>>> Emerging (2 of 2) media-video/vlc-0.8.4a-r1 to /
 * vlc-patches-16.tar.bz2 MD5 ;-) ...                                                                                                [ ok 
 * vlc-patches-16.tar.bz2 RMD160 ;-) ...                                                                                             [ ok 
 * vlc-patches-16.tar.bz2 SHA1 ;-) ...                                                                                               [ ok 
 * vlc-patches-16.tar.bz2 SHA256 ;-) ...                                                                                             [ ok 
 * vlc-patches-16.tar.bz2 size ;-) ...                                                                                               [ ok 
 * vlc-0.8.4a.tar.bz2 MD5 ;-) ...                                                                                                    [ ok 
 * vlc-0.8.4a.tar.bz2 RMD160 ;-) ...                                                                                                 [ ok 
 * vlc-0.8.4a.tar.bz2 SHA1 ;-) ...                                                                                                   [ ok 
 * vlc-0.8.4a.tar.bz2 SHA256 ;-) ...                                                                                                 [ ok 
 * vlc-0.8.4a.tar.bz2 size ;-) ...                                                                                                   [ ok 
 * checking ebuild checksums ;-) ...                                                                                                 [ ok 
 * checking auxfile checksums ;-) ...                                                                                                [ ok 
 * checking miscfile checksums ;-) ...                                                                                               [ ok 
 * checking vlc-0.8.4a.tar.bz2 ;-) ...                                                                                               [ ok 
 * checking vlc-patches-16.tar.bz2 ;-) ...                                                                                           [ ok 
>>> Unpacking source...
>>> Unpacking vlc-0.8.4a.tar.bz2 to /var/tmp/portage/vlc-0.8.4a-r1/work
>>> Unpacking vlc-patches-16.tar.bz2 to /var/tmp/portage/vlc-0.8.4a-r1/work
 * Applying various patches (bugfixes/updates) ...
 *   000_all_glide.patch ...                                                                                                         [ ok 
 *   010_all_freetype-font.patch ...                                                                                                 [ ok 
 *   020_all_matroska-shared.patch ...                                                                                               [ ok 
 *   060_all_pic-mmx.patch ...                                                                                                       [ ok 
 *   080_all_fbsd-swap.patch ...                                                                                                     [ ok 
 *   100_all_formats.patch ...                                                                                                       [ ok 
 *   110_all_dtspic.patch ...                                                                                                        [ ok 
 *   111_all_ffmpegplugin.patch ...                                                                                                  [ ok 
 *   120_all_desktop.patch ...                                                                                                       [ ok 
 *   130_all_textrels.patch ...                                                                                                      [ ok 
 *   140_all_xinerama.patch ...                                                                                                      [ ok 
 *   150_all_cddb.patch ...                                                                                                          [ ok 
 *   160_all_gcc41.patch ...                                                                                                         [ ok 
 *   170_all_postproc.patch ...                                                                                                      [ ok 
 * Done with patching
 * Running eautoreconf in '/var/tmp/portage/vlc-0.8.4a-r1/work/vlc-0.8.4a' ...
 * Running aclocal -I m4 ...                                                                                                         [ ok 
 * Running autoconf ...                                                                                                              [ ok 
 * Running autoheader ...                                                                                                            [ ok 
 * Required automake 1.8. Using automake (GNU automake) 1.8.5.
 * Running automake --add-missing --copy ...                                                                                         [ !! 

 * Failed Running automake !
 * 
 * Include in your bugreport the contents of:
 * 
 *   /var/tmp/portage/vlc-0.8.4a-r1/temp/automake-21988.out


!!! ERROR: media-video/vlc-0.8.4a-r1 failed.
Call stack:
  ebuild.sh, line 1546:   Called dyn_unpack
  ebuild.sh, line 708:   Called src_unpack
  vlc-0.8.4a-r1.ebuild, line 128:   Called eautoreconf
  autotools.eclass, line 79:   Called eautomake
  autotools.eclass, line 181:   Called autotools_run_tool 'automake' '--add-missing' '--copy'
  autotools.eclass, line 208:   Called die

!!! Failed Running automake !
!!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack if relevant.