hi, see here <http://forums-web1.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-924710-start-0.html>

2012/6/6 赵佳晖 <jiahui.tar.gz@gmail.com>

>     Hello, everyone. I want upgrade grub to grub2 , so i follow the doc<http://dev.gentoo.org/~scarabeus/grub-2-guide.xml>and
> wiki <http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Grub2#Installation> . But when i use
> the command: "emerge -av sys-boot/grub:2"
> it comes error :
>  * Running autopoint --force ...                                         [
> !! ]
>
>  * Failed Running autopoint !
>  *
>  * Include in your bugreport the contents of:
>  *
>  *   /var/tmp/portage/sys-boot/grub-9999/temp/autopoint.out
>
>  * ERROR: sys-boot/grub-9999 failed (prepare phase):
>  *   Failed Running autopoint !
>  *
>  * Call stack:
>  *     ebuild.sh, line   85:  Called src_prepare
>  *   environment, line 3164:  Called source './autogen.sh'
>  *    autogen.sh, line   70:  Called eautoreconf '-vi'
>  *   environment, line 1021:  Called eautopoint '--force'
>  *   environment, line  990:  Called autotools_run_tool 'autopoint'
> '--force'
>  *   environment, line  665:  Called die
>  * The specific snippet of code:
>  *           die "Failed Running $1 !";
>  *
>  * If you need support, post the output of 'emerge --info
> =sys-boot/grub-9999',
>  * the complete build log and the output of 'emerge -pqv
> =sys-boot/grub-9999'.
>  * The complete build log is located at
> '/var/tmp/portage/sys-boot/grub-9999/temp/build.log'.
>  * The ebuild environment file is located at
> '/var/tmp/portage/sys-boot/grub-9999/temp/environment'.
>  * S: '/var/tmp/portage/sys-boot/grub-9999/work/grub-9999'
>
> >>> Failed to emerge sys-boot/grub-9999, Log file:
>
> >>>  '/var/tmp/portage/sys-boot/grub-9999/temp/build.log'
>
>  * Messages for package sys-boot/grub-9999:
>
>  * Failed Running autopoint !
>  *
>  * Include in your bugreport the contents of:
>  *
>  *   /var/tmp/portage/sys-boot/grub-9999/temp/autopoint.out
>  * ERROR: sys-boot/grub-9999 failed (prepare phase):
>  *   Failed Running autopoint !
>  *
>  * Call stack:
>  *     ebuild.sh, line   85:  Called src_prepare
>  *   environment, line 3164:  Called source './autogen.sh'
>  *    autogen.sh, line   70:  Called eautoreconf '-vi'
>  *   environment, line 1021:  Called eautopoint '--force'
>  *   environment, line  990:  Called autotools_run_tool 'autopoint'
> '--force'
>  *   environment, line  665:  Called die
>  * The specific snippet of code:
>  *           die "Failed Running $1 !";
>  *
>  * If you need support, post the output of 'emerge --info
> =sys-boot/grub-9999',
>  * the complete build log and the output of 'emerge -pqv
> =sys-boot/grub-9999'.
>  * The complete build log is located at
> '/var/tmp/portage/sys-boot/grub-9999/temp/build.log'.
>  * The ebuild environment file is located at
> '/var/tmp/portage/sys-boot/grub-9999/temp/environment'.
>  * S: '/var/tmp/portage/sys-boot/grub-9999/work/grub-9999'
>
> Did anyone know how did this happen ?
>
> --
> 好好学习，天天向上！！！
>