package wants automake-1.1x

[digifuzzy]

FL-1894 brought in update of automake to 1.14. This was done just a few days ago.

 

I went to rebuild media-gfx/graphviz to debug an issue in my personal code. I needed to rebuild the graphviz so that I could trace memory leaks with valgrind.

 

Problem was that graphviz (built before) gave no problems but suddenly just stopped on the compile phase complaining that it needed automake-1.13. Since slotting wasn't an issue, I was able to re-emerge automake-1.13. The rebuild of graphviz worked fine.

 

Is this really a bug with ebuilds or upstream where build fails because of a dependency on a specific automake?

[Oleg Vinichenko]

yes, it looks like a bug in ebuild. graphviz must have WANT_AUTOMAKE=1.13 in ebuild.

[Oleg Vinichenko]

i'll fix it on our side, as Gentoo currently lagging with the fix, it's reported on their bugtracker.

[Oleg Vinichenko]

it will be fixed on gentoo side.

[digifuzzy]

Bizarre. I just emerge'd graphviz on my second machine (but not synched first). And I didn't get a fail?

On my desktop (where I encountered the error) I was re-emerging with FEATURES=splitdebug, then the error occurred.

 

I'll take another look. If I run into something, I'll post a bug.

Thanks, Oleg. Appreciate the feedback.

[Oleg Vinichenko]

i didn't get a fail even on first attempt. The cause of this problem lies deeper. Currently, Gentoo (and we adding it automatically) have borked autotools stack. This is reported.

[digifuzzy]

I must have a change on my end between first attempt and looking at the situation on a second box.

No worries. Will keep an eye out for the situation.

 

THX