When trying to emerge -auv world I get: # emerge -auv world These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating world dependencies... done! [ebuild U ] sys-libs/glibc-2.3.6-r4 [2.3.3.20040420-r2] USE="nls nptl* nptlonly%* -build -erandom -glibc-compat20% -glibc-omitfp% (-hardened) (-multilib) -profile% (-selinux) (-debug%) (-pic%)" 0 kB [ebuild U ] sys-fs/devfsd-1.3.25-r9 [1.3.25-r8] USE="(-debug%) (-uclibc%)" 41 kB [ebuild U ] dev-libs/libol-0.3.17 [0.3.16] 337 kB [ebuild U ] app-admin/syslog-ng-1.6.9 [1.6.8-r1] USE="tcpd (-hardened) (-selinux) -static" 747 kB [ebuild NS ] sys-kernel/sparc-sources-2.4.33.3 USE="-build -symlink -ultra1" 30,624 kB Total size of downloads: 31,750 kB but trying to emerge these packages gives me this while emerging glibc: CPP='sparc-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc -E -x c-header' /var/tmp/portage/glibc-2.3.6-r4/work/build-sparc32-sparc-unknown-linux-gnu-nptl/elf/ld-linux.so.2 --library-path /var/tmp/portage/glibc-2.3.6-r4/work/build-sparc32-sparc-unknown-linux-gnu-nptl:/var/tmp/portage/glibc-2.3.6-r4/work/build-sparc32-sparc-unknown-linux-gnu-nptl/math:/var/tmp/portage/glibc-2.3.6-r4/work/build-sparc32-sparc-unknown-linux-gnu-nptl/elf:/var/tmp/portage/glibc-2.3.6-r4/work/build-sparc32-sparc-unknown-linux-gnu-nptl/dlfcn:/var/tmp/portage/glibc-2.3.6-r4/work/build-sparc32-sparc-unknown-linux-gnu-nptl/nss:/var/tmp/portage/glibc-2.3.6-r4/work/build-sparc32-sparc-unknown-linux-gnu-nptl/nis:/var/tmp/portage/glibc-2.3.6-r4/work/build-sparc32-sparc-unknown-linux-gnu-nptl/rt:/var/tmp/portage/glibc-2.3.6-r4/work/build-sparc32-sparc-unknown-linux-gnu-nptl/resolv:/var/tmp/portage/glibc-2.3.6-r4/work/build-sparc32-sparc-unknown-linux-gnu-nptl/crypt:/var/tmp/portage/glibc-2.3.6-r4/work/build-sparc32-sparc-unknown-linux-gnu-nptl/nptl /var/tmp/portage/glibc-2.3.6-r4/work/build-sparc32-sparc-unknown-linux-gnu-nptl/sunrpc/rpcgen -Y ../scripts -c rpcsvc/bootparam_prot.x -o /var/tmp/portage/glibc-2.3.6-r4/work/build-sparc32-sparc-unknown-linux-gnu-nptl/sunrpc/xbootparam_prot.T FATAL: kernel too old make[2]: *** [/var/tmp/portage/glibc-2.3.6-r4/work/build-sparc32-sparc-unknown-linux-gnu-nptl/sunrpc/xbootparam_prot.stmp] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/glibc-2.3.6-r4/work/glibc-2.3.6/sunrpc' make[1]: *** [sunrpc/others] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/glibc-2.3.6-r4/work/glibc-2.3.6' make: *** [all] Error 2 !!! ERROR: sys-libs/glibc-2.3.6-r4 failed. I would update kernels, but sys-kernel/sparc-sources-2.4.33.3 requires glibc to be updated through devfsd, hence I'm in a circular dependency. # emerge -tpuv sparc-sources These are the packages that would be merged, in reverse order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild NS ] sys-kernel/sparc-sources-2.4.33.3 USE="-build -symlink -ultra1" 30,624 kB [ebuild U ] sys-fs/devfsd-1.3.25-r9 [1.3.25-r8] USE="(-debug%) (-uclibc%)" 41 kB [ebuild U ] sys-libs/glibc-2.3.6-r4 [2.3.3.20040420-r2] USE="nls nptl* nptlonly%* -build -erandom -glibc-compat20% -glibc-omitfp% (-hardened) (-multilib) -profile% (-selinux) (-debug%) (-pic%)" 0 kB $ uname -a Linux purple 2.4.30-sparc #1 SMP Mon Jun 27 14:56:13 PDT 2005 sparc64 sun4u GNU/Linux # emerge --info Portage 2.1.1 (default-linux/sparc/sparc64/2006.1, gcc-20050130, glibc-2.3.3.20040420-r2, 2.4.30-sparc sparc64) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.30-sparc sparc64 sun4u Gentoo Base System version 1.12.5 Last Sync: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 17:30:01 +0000 distcc 2.18.3 sparc-unknown-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] app-admin/eselect-compiler: [Not Present] dev-java/java-config: [Not Present] dev-lang/python: 2.3.5-r2, 2.4.3-r4 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5 dev-util/ccache: [Not Present] dev-util/confcache: [Not Present] sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.17 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r7 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2 sys-devel/binutils: 2.17 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.13-r4 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.22 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r6 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="sparc" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="sparc-unknown-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-mcpu=ultrasparc -O3 -pipe" CHOST="sparc-unknown-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-mcpu=ultrasparc -O3 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig ccache distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.osuosl.org/ http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo/ http://gentoo.seren.com/gentoo http://gentoo.chem.wisc.edu/gentoo/ http://cudlug.cudenver.edu/gentoo/" LINGUAS="" MAKEOPTS="-j1" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180 --exclude='/distfiles' --exclude='/local' --exclude='/packages'" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rrlrrll/gentoo-portage" USE="sparc apache2 arts berkdb bitmap-fonts bzip2 cli cracklib crypt cups dlloader dri eds elibc_glibc emacs encode esd fbcon foomaticdb fortran gcc64 gdbm gif gstreamer gtk2 gzip imlib input_devices_evdev input_devices_keyboard input_devices_mouse isdnlog jpeg kernel_linux libwww mad mikmod motif mpeg ncurses nls nptl nptlonly ogg opengl oss pam pcre perl png pppd python qt3 readline reflection sdl session spell spl ssl tcpd truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts udev userland_GNU video_cards_ati video_cards_dummy video_cards_fbdev video_cards_glint video_cards_mga video_cards_savage video_cards_sisusb video_cards_sunbw2 video_cards_suncg14 video_cards_suncg3 video_cards_suncg6 video_cards_sunffb video_cards_sunleo video_cards_tdfx video_cards_v4l video_cards_voodoo vorbis xml xorg xv zlib" Unset: CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS
You have wrong profile set for 2.4 kernels. You need default-linux/sparc/sparc64/2006.1/2.4
