The sys-apps/file-5.03 don't compile when try to link libraries. The first reported error is : "ld:.libs/magic.o: file format not recognized; treating as linker script" The crash is present since release 5.0. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.emerge --oneshot -v file 2. 3. Actual Results: i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -DMAGIC=\"/usr/share/misc/magic\" -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wpointer-arith -Wmissing-declarations -Wredundant-decls -Wnested-externs -Wsign-compare -Wreturn-type -Wswitch -Wshadow -Wcast-qual -Wwrite-strings -Wextra -Wunused-parameter -march=athlon-xp -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -msse3 -D_GNU_SOURCE -MT strlcat.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/strlcat.Tpo -c strlcat.c -o strlcat.o >/dev/null 2>&1 mv -f .deps/strlcat.Tpo .deps/strlcat.Plo /bin/sh ../libtool --tag=CC --mode=link i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wpointer-arith -Wmissing-declarations -Wredundant-decls -Wnested-externs -Wsign-compare -Wreturn-type -Wswitch -Wshadow -Wcast-qual -Wwrite-strings -Wextra -Wunused-parameter -march=athlon-xp -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -msse3 -D_GNU_SOURCE -no-undefined -version-info 1:0:0 -Wl,-O1 -o libmagic.la -rpath /usr/lib magic.lo apprentice.lo softmagic.lo ascmagic.lo encoding.lo compress.lo is_tar.lo readelf.lo print.lo fsmagic.lo funcs.lo apptype.lo cdf.lo cdf_time.lo readcdf.lo strlcpy.lo strlcat.lo -lz i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -shared .libs/magic.o .libs/apprentice.o .libs/softmagic.o .libs/ascmagic.o .libs/encoding.o .libs/compress.o .libs/is_tar.o .libs/readelf.o .libs/print.o .libs/fsmagic.o .libs/funcs.o .libs/apptype.o .libs/cdf.o .libs/cdf_time.o .libs/readcdf.o .libs/strlcpy.o .libs/strlcat.o -lz -march=athlon-xp -msse3 -Wl,-O1 -Wl,-soname -Wl,libmagic.so.1 -o .libs/libmagic.so.1.0.0 /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.3.2/../../../../i686-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld:.libs/magic.o: file format not recognized; treating as linker script /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.3.2/../../../../i686-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld:.libs/magic.o:1: syntax error collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[2]: *** [libmagic.la] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/sys-apps/file-5.03/work/file-5.03/src' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/sys-apps/file-5.03/work/file-5.03' make: *** [all] Error 2 tux ~ # emerge --info Portage 2.1.6.13 (default/linux/x86/2008.0, gcc-4.3.2, glibc-2.9_p20081201-r2, 2.6.30-gentoo-r6 i686) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-2.6.30-gentoo-r6-i686-AMD_Athlon-tm-_64_X2_Dual_Core_Processor_4200+-with-gentoo-1.12.11.1 Timestamp of tree: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:00:01 +0000 ccache version 2.4 [enabled] app-shells/bash: 4.0_p28 dev-java/java-config: 2.1.8-r1 dev-lang/python: 2.6.2-r1 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r8 dev-util/ccache: 2.4-r7 dev-util/cmake: 2.6.4 sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.11.1 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.6-r2 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.63-r1 sys-devel/automake: 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10.2 sys-devel/binutils: 2.18-r3 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.1 sys-devel/libtool: 2.2.6a virtual/os-headers: 2.6.27-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -msse3" 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/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo /etc/udev/rules.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -msse3" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="ccache distlocks fixpackages parallel-fetch protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-orphans userfetch" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo" LANG="it_IT@euro" LC_ALL="it_IT@euro" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1" LINGUAS="it en" MAKEOPTS="-j3" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" 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://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X acl alsa berkdb bzip2 cdr cli cracklib crypt cups dri dvd fortran gdbm gpm hal iconv ipv6 isdnlog kde modules mudflap ncurses nls nptl nptlonly nsplugin nvidia openmp pam pcre perl pppd python qt3 qt4 readline reflection sdl session spl ssl sysfs tcpd unicode v4l v4l2 x86 xorg xulrunner xvmc zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1 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 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" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="it en" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia vesa" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, FFLAGS, INSTALL_MASK, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS
First guess in such incomplete case is a parallel make/ccache problem.
Retry without -O3 and the see comment above. Reopen if the problem persists.
(In reply to comment #1) > First guess in such incomplete case is a parallel make/ccache problem. > It was a corruption ccache files. ccache -zcC && emerge -uDNv world And all works Thanks.
