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From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Problems with aclocal
Date: Thu, 02 May 2013 15:16:35
Message-Id: 51828303.4040309@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Problems with aclocal by Jackie
1 On 02/05/2013 17:09, Jackie wrote:
2 > My problem was similiar to Rafa's,though I was compiling
3 > dev-python/pygtk-2.24.0-r3.But I also got same autom4te & aclcal error
4 > as Rafa.But I just masked automake-1.13.1 downgraded to automake-1.12.6
5 > and the compilation went through,then I unmasked automake-1.31.1 and
6 > upgraded it back again.Maybe you can try it,too.Just to solve the
7 > problem for now.(After I upgradeed automake to 1.13.1,I compiled
8 > dev-python/pygtk-2.24.0-r3,the same error appeared again,so it seemed
9 > that sth might be wrong with automake-1.13.1)
10
11 The easiest way to deal with that if it's just a single package failing is
12
13 WANT_AUTOMAKE=<version> emerge ....
14
15 It tells portage to not try autodetect stuff but rather to use the SLOT
16 specified by you.
17 In this case though, the breakage seems to be somewhat more than just a
18 few packages, which probably requires masking till automake is fixed
19 properly.
20
21 The whole thing is rather a scathing comment at whoever committed the
22 automake change, as quite obviously the correct answer to "How much
23 testing did you do?" is "very little if any"
24
25 --
26 Alan McKinnon
27 alan.mckinnon@×××××.com

Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-user] Problems with aclocal Rafa Griman <rafagriman@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] Problems with aclocal Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>