probably a bug with binutils-config but emerging binutils-2.15.90.0.1.1-r3 (which pulled binutils-config-1.1 in as well) results in this error at the end. * Switching to i686-pc-linux-gnu-2.15.92.0.2 ... rm: cannot remove `//usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu/lib/ldscripts': Is a director [ ok ] emerge info Portage 2.0.51-r3 (default-linux/x86/2004.2, gcc-3.3.4, glibc-2.3.4.20040808-r1, 2.6.9-gentoo-r1 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.9-gentoo-r1 i686 Pentium II (Deschutes) Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 distcc 2.16 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [enabled] ccache version 2.3 [enabled] Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r5 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.5-r1 Binutils: sys-devel/binutils-2.15.90.0.1.1-r3 Headers: sys-kernel/linux26-headers-2.6.8.1-r1,sys-kernel/linux26-headers-2.6.8.1 Libtools: sys-devel/libtool-1.5.2-r7 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -mmmx -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /var/bind /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -mmmx -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig buildpkg ccache distcc distlocks maketest sandbox sfperms" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://open-systems.ufl.edu/mirrors/gentoo/distfiles/ http://gentoo.osuosl.org" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="alsa apache2 apm avi berkdb bitmap-fonts crypt cups curl encode f77 foomaticdb fortran gd gdbm gif gpm imap imlib innodb ipv6 java javacomm javadoc javamail jikes jpeg kerberos ldap libclamav libg++ libwww mad maildir mikmod mpeg mppe-mppc mysql ncurses nptl oav oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl php png python quicktime readline samba sasl session simplexml slang spell ssl svga tcpd tiff truetype virus-scan x86 xml2 xmms xv zlib"
its binutils-2.15.92.0.2-r2. I copied and pasted the binutils version from my server and not my desktop (where the problem occured)
what is inside /usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu/lib/ldscripts/ ?
#ls -l /usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu/lib/ldscripts/ total 0 lrwxr-xr-x 1 root root 57 Dec 14 02:52 ldscripts -> /usr/lib/binutils/i686-pc-linux-gnu/2.15.92.0.2/ldscripts
binutils-config-1.2 now rm's the dir if it isnt a symlink