach the following file when seeking support:
!!! /var/tmp/portage/x11-libs/libgksu-2.0.9/work/libgksu-2.0.9/config.log
 *
 * ERROR: x11-libs/libgksu-2.0.9 failed.
 * Call stack:
 *               ebuild.sh, line   49:  Called src_compile
 *             environment, line 2896:  Called gnome2_src_compile
 *             environment, line 2264:  Called gnome2_src_configure
 *             environment, line 2278:  Called econf '--enable-nls'
'--disable-gtk-doc'
 *               ebuild.sh, line  534:  Called die
 * The specific snippet of code:
 *                      die "econf failed"
 *  The die message:
 *   econf failed
 *
 * If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call
stack if relevant.
 * A complete build log is located at
'/var/tmp/portage/x11-libs/libgksu-2.0.9/temp/build.log'.
 * The ebuild environment file is located at
'/var/tmp/portage/x11-libs/libgksu-2.0.9/temp/environment'.
 *

>>> Failed to emerge x11-libs/libgksu-2.0.9, Log file:

>>>  '/var/tmp/portage/x11-libs/libgksu-2.0.9/temp/build.log'

-- 
Kevin O'Gorman, PhD