nullhost win # emerge octave
Calculating dependencies... done!

>>> Emerging (1 of 4) sys-cluster/mpich-1.2.7_p1 to /
 * mpich-1.2.7p1.tar.gz MD5 ;-) ...                                                                                                                                        [ ok ]
 * mpich-1.2.7p1.tar.gz RMD160 ;-) ...                                                                                                                                     [ ok ]
 * mpich-1.2.7p1.tar.gz SHA1 ;-) ...                                                                                                                                       [ ok ]
 * mpich-1.2.7p1.tar.gz SHA256 ;-) ...                                                                                                                                     [ ok ]
 * mpich-1.2.7p1.tar.gz size ;-) ...                                                                                                                                       [ ok ]
 * checking ebuild checksums ;-) ...                                                                                                                                       [ ok ]
 * checking auxfile checksums ;-) ...                                                                                                                                      [ ok ]
 * checking miscfile checksums ;-) ...                                                                                                                                     [ ok ]
 * checking mpich-1.2.7p1.tar.gz ;-) ...                                                                                                                                   [ ok ]
>>> Unpacking source...
>>> Unpacking mpich-1.2.7p1.tar.gz to /var/tmp/portage/sys-cluster/mpich-1.2.7_p1/work
 * Applying 1.2.7_p1-fix-romio-sandbox-breakage.patch ...                                                                                                                  [ ok ]
/var/tmp/portage/sys-cluster/mpich-1.2.7_p1/work/mpich-1.2.7p1/romio /var/tmp/portage/sys-cluster/mpich-1.2.7_p1/work/mpich-1.2.7p1
 * Running eautoreconf in '/var/tmp/portage/sys-cluster/mpich-1.2.7_p1/work/mpich-1.2.7p1/romio' ...
 * Running autoconf ...                                                                                                                                                    [ ok ]
 * Running autoheader ...                                                                                                                                                  [ ok ]
 * Running elibtoolize in: mpich-1.2.7p1/mpe/slog2sdk/trace_sample
 *   Applying portage-1.5.10.patch ...
 *   Applying max_cmd_len-1.5.14.patch ...
 *   Applying sed-1.5.6.patch ...
 * Running elibtoolize in: mpich-1.2.7p1/mpe/slog2sdk/trace_rlog
 *   Applying portage-1.5.10.patch ...
 *   Applying max_cmd_len-1.5.14.patch ...
 *   Applying sed-1.5.6.patch ...
 * Running elibtoolize in: mpich-1.2.7p1/examples/perftest/config/confdb
 *   Applying portage-1.5.10.patch ...
 *   Applying max_cmd_len-1.5.20.patch ...
 *   Applying sed-1.5.6.patch ...
/var/tmp/portage/sys-cluster/mpich-1.2.7_p1/work/mpich-1.2.7p1
 * Applying 1.2.7_p1-allow-fhs-afs.patch ...                                                                                                                               [ ok ]
/var/tmp/portage/sys-cluster/mpich-1.2.7_p1/work/mpich-1.2.7p1/mpid/server /var/tmp/portage/sys-cluster/mpich-1.2.7_p1/work/mpich-1.2.7p1
 * Running eautoreconf in '/var/tmp/portage/sys-cluster/mpich-1.2.7_p1/work/mpich-1.2.7p1/mpid/server' ...
 * Running autoconf ...                                                                                                                                                    [ ok ]
 * Running autoheader ...                                                                                                                                                  [ !! ]

 * Failed Running autoheader !
 * 
 * Include in your bugreport the contents of:
 * 
 *   /var/tmp/portage/sys-cluster/mpich-1.2.7_p1/temp/autoheader-7856.out


!!! ERROR: sys-cluster/mpich-1.2.7_p1 failed.
Call stack:
  ebuild.sh, line 1568:   Called dyn_unpack
  ebuild.sh, line 708:   Called src_unpack
  mpich-1.2.7_p1.ebuild, line 58:   Called eautoreconf
  autotools.eclass, line 86:   Called eautoheader
  autotools.eclass, line 146:   Called autotools_run_tool 'autoheader'
  autotools.eclass, line 242:   Called die

!!! Failed Running autoheader !
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