I can't emerge -u world because glibc fails to compile with a less-than-useful error message. My current glibc gcc versions are 2.3.2-r1 and 3.2.3-r2, respectively. The line that fails and error message are shown below, followed by my emerge info: ERROR: gcc jis0212.c -c -std=gnu99 -O2 -Wall -Winline -Wstrict-prototypes -Wwrite-strings -freorder-blocks -march=athlon-tbird -pipe -fPIC -I../include -I. -I/var/tmp/portage/glibc-2.3.2-r3/work/glibc-2.3.2/buildhere/iconvdata -I.. -I../libio -I/var/tmp/portage/glibc-2.3.2-r3/work/glibc-2.3.2/buildhere -I../sysdeps/i386/elf -I../linuxthreads/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386 -I../linuxthreads/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux -I../linuxthreads/sysdeps/pthread -I../sysdeps/pthread -I../linuxthreads/sysdeps/unix/sysv -I../linuxthreads/sysdeps/unix -I../linuxthreads/sysdeps/i386/i make[2]: *** [/var/tmp/portage/glibc-2.3.2-r3/work/glibc-2.3.2/buildhere/iconvdata/jis0208.os] Error 1 make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/glibc-2.3.2-r3/work/glibc-2.3.2/iconvdata' make[1]: *** [iconvdata/others] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/glibc-2.3.2-r3/work/glibc-2.3.2' make: *** [all] Error 2 !!! ERROR: sys-libs/glibc-2.3.2-r3 failed. !!! Function src_compile, Line 442, Exitcode 2 !!! (no error message) Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: emerge -u world again Actual Results: same Expected Results: finished compiling glibc without any errors... EMERGE INFO: Portage 2.0.49-r15 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.2.3, glibc-2.3.2-r1, 2.4.20-gentoo-r ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.20-gentoo-r8 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) Processor Gentoo Base System version 1.4.3.10 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=athlon-tbird -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /var/qmail/control /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/3.1/share/config /usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon-tbird -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="sandbox ccache autoaddcvs" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 foomaticdb gif libg++ mad mikmod nls quicktime truetype xml2 xv zlib gdbm slang readline svga sdl tcpd pam libwww python imlib motif 3dnow acpi alsa apache2 apm arts avi berkdb cdr crypt cups dvd dvdr emacs encode ethereal fbcon -gnome gpm -gtk imap innodb java jpeg kde maildir mbox mmx mpeg mysql ncurses oggvorbis opengl oss -pcmcia pdflib perl png qt samba scanner spell ssl tiff usb wmf X xmms"
I just remembered that I have been having problems trying to update gcc,glibc for a while now. I don't know if this unresolved bug that I posted might be relevant: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30526
Devios, is this still a problem with the latest stable versions of glibc and gcc?
no response - assuming fixed in latest glibc/gcc versions.