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

[ABCD]

Kevin O'Gorman wrote:

> 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'
>

Have you recently changed the "ithreads" USE flag on dev-lang/perl? If so, 
then you will need to remerge all ebuilds that installed files in 
/usr/lib*/perl5/vendor_perl/${PERL_VER}/${CHOST%%-*}-linux if "ithreads" was 
disabled, and /usr/lib*/perl5/vendor_perl/${PERL_VER}/${CHOST%%-*}-linux-
thread-multi if "ithreads" was enabled.

Also, if you have recently upgraded perl, the same provisions apply.

NOTE: In the above expansion, the following applies [sorry if you already 
know this]:

- "lib*" is lib on x86, lib64 on amd64
- ${PERL_VER} is your perl version, probably 5.8.8
- ${CHOST%%-*} is the part of the CHOST before the first "-":
  * on x86, it will be one of i486, i586, or i686
  * on amd64, it will be x86_64

If you aren't on x86 or amd64, I assume you can figure it out :).

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ABCD