Error occurs in the following ar i686-pc-linux-gnu-ar ../lib/libncursesw.a ../objects/hardscroll.o ../objects/hashmap.o ../objects/lib_addch.o ../objects/lib_addstr.o ../objects/lib_beep.o ../objects/lib_bkgd.o ../objects/lib_box.o ../objects/lib_chgat.o ../objects/lib_clear.o ../objects/lib_clearok.o ../objects/lib_clrbot.o ../objects/lib_clreol.o ../objects/lib_color.o ../objects/lib_colorset.o ../objects/lib_delch.o ../objects/lib_delwin.o ../objects/lib_echo.o ../objects/lib_endwin.o ../objects/lib_erase.o ../objects/lib_flash.o ../objects/lib_gen.o ../objects/lib_getch.o ../objects/lib_getstr.o ../objects/lib_hline.o ../objects/lib_immedok.o ../objects/lib_inchstr.o ../objects/lib_initscr.o ../objects/lib_insch.o ../objects/lib_insdel.o ../objects/lib_insnstr.o ../objects/lib_instr.o ../objects/lib_isendwin.o ../objects/lib_leaveok.o ../objects/lib_mouse.o ../objects/lib_move.o ../objects/lib_mvcur.o ../objects/lib_mvwin.o ../objects/lib_newterm.o ../objects/lib_newwin.o ../objects/lib_nl.o ../objects/lib_overlay.o ../objects/lib_pad.o ../objects/lib_printw.o ../objects/lib_redrawln.o ../objects/lib_refresh.o ../objects/lib_restart.o ../objects/lib_scanw.o ../objects/lib_screen.o ../objects/lib_scroll.o ../objects/lib_scrollok.o ../objects/lib_scrreg.o ../objects/lib_set_term.o ../objects/lib_slk.o ../objects/lib_slkatr_set.o ../objects/lib_slkatrof.o ../objects/lib_slkatron.o ../objects/lib_slkatrset.o ../objects/lib_slkattr.o ../objects/lib_slkclear.o ../objects/lib_slkcolor.o ../objects/lib_slkinit.o ../objects/lib_slklab.o ../objects/lib_slkrefr.o ../objects/lib_slkset.o ../objects/lib_slktouch.o ../objects/lib_touch.o ../objects/lib_tstp.o ../objects/lib_ungetch.o ../objects/lib_vidattr.o ../objects/lib_vline.o ../objects/lib_wattroff.o ../objects/lib_wattron.o ../objects/lib_winch.o ../objects/lib_window.o ../objects/nc_panel.o ../objects/safe_sprintf.o ../objects/tty_update.o ../objects/varargs.o ../objects/memmove.o ../objects/vsscanf.o ../objects/lib_freeall.o ../objects/charable.o ../objects/lib_add_wch.o ../objects/lib_box_set.o ../objects/lib_cchar.o ../objects/lib_get_wch.o ../objects/lib_erasewchar.o ../objects/lib_get_wstr.o ../objects/lib_hline_set.o ../objects/lib_in_wch.o ../objects/lib_in_wchnstr.o ../objects/lib_ins_wch.o ../objects/lib_inwstr.o ../objects/lib_pecho_wchar.o ../objects/lib_slk_wset.o ../objects/lib_unget_wch.o ../objects/lib_vid_attr.o ../objects/lib_vline_set.o ../objects/lib_wacs.o ../objects/lib_wunctrl.o ../objects/expanded.o ../objects/legacy_coding.o ../objects/lib_dft_fgbg.o ../objects/lib_print.o ../objects/resizeterm.o ../objects/wresize.o ../objects/access.o ../objects/add_tries.o ../objects/alloc_entry.o ../objects/alloc_ttype.o ../objects/captoinfo.o ../objects/codes.o ../objects/comp_captab.o ../objects/comp_error.o ../objects/comp_expand.o ../objects/comp_hash.o ../objects/comp_parse.o ../objects/comp_scan.o ../objects/db_iterator.o ../objects/doalloc.o ../objects/fallback.o ../objects/free_ttype.o ../objects/getenv_num.o ../objects/home_terminfo.o ../objects/init_keytry.o ../objects/lib_acs.o ../objects/lib_baudrate.o ../objects/lib_cur_term.o ../objects/lib_data.o ../objects/lib_has_cap.o ../objects/lib_kernel.o ../objects/lib_keyname.o ../objects/lib_longname.o ../objects/lib_napms.o ../objects/lib_options.o ../objects/lib_raw.o ../objects/lib_setup.o ../objects/lib_termcap.o ../objects/lib_termname.o ../objects/lib_tgoto.o ../objects/lib_ti.o ../objects/lib_tparm.o ../objects/lib_tputs.o ../objects/lib_trace.o ../objects/lib_ttyflags.o ../objects/lib_twait.o ../objects/name_match.o ../objects/names.o ../objects/parse_entry.o ../objects/read_entry.o ../objects/read_termcap.o ../objects/setbuf.o ../objects/strings.o ../objects/tries.o ../objects/trim_sgr0.o ../objects/unctrl.o ../objects/visbuf.o ../objects/write_entry.o ../objects/define_key.o ../objects/hashed_db.o ../objects/key_defined.o ../objects/keybound.o ../objects/keyok.o ../objects/version.o i686-pc-linux-gnu-ar: illegal option -- . Usage: i686-pc-linux-gnu-ar [emulation options] [-]{dmpqrstx}[abcfilNoPsSuvV] [member-name] [count] archive-file file... i686-pc-linux-gnu-ar -M [<mri-script] commands: d - delete file(s) from the archive m[ab] - move file(s) in the archive p - print file(s) found in the archive q[f] - quick append file(s) to the archive r[ab][f][u] - replace existing or insert new file(s) into the archive t - display contents of archive x[o] - extract file(s) from the archive command specific modifiers: [a] - put file(s) after [member-name] [b] - put file(s) before [member-name] (same as [i]) [N] - use instance [count] of name [f] - truncate inserted file names [P] - use full path names when matching [o] - preserve original dates [u] - only replace files that are newer than current archive contents generic modifiers: [c] - do not warn if the library had to be created [s] - create an archive index (cf. ranlib) [S] - do not build a symbol table [v] - be verbose [V] - display the version number @<file> - read options from <file> emulation options: No emulation specific options i686-pc-linux-gnu-ar: supported targets: elf32-i386 a.out-i386-linux efi-app-ia32 elf64-x86-64 elf64-little elf64-big elf32-little elf32-big srec symbolsrec tekhex binary ihex trad-core make[1]: *** [../lib/libncursesw.a] Error 1 make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.1/../../../../i686-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: total time in link: 0.235965 /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.1/../../../../i686-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: data size 7523392 cd ../lib && (rm -f libncursesw.so.5; ln -s libncursesw.so.5.6 libncursesw.so.5; rm -f libncursesw.so; ln -s libncursesw.so.5 libncursesw.so; ) make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/sys-libs/ncurses-5.6/work/widec/ncurses' make: *** [all] Error 2 !!! ERROR: sys-libs/ncurses-5.6 failed. Call stack: ebuild.sh, line 1611: Called dyn_compile ebuild.sh, line 968: Called qa_call 'src_compile' environment, line 3264: Called src_compile ncurses-5.6.ebuild, line 54: Called do_compile '--enable-widec' '--includedir=/usr/include/ncursesw' ncurses-5.6.ebuild, line 92: Called die !!! make 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/sys-libs/ncurses-5.6/temp/build.log'.
emerge --info please.
Portage 2.1.2-r1 (default-linux/x86/2006.1/desktop, gcc-4.1.1, glibc-2.5-r0, 2.6.19-gentoo-r4 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.19-gentoo-r4 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.12.9 Timestamp of tree: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 11:00:01 +0000 distcc 2.18.3 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] ccache version 2.4 [enabled] dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.0.31-r3 dev-lang/python: 2.3.6, 2.4.4 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5 dev-util/ccache: 2.4-r6 dev-util/confcache: 0.4.2-r1 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.18.1 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.61 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10 sys-devel/binutils: 2.17 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.14 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.22 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.19.2-r1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium4 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /var/bind" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/gconf /etc/java-config/vms/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/splash /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/web2c" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium4 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig ccache confcache distlocks metadata-transfer parallel-fetch sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo" LANG="en_US.UTF-8" LINGUAS="en_GB" MAKEOPTS="-j3" 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/portage/local/layman/sunrise /usr/portage/local/layman/gentopia" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X acl alsa apache2 arts berkdb bitmap-fonts bzip2 cairo cdr cli cracklib crypt cups dbus dlloader dri dvd dvdr eds emboss encode esd fam firefox fortran gd gdbm gif glitz gnome gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 hal iconv imap ipv6 isdnlog jpeg kde ldap libg++ mad mikmod mmx mp3 mpeg ncurses nls nptl nptlonly ogg opengl oss pam pcre perl pic png ppds pppd python qt3 qt4 quicktime readline reflection samba sasl sdl session spell spl sse sse2 ssl svga tcpd truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts udev unicode vorbis win32codecs x86 xml xorg xv zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="mouse keyboard evdev wacom" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="en_GB" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="radeon ati vesa fbdev" Unset: CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS
post `emerge --info -v` and then post `emerge ncurses >& log` as attachments
Created attachment 107525 [details] emerge ncurses
Created attachment 107526 [details] emerge --info -v
ok, my guess is confcache is screwing things up disable it and try again
That was it. Disabling confcache allows the emerge to complete. BTW, I tried rm -rf /var/tmp/confcache before emerging but that did not work.
confcache was removed from the tree; unmerge it.
*** Bug 163663 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 169162 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
