emerge gnome-menus failed

[anthrax_]

I was trying to install gnome-light and one of dependencies was gnome-menus and i can't emerge it

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checking for GLIB... yes
checking for inotify_init... no
configure: error: No inotify syscalls in libc found - cannot enable inotify support

!!! Please attach the following file when filing a report to bugs.gentoo.org:
!!! /var/tmp/portage/gnome-base/gnome-menus-2.20.1/work/gnome-menus-2.20.1/config.log
 * 
 * ERROR: gnome-base/gnome-menus-2.20.1 failed.
 * Call stack:
 *       ebuild.sh, line 1701:  Called dyn_compile
 *       ebuild.sh, line 1039:  Called qa_call 'src_compile'
 *       ebuild.sh, line   44:  Called src_compile
 *       ebuild.sh, line 1383:  Called gnome2_src_compile
 *   gnome2.eclass, line   70:  Called gnome2_src_configure
 *   gnome2.eclass, line   66:  Called econf '--enable-inotify' '--disable-debug' '--enable-python'
 *       ebuild.sh, line  638:  Called die
 * The specific snippet of code:
 *                      die "econf failed"
 *  The die message:
 *   econf failed
 * 
 * If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack if relevant.
 * A complete build log is located at '/var/tmp/portage/gnome-base/gnome-menus-2.20.1/temp/build.log'.
 * 

 * Messages for package gnome-base/gnome-menus-2.20.1:

 * 
 * ERROR: gnome-base/gnome-menus-2.20.1 failed.
 * Call stack:
 *       ebuild.sh, line 1701:  Called dyn_compile
 *       ebuild.sh, line 1039:  Called qa_call 'src_compile'
 *       ebuild.sh, line   44:  Called src_compile
 *       ebuild.sh, line 1383:  Called gnome2_src_compile
 *   gnome2.eclass, line   70:  Called gnome2_src_configure
 *   gnome2.eclass, line   66:  Called econf '--enable-inotify' '--disable-debug' '--enable-python'
 *       ebuild.sh, line  638:  Called die
 * The specific snippet of code:
 *                      die "econf failed"
 *  The die message:
 *   econf failed
 * 
 * If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack if relevant.
 * A complete build log is located at '/var/tmp/portage/gnome-base/gnome-menus-2.20.1/temp/build.log'.

Any ideas ?

[nixnut]

Moved from Desktop Environments to Duplicate Threads.

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configure: error: No inotify syscalls in libc found - cannot enable inotify support 

What do you think is the problem? What would you say is the keyword in the above message that indicates where the problem is? Have you searched the forums yet for this problem?

See https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-5 ... otify.html