localhost ~ # USE="python modplug gaim ffmpeg" emerge -av bmpx These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild U ] media-sound/bmpx-0.34.9 [0.32.0-r1] USE="aac alsa ffmpeg* flac mad modplug%* nls ogg oss python%* vorbis -cdparanoia -debug -hal -musepack -ofa -p2p -sid -theora (-gaim%) (-raptor%)" 0 kB Total size of downloads: 0 kB Would you like to merge these packages? [Yes/No] y >>> Emerging (1 of 1) media-sound/bmpx-0.34.9 to / * bmpx-0.34.9.tar.bz2 MD5 ;-) ... [ ok ] * bmpx-0.34.9.tar.bz2 RMD160 ;-) ... [ ok ] * bmpx-0.34.9.tar.bz2 SHA1 ;-) ... [ ok ] * bmpx-0.34.9.tar.bz2 SHA256 ;-) ... [ ok ] * bmpx-0.34.9.tar.bz2 size ;-) ... [ ok ] ....later.... checking for DBUS... configure: error: Package requirements (dbus-1 >= 0.61 dbus-glib-1 >= 0.61) were not met. Consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if you installed software in a non-standard prefix. Alternatively you may set the DBUS_CFLAGS and DBUS_LIBS environment variables to avoid the need to call pkg-config. See the pkg-config man page for more details. !!! Please attach the following file when filing a report to bugs.gentoo.org: !!! /var/tmp/portage/bmpx-0.34.9/work/bmpx-0.34.9/config.log !!! ERROR: media-sound/bmpx-0.34.9 failed. Call stack: ebuild.sh, line 1546: Called dyn_compile ebuild.sh, line 937: Called src_compile bmpx-0.34.9.ebuild, line 67: Called econf '--enable-python' '--enable-modplug' '--enable-mp4v2' '--disable-moodriver' '--disable-hal' '--enable-nls' '--disable-ofa' '--disable-sid' '--disable-debug' ebuild.sh, line 540: Called die !!! econf failed !!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack if relevant. localhost ~ # eix dbus-glib * dev-libs/dbus-glib Available versions: 0.72 Installed: 0.71 Homepage: http://dbus.freedesktop.org/ Description: D-Bus bindings for glib Found 1 matches localhost ~ # eix dbus * dev-libs/dbus-glib Available versions: 0.72 Installed: 0.71 Homepage: http://dbus.freedesktop.org/ Description: D-Bus bindings for glib * dev-libs/dbus-qt3-old Available versions: 0.70 Installed: 0.70 Homepage: http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software_2fdbus Description: D-BUS Qt3 bindings compatible with old application API and new dbus