Hi, above package fails with >>> Compiling source >>> in /var/tmp/portage/dev-lisp/gcl-cvs-2.7.0/work/gcl ... configure.in:640: error: AC_REQUIRE: circular dependency of _AC_INCLUDES_DEFAULT_REQUIREMENTS ../../lib/autoconf/headers.m4:296: AC_INCLUDES_DEFAULT is expanded from... ../../lib/autoconf/lang.m4:227: AC_LANG_SOURCE is expanded from... ../../lib/autoconf/lang.m4:217: AC_LANG_CONFTEST is expanded from... ../../lib/autoconf/general.m4:2359: AC_COMPILE_IFELSE is expanded from... ../../lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4:516: AS_IF is expanded from... ../../lib/autoconf/headers.m4:87: AC_CHECK_HEADER is expanded from... ../../lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4:516: AS_IF is expanded from... ../../lib/autoconf/general.m4:1898: AC_CACHE_VAL is expanded from... ../../lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4:516: AS_IF is expanded from... ../../lib/autoconf/general.m4:1898: AC_CACHE_VAL is expanded from... ../../lib/autoconf/general.m4:1911: AC_CACHE_CHECK is expanded from... ../../lib/autoconf/programs.m4:413: AC_PROG_GREP is expanded from... ../../lib/autoconf/programs.m4:380: AC_PROG_EGREP is expanded from... ../../lib/autoconf/general.m4:2305: AC_EGREP_CPP is expanded from... ../../lib/autoconf/general.m4:2323: AC_EGREP_HEADER is expanded from... ../../lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4:516: AS_IF is expanded from... ../../lib/autoconf/general.m4:1898: AC_CACHE_VAL is expanded from... ../../lib/autoconf/general.m4:1911: AC_CACHE_CHECK is expanded from... ../../lib/autoconf/headers.m4:653: AC_HEADER_STDC is expanded from... ../../lib/autoconf/headers.m4:240: _AC_INCLUDES_DEFAULT_REQUIREMENTS is expanded from... ../../lib/autoconf/headers.m4:296: AC_INCLUDES_DEFAULT is expanded from... ../../lib/autoconf/lang.m4:227: AC_LANG_SOURCE is expanded from... ../../lib/autoconf/lang.m4:217: AC_LANG_CONFTEST is expanded from... ../../lib/autoconf/general.m4:2359: AC_COMPILE_IFELSE is expanded from... ../../lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4:516: AS_IF is expanded from... ../../lib/autoconf/headers.m4:87: AC_CHECK_HEADER is expanded from... configure.in:640: the top level autom4te-2.61: /usr/bin/m4 failed with exit status: 1 So maybe it is a candidate for removal, there has been nearly no movement on upstream side. V-Li -- Christian Faulhammer, Gentoo Lisp project , #gentoo-lisp on FreeNode