when i try to compile ncurses, it gives me an error: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-ranlib ../lib/libncurses++.a g++: : linker input file unused because linking not done /usr/bin/g++ -o demo ../obj_s/demo.o -L../lib -lncurses++ -L../lib -lform -lmenu -lpanel -lncurses -Wl,-O1 -Wl,--enable-new-dtags -Wl,--sort-common -s, -Bdirect -ldl -Wl,-rpath,/var/tmp/portage/ncurses-5.5-r1/work/narrowc/lib -I../c++ -I../include -I/var/tmp/portage/ncurses-5.5-r1/work/ncurses-5.5/c++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I/var/tmp/portage/ncurses-5.5-r1/work/ncurses-5.5/c++/../include -I. -I../include -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG -O3 -march=athlon64 -fomit-frame-pointer -funroll-all-loops -fpeel-loops -funswitch-loops -ftree-vectorize -pipe -fweb -frename-registers -ftracer -fforce-addr -falign-functions=4 -fprefetch-loop-arrays -fvisibility-inlines-hidden -Wl, -O1 -fPIC g++: unrecognized option '-s,' /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.0-beta20060127/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: : No such file: No such file or directory collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[1]: *** [demo] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/ncurses-5.5-r1/work/narrowc/c++' make: *** [all] Error 2 here is the emerge info Portage 2.1_pre4 (default-linux/amd64/2005.1, gcc-4.1.0-beta20060127, glibc-2.3.90.20060121-r0, 2.6.14-gentoo-r2 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.14-gentoo-r2 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+ Gentoo Base System version 1.6.13 dev-lang/python: 2.3.5-r2 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.11 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r6 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.5 sys-devel/binutils: 2.16.91.0.5 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.22 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O3 -march=athlon64 -fomit-frame-pointer -funroll-all-loops -fpeel-loops -funswitch-loops -ftree-vectorize -pipe -fweb -frename-registers -ftracer -fforce-addr -falign-functions=4 -fprefetch-loop-arrays" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/splash /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O3 -march=athlon64 -fomit-frame-pointer -funroll-all-loops -fpeel-loops -funswitch-loops -ftree-vectorize -pipe -fweb -frename-registers -ftracer -fforce-addr -falign-functions=4 -fprefetch-loop-arrays -fvisibility-inlines-hidden -Wl, -O1" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig distlocks sandbox sfperms strict userpriv" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://ftp.belnet.be/linux/gentoo" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--enable-new-dtags -Wl,--sort-common -s, -Bdirect" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.belnet.be/gentoo-portage" USE="amd64 X alsa avi berkdb bitmap-fonts crypt cups eds emboss encode foomaticdb fortran gif glibc-omitfp gnome gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 imlib ipv6 jpeg kde lzw lzw-tiff mp3 mpeg ncurses nls nptl nptlonly opengl pam pdflib perl png python qt quicktime readline sdl spell ssl tcpd tiff truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode usb userlocales xpm xv zlib elibc_glibc kernel_linux userland_GNU" Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, LANG, LC_ALL, LINGUAS gcc: 4.1 beta glibc: 2.3.90
Kindly read man gcc and man ld to find out correct syntax for your C[XX]FLAGS and LDFLAGS.
