With kernel 147440-01, all programs linking against libstdc++.so.6 will fail to start, complaining about unresolved symbols. LD_DEBUG=symbols reveals that the symbols are seen as hidden: $ LD_DEBUG=symbols ldd -r libstdc++.so.6.0.14.orig 2>&1 | grep check_lengthEjjPKc 21967: symbol=_ZNKSbIwSt11char_traitsIwESaIwEE15_M_check_lengthEjjPKc; lookup in file=/usr/lib/lddstub [ ELF ] 21967: symbol=_ZNKSbIwSt11char_traitsIwESaIwEE15_M_check_lengthEjjPKc; lookup in file=./libstdc++.so.6.0.14.orig [ ELF ] 21967: symbol=_ZNKSbIwSt11char_traitsIwESaIwEE15_M_check_lengthEjjPKc; hash index=3718; version=32770; skipping symbol with GNU version hidden bit set in file=./libstdc++.so.6.0.14.orig 21967: symbol=_ZNKSbIwSt11char_traitsIwESaIwEE15_M_check_lengthEjjPKc; lookup in file=/lib/libm.so.2 [ ELF ] 21967: symbol=_ZNKSbIwSt11char_traitsIwESaIwEE15_M_check_lengthEjjPKc; lookup in file=/home/pub/lib/gentoo-prefix/lib/libgcc_s.so.1 [ ELF ] 21967: symbol=_ZNKSbIwSt11char_traitsIwESaIwEE15_M_check_lengthEjjPKc; lookup in file=/lib/libc.so.1 [ ELF ] symbol not found: _ZNKSbIwSt11char_traitsIwESaIwEE15_M_check_lengthEjjPKc (./libstdc++.so.6.0.14.orig) Workaround from the URL forum thread helps: /usr/bin/elfedit -e 'dyn:delete versym' libstdc++.so.6 libstdc++.so.6-alt
$ emerge --info Portage 2.2.01.20430-prefix (prefix/sunos/solaris/5.10/sparc, gcc-4.5.3, unavailable, 5.10 sun4v) ================================================================= System uname: Solaris-2.10-sun4v-sparc-32bit-ELF Timestamp of tree: Wed, 16 May 2012 01:20:59 +0000 app-shells/bash: 4.2_p20::gentoo_prefix dev-java/java-config: 2.1.11-r3::gentoo_prefix dev-lang/python: 2.7.2-r3::gentoo_prefix dev-util/cmake: 2.8.8-r2::gentoo_prefix dev-util/pkgconfig: 0.26::gentoo_prefix sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13::gentoo_prefix, 2.68::gentoo_prefix sys-devel/automake: 1.10.3::gentoo_prefix, 1.11.1::gentoo_prefix sys-devel/binutils: 2.22-r1::gentoo_prefix sys-devel/gcc: 4.4.6::gentoo_prefix, 4.5.3-r1::gentoo_prefix sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.5-r2::gentoo_prefix sys-devel/libtool: 2.4-r4::gentoo_prefix sys-devel/make: 3.82::gentoo_prefix Repositories: gentoo_prefix local Installed sets: @system ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~sparc-solaris" ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA" CBUILD="sparc-sun-solaris2.10" CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -mcpu=ultrasparc" CHOST="sparc-sun-solaris2.10" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/portage /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="" DISTDIR="/home/pub/lib/gentoo-prefix/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs collision-protect distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles force-prefix news nostrip parallel-fetch preserve-libs protect-owned sfperms strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch" FFLAGS="" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://ftp.tu-clausthal.de/pub/linux/gentoo/" LANG="de_DE.UTF-8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed" LINGUAS="en de" MAKEOPTS="-j24" PKGDIR="/home/pub/lib/gentoo-prefix/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/home/pub/lib/gentoo-prefix/" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --human-readable --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/tmp/chithanh" PORTDIR="/home/pub/lib/gentoo-prefix/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/home/pub/lib/gentoo-prefix/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.prefix.freens.org/gentoo-portage-prefix" USE="X cracklib crypt cxx fortran gif glib gmp gnome gnutls gtk ipv6 java jpeg mng modules ncurses nls png prefix python qt3support qt4 readline sparc-solaris sqlite3 ssl startup-notification svg tiff unicode xcb xml xulrunner zlib" 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 cgi cgid 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" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="kexi words flow plan sheets stage tables krita karbon braindump" CAMERAS="ptp2" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" ELIBC="SunOS" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ubx" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse" KERNEL="SunOS" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LIBREOFFICE_EXTENSIONS="presenter-console presenter-minimizer" LINGUAS="en de" PHP_TARGETS="php5-3" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby18" USERLAND="GNU" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, USE_PYTHON
We do not use gcc-4.2 any more in Prefix: Still a problem with current gcc (>=5.3)?