On my amd64 I get these errors when using -j2 (not always, but about 1/3 of the time), but not with (-j1): x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -pthread -fno-strict-aliasing -O2 -march=k8 -pipe -msse3 -Wall -Wcast-align -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes -Wpointer-arith -Wreturn-type -D_GNU_SOURCE -fPIC -I/var/tmp/portage/sci-geosciences/gpsd-2.38/work/gpsd-2.38 -I/usr/include/python2.5 -c -I/var/tmp/portage/sci-geosciences/gpsd-2.38/work/gpsd-2.38 -I/usr/include/python2.5 -c hex.c -o /var/tmp/portage/sci-geosciences/gpsd-2.38/work/gpsd-2.38/build/hex.o x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -pthread -fno-strict-aliasing -O2 -march=k8 -pipe -msse3 -Wall -Wcast-align -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes -Wpointer-arith -Wreturn-type -D_GNU_SOURCE -fPIC -I/var/tmp/portage/sci-geosciences/gpsd-2.38/work/gpsd-2.38 -I/usr/include/python2.5 -c -I/var/tmp/portage/sci-geosciences/gpsd-2.38/work/gpsd-2.38 -I/usr/include/python2.5 -c crc24q.c -o /var/tmp/portage/sci-geosciences/gpsd-2.38/work/gpsd-2.38/build/crc24q.o x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -pthread -shared -Wl,-O1 -O2 -march=k8 -pipe -msse3 -Wall -Wcast-align -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes -Wpointer-arith -Wreturn-type -D_GNU_SOURCE /var/tmp/portage/sci-geosciences/gpsd-2.38/work/gpsd-2.38/build/gpspacket.o /var/tmp/portage/sci-geosciences/gpsd-2.38/work/gpsd-2.38/build/packet.o /var/tmp/portage/sci-geosciences/gpsd-2.38/work/gpsd-2.38/build/isgps.o /var/tmp/portage/sci-geosciences/gpsd-2.38/work/gpsd-2.38/build/rtcm2.o /var/tmp/portage/sci-geosciences/gpsd-2.38/work/gpsd-2.38/build/strl.o /var/tmp/portage/sci-geosciences/gpsd-2.38/work/gpsd-2.38/build/hex.o /var/tmp/portage/sci-geosciences/gpsd-2.38/work/gpsd-2.38/build/crc24q.o -L/usr/lib64 -lm -lpython2.5 -o /var/tmp/portage/sci-geosciences/gpsd-2.38/work/gpsd-2.38/gpspacket.so /var/tmp/portage/sci-geosciences/gpsd-2.38/work/gpsd-2.38/build/rtcm2.o: file not recognized: File truncated collect2: ld returned 1 exit status error: command 'x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc' failed with exit status 1 make[1]: *** [gpslib.so] Error 1 make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... Looks like a parallel make bug to me. # emerge --info Portage 2.1.6.10 (default/linux/amd64/2008.0, gcc-4.3.3, glibc-2.9_p20081201-r2, 2.6.28.6 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-2.6.28.6-x86_64-AMD_Athlon-tm-_64_X2_Dual_Core_Processor_5600+-with-glibc2.2.5 Timestamp of tree: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:45:02 +0000 distcc 3.1 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu [disabled] app-shells/bash: 3.2_p48-r1 dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7-r1, 2.1.7 dev-lang/python: 2.5.4-r2 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r8 dev-util/cmake: 2.6.3 sys-apps/baselayout: 2.0.0 sys-apps/openrc: 0.4.3-r1 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.6 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.63 sys-devel/automake: 1.5, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10.2 sys-devel/binutils: 2.19.1-r1 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.1 sys-devel/libtool: 2.2.6a virtual/os-headers: 2.6.28-r1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=k8 -pipe -msse3" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/language.dat.d /etc/texmf/language.def.d /etc/texmf/updmap.d /etc/texmf/web2c /etc/udev/rules.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=k8 -pipe -msse3" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="buildsyspkg distlocks fixpackages parallel-fetch protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-orphans userfetch userpriv usersandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirrors.sec.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/gentoo/ http://gentoo.tiscali.nl/" LC_ALL="en_US.utf8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS="--exclude lost+found" 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/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync5.de.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="3dnow 3dnowext X a52 acl alsa amd64 apache2 audacious audiofile bash-completion berkdb bzip2 calendar caps cdparanoia cdr cli cracklib crypt cups dio dri dts dvd dvdr dvdread encode ethereal exif ffmpeg fftw firefox fortran ftp gdbm gif glitz gpm gtk iconv imlib2 isdnlog jpeg kdeenablefinal ladcca lame lcms lua mad matroska midi mmap mmx mng moznocompose moznoirc moznomail mozsvg mp3 mpeg mplayer mudflap multilib mysqli ncurses nls nptl nptlonly offensive ogg opengl openmp pam pcre pdflib perl png ppds pppd python qt4 readline recode reflection session sharedmem sockets sox spl srt sse sse2 ssl svg sysfs szip tcpd tetex theora unicode usb v4l v4l2 vcd vim vim-pager vlm vorbis wmf xcb xcomposite xorg xosd xpm xscreensaver xvid zlib" ALSA_CARDS="emu10k1 ice1724" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul 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" CAMERAS="ptp2" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="vesa nvidia nv" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, FFLAGS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LINGUAS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS
same here on 64 arch nocona pentium quad core
I ended up without /usr/sbin/gpsd-- hoping -j1 fixes. If so, then there's also a bug in the ebuild's error trapping.
Nope, reinstall with -j1 did not yield a gpsd. Filed bug #267936
*** Bug 263572 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 270788 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
-j1 workaround applied; closing...
