emerge ifc fails due to dependency on lzma-4.32.7 which fails to create an executable. >>> Unpacking source... >>> Unpacking lzma-4.32.7.tar.gz to /var/tmp/portage/app-arch/lzma-utils-4.32.7/work >>> Source unpacked. >>> Compiling source in /var/tmp/portage/app-arch/lzma-utils-4.32.7/work/lzma-4.32.7 ... * econf: updating lzma-4.32.7/config.guess with /usr/share/gnuconfig/config.guess * econf: updating lzma-4.32.7/config.sub with /usr/share/gnuconfig/config.sub ./configure --prefix=/usr --host=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --datadir=/usr/share --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var/lib --libdir=/usr/lib64 --build=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu checking if debugging code should be compiled... no checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c checking whether build environment is sane... yes checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p checking for gawk... gawk checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes checking for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-g++... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-g++ checking for C++ compiler default output file name... configure: error: C++ compiler cannot create executables See `config.log' for more details. !!! Please attach the following file when seeking support: !!! /var/tmp/portage/app-arch/lzma-utils-4.32.7/work/lzma-4.32.7/config.log * * ERROR: app-arch/lzma-utils-4.32.7 failed. * Call stack: * ebuild.sh, line 49: Called src_compile * environment, line 2211: Called econf * ebuild.sh, line 513: Called die * The specific snippet of code: * die "econf failed" * The die message: * econf failed * Here is a relevant section of the config.log: configure:2704: $? = 0 configure:2711: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-g++ -v >&5 Using built-in specs. Target: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu Configured with: /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/gcc-4.1.2/work/gcc-4.1.2/configure --prefix=/usr --bindir=/usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/4.1.2 --includedir=/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.2/include --datadir=/usr/share/gcc-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.2 --mandir=/usr/share/gcc-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.2/man --infodir=/usr/share/gcc-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.2/info --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.2/include/g++-v4 --host=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu --build=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu --disable-altivec --enable-nls --without-included-gettext --with-system-zlib --disable-checking --disable-werror --enable-secureplt --disable-libunwind-exceptions --enable-multilib --enable-libmudflap --disable-libssp --disable-libgcj --enable-languages=c,c++,treelang,fortran --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-clocale=gnu Thread model: posix gcc version 4.1.2 (Gentoo 4.1.2 p1.0.2) configure:2715: $? = 0 configure:2722: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-g++ -V >&5 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-g++: '-V' option must have argument configure:2726: $? = 1 configure:2749: checking for C++ compiler default output file name configure:2771: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-g++ -O2 -march=core2 -pipe -Wl,-O1 conftest.cpp >&5 conftest.cpp:1: error: bad value (core2) for -march= switch conftest.cpp:1: error: bad value (core2) for -mtune= switch configure:2775: $? = 1 configure:2813: result: configure: failed program was: | /* confdefs.h. */ | #define PACKAGE_NAME "LZMA" | #define PACKAGE_TARNAME "lzma" | #define PACKAGE_VERSION "4.32.7" | #define PACKAGE_STRING "LZMA 4.32.7" | #define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT "lasse.collin@tukaani.org" | #define NDEBUG 1 | #define PACKAGE "lzma" | #define VERSION "4.32.7" | /* end confdefs.h. */ | | int | main () | { | | ; | return 0; | } configure:2820: error: C++ compiler cannot create executables See `config.log' for more details. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.emerge ifc 2. 3. 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> gcc version 4.1.2 (Gentoo 4.1.2 p1.0.2) > conftest.cpp:1: error: bad value (core2) for -march= switch > conftest.cpp:1: error: bad value (core2) for -mtune= switch AFAIK only gcc 4.3 and later know -march=core2. The ones available in gcc 4.1 series are listed, e.g., over here: http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-4.1.2/gcc/i386-and-x86_002d64-Options.html
conftest.cpp:1: error: bad value (core2) for -march= switch You are trying to use cflags that your compiler doesn't understand if I read that correctly. Please stop doing that :)
