livecd / # emerge grub
Calculating dependencies... done!
>>> Emerging (1 of 1) sys-boot/grub-0.97-r2 to /
>>> checking ebuild checksums ;-)
>>> checking auxfile checksums ;-)
>>> checking miscfile checksums ;-)
>>> checking grub-0.97.tar.gz ;-)
>>> checking splash.xpm.gz ;-)
>>> checking grub-0.97-patches-1.2.tar.bz2 ;-)
>>> Unpacking source...
>>> Unpacking grub-0.97.tar.gz to /var/tmp/portage/grub-0.97-r2/work
>>> Unpacking splash.xpm.gz to /var/tmp/portage/grub-0.97-r2/work
>>> Unpacking grub-0.97-patches-1.2.tar.bz2 to /var/tmp/portage/grub-0.97-r2/work
 * Applying various patches (bugfixes/updates) ...
 *   001_all_grub-0.95.20040823-splash.patch ...                          [ ok ] *   005_all_grub-0.96-PIC.patch ...                                      [ ok ] *   010_all_grub-0.96-bounced-checks.patch ...                           [ ok ] *   015_all_grub-0.96-unsigned-addresses.patch ...                       [ ok ] *   020_all_grub-0.96-i2o-raid.patch ...                                 [ ok ] *   040_all_grub-0.96-nxstack.patch ...                                  [ ok ] *   060_all_grub-0.96-netboot-pic.patch ...                              [ ok ] *   500_all_grub-0.97-netboot-gcc4.patch ...                             [ ok ] * Done with patching
Bareword "dstr" not allowed while "strict subs" in use at /usr/share/automake-1.9/Automake/Variable.pm line 513.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/bin/automake-1.9 line 139.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/bin/automake-1.9 line 139.

!!! ERROR: sys-boot/grub-0.97-r2 failed.
Call stack:
  ebuild.sh, line 1539:   Called dyn_unpack
  ebuild.sh, line 711:   Called src_unpack
  grub-0.97-r2.ebuild, line 47:   Called die

!!! automake failed
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