running configure fragment for sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/elf checking for powerpc32 TLS support... yes running configure fragment for sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc checking whether powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc -mcpu=G4 -mtune=G4 -pipe -freorder-blocks -O2 -mlong-double-128 uses IBM extended format... no checking whether powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc -mcpu=G4 -mtune=G4 -pipe -freorder-blocks -O2 supports -mabi=ibmlongdouble... no configure: error: this configuration requires -mlong-double-128 IBM extended format support !!! ERROR: sys-libs/glibc-2.4-r3 failed. Call stack: ebuild.sh, line 1539: Called dyn_compile ebuild.sh, line 939: Called src_compile glibc-2.4-r3.ebuild, line 1179: Called toolchain-glibc_src_compile glibc-2.4-r3.ebuild, line 251: Called glibc_do_configure 'nptl' glibc-2.4-r3.ebuild, line 941: Called die
Don't retrict bugs without any reason. And - you need gcc-4.1.1 *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 138967 ***