/var/tmp/portage/dev-libs/libffi-3.4.3/work/build/gcc/xgcc -B/var/tmp/portage/dev-libs/libffi-3.4.3/work/build/gcc/ -B/usr/powerpc64-unknown-linux-gnu/bin/ -B/usr/powerpc64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib/ -isystem /usr/powerpc64-unknown-linux-gnu/include -isystem /usr/powerpc64-unknown-linux-gnu/sys-include -O2 -DIN_GCC -W -Wall -Wwrite-strings -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wold-style-definition -isystem ./include -I. -I. -I/var/tmp/portage/dev-libs/libffi-3.4.3/work/gcc-3.4.3/gcc -I/var/tmp/portage/dev-libs/libffi-3.4.3/work/gcc-3.4.3/gcc/. -I/var/tmp/portage/dev-libs/libffi-3.4.3/work/gcc-3.4.3/gcc/../include -g0 -finhibit-size-directive -fno-inline-functions -fno-exceptions -fno-zero-initialized-in-bss -fno-unit-at-a-time -msdata=none \ -c /var/tmp/portage/dev-libs/libffi-3.4.3/work/gcc-3.4.3/gcc/crtstuff.c -DCRT_END \ -o crtend.o In file included from /usr/include/stdio.h:839, from /var/tmp/portage/dev-libs/libffi-3.4.3/work/gcc-3.4.3/gcc/tsystem.h:79, from /var/tmp/portage/dev-libs/libffi-3.4.3/work/gcc-3.4.3/gcc/crtstuff.c:62: /usr/include/bits/stdio.h: In function `vprintf': /usr/include/bits/stdio.h:36: error: parse error before "__restrict__" /usr/include/bits/stdio.h: In function `getchar': /usr/include/bits/stdio.h:43: error: parse error before "__restrict__" /usr/include/bits/stdio.h:69: confused by earlier errors, bailing out make[1]: *** [crtend.o] Error 1 make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... In file included from /usr/include/stdio.h:839, from /var/tmp/portage/dev-libs/libffi-3.4.3/work/gcc-3.4.3/gcc/tsystem.h:79, from /var/tmp/portage/dev-libs/libffi-3.4.3/work/gcc-3.4.3/gcc/crtstuff.c:62: /usr/include/bits/stdio.h: In function `vprintf': /usr/include/bits/stdio.h:36: error: parse error before "__restrict__" In file included from /usr/include/stdio.h:839, from /var/tmp/portage/dev-libs/libffi-3.4.3/work/gcc-3.4.3/gcc/tsystem.h:79, from /var/tmp/portage/dev-libs/libffi-3.4.3/work/gcc-3.4.3/gcc/crtstuff.c:62: /usr/include/bits/stdio.h: In function `vprintf': /usr/include/bits/stdio.h:36: error: parse error before "__restrict__"/usr/include/bits/stdio.h: In function `getchar': /usr/include/bits/stdio.h:43: error: parse error before "__restrict__" /usr/include/bits/stdio.h:69: confused by earlier errors, bailing out In file included from /usr/include/stdio.h:839, from /var/tmp/portage/dev-libs/libffi-3.4.3/work/gcc-3.4.3/gcc/tsystem.h:79, from /var/tmp/portage/dev-libs/libffi-3.4.3/work/gcc-3.4.3/gcc/crtstuff.c:62: /usr/include/bits/stdio.h: In function `vprintf': /usr/include/bits/stdio.h:36: error: parse error before "__restrict__" /usr/include/bits/stdio.h: In function `getchar': /usr/include/bits/stdio.h:43: error: parse error before "__restrict__" /usr/include/bits/stdio.h: In function `getchar': /usr/include/bits/stdio.h:43: error: parse error before "__restrict__" /usr/include/bits/stdio.h:69: confused by earlier errors, bailing out make[1]: *** [crtbeginS.o] Error 1 /usr/include/bits/stdio.h:69: confused by earlier errors, bailing out make[1]: *** [crtbegin.o] Error 1 make[1]: *** [crtbeginT.o] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/dev-libs/libffi-3.4.3/work/build/gcc' make: *** [all-gcc] Error 2 Reproducible: Always Portage 2.1.4.4 (default-linux/ppc/ppc64/2007.0/64bit-userland/970/pmac, gcc-4.1.2, glibc-2.6.1-r0, 2.6.23-gentoo-r8.omega ppc64) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.23-gentoo-r8.omega ppc64 PPC970MP, altivec supported Timestamp of tree: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:30:01 +0000 distcc 2.18.3 powerpc64-unknown-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] ccache version 2.4 [enabled] app-shells/bash: 3.2_p17-r1 dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.1.4 dev-lang/python: 2.4.4-r6 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r6 dev-util/ccache: 2.4-r7 sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.11.1 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.18.1-r2 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.61-r1 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: 2.18-r1 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.0-r4 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.26 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.23-r3 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="ppc64" CBUILD="powerpc64-unknown-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O1 -mtune=970 -mcpu=970 -mabi=altivec -pipe -ggdb" CHOST="powerpc64-unknown-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" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/web2c /etc/udev/rules.d" CXXFLAGS="-O1 -mtune=970 -mcpu=970 -mabi=altivec -pipe -ggdb" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig ccache distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms splitdebug strict unmerge-orphans userfetch" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.blueyonder.co.uk ftp://mirrors.blueyonder.co.uk/mirrors/gentoo http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/www.ibiblio.org/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.mirrorservice.org/sites/www.ibiblio.org/gentoo/ " LINGUAS="en_GB" MAKEOPTS="-j5" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/portage/local/layman/java-overlay /usr/portage/local/layman/java-gcj-overlay 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pppd python qt qt3 qt4 quicktime readline reflection rtc samba sametime sasl sdl session shout slp smime smp sms smtp snmp sox speex spell spl sqlite ssl statistics stream subtitles svg syslog t1lib tcpd tetex texteffect tga theora threads tiff translator truetype unicode usb v4l2 vcd visualization vorbis vram webpresence winpopup wmf x264 xanim xchattext xcomposite xine xinerama xml xorg xscreensaver xv xvid xvmc yahoo zlib" 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" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="en_GB" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="nv fbdev" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS
yes, this is a known problem: gcc-3.4.x won't build on ppc64 using gcc-4.x. what do you need libffi for?
Please reopen if this error is still relevant. [ You might want to check if the libffi use flag from gcc helps you ]
