The compile fails with the output: gcc -c -O -DIN_GCC -W -Wall -Wwrite-strings -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -pedantic -Wno-long-long -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I/var/tmp/portage/gcc-3.3.3_pre20040215/work/gcc-20040215/gcc -I/var/tmp/portage/gcc-3.3.3_pre20040215/work/gcc-20040215/gcc/. -I/var/tmp/portage/gcc-3.3.3_pre20040215/work/gcc-20040215/gcc/config -I/var/tmp/portage/gcc-3.3.3_pre20040215/work/gcc-20040215/gcc/../include /var/tmp/portage/gcc-3.3.3_pre20040215/work/gcc-20040215/gcc/recog.c -o recog.o gcc -c -O -DIN_GCC -W -Wall -Wwrite-strings -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -pedantic -Wno-long-long -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I/var/tmp/portage/gcc-3.3.3_pre20040215/work/gcc-20040215/gcc -I/var/tmp/portage/gcc-3.3.3_pre20040215/work/gcc-20040215/gcc/. -I/var/tmp/portage/gcc-3.3.3_pre20040215/work/gcc-20040215/gcc/config -I/var/tmp/portage/gcc-3.3.3_pre20040215/work/gcc-20040215/gcc/../include /var/tmp/portage/gcc-3.3.3_pre20040215/work/gcc-20040215/gcc/reg-stack.c -o reg-stack.o gcc -c -O -DIN_GCC -W -Wall -Wwrite-strings -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -pedantic -Wno-long-long -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I/var/tmp/portage/gcc-3.3.3_pre20040215/work/gcc-20040215/gcc -I/var/tmp/portage/gcc-3.3.3_pre20040215/work/gcc-20040215/gcc/. -I/var/tmp/portage/gcc-3.3.3_pre20040215/work/gcc-20040215/gcc/config -I/var/tmp/portage/gcc-3.3.3_pre20040215/work/gcc-20040215/gcc/../include /var/tmp/portage/gcc-3.3.3_pre20040215/work/gcc-20040215/gcc/regclass.c -o regclass.o gcc -c -O -DIN_GCC -W -Wall -Wwrite-strings -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -pedantic -Wno-long-long -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I/var/tmp/portage/gcc-3.3.3_pre20040215/work/gcc-20040215/gcc -I/var/tmp/portage/gcc-3.3.3_pre20040215/work/gcc-20040215/gcc/. -I/var/tmp/portage/gcc-3.3.3_pre20040215/work/gcc-20040215/gcc/config -I/var/tmp/portage/gcc-3.3.3_pre20040215/work/gcc-20040215/gcc/../include /var/tmp/portage/gcc-3.3.3_pre20040215/work/gcc-20040215/gcc/regmove.c -o regmove.o /var/tmp/portage/gcc-3.3.3_pre20040215/work/gcc-20040215/gcc/regmove.c: In function `fixup_match_1': /var/tmp/portage/gcc-3.3.3_pre20040215/work/gcc-20040215/gcc/regmove.c:1685: warning: `newconst' might be used uninitialized in this function gcc -c -O -DIN_GCC -W -Wall -Wwrite-strings -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -pedantic -Wno-long-long -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I/var/tmp/portage/gcc-3.3.3_pre20040215/work/gcc-20040215/gcc -I/var/tmp/portage/gcc-3.3.3_pre20040215/work/gcc-20040215/gcc/. -I/var/tmp/portage/gcc-3.3.3_pre20040215/work/gcc-20040215/gcc/config -I/var/tmp/portage/gcc-3.3.3_pre20040215/work/gcc-20040215/gcc/../include /var/tmp/portage/gcc-3.3.3_pre20040215/work/gcc-20040215/gcc/regrename.c -o regrename.o gcc -c -O -DIN_GCC -W -Wall -Wwrite-strings -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -pedantic -Wno-long-long -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I/var/tmp/portage/gcc-3.3.3_pre20040215/work/gcc-20040215/gcc -I/var/tmp/portage/gcc-3.3.3_pre20040215/work/gcc-20040215/gcc/. -I/var/tmp/portage/gcc-3.3.3_pre20040215/work/gcc-20040215/gcc/config -I/var/tmp/portage/gcc-3.3.3_pre20040215/work/gcc-20040215/gcc/../include /var/tmp/portage/gcc-3.3.3_pre20040215/work/gcc-20040215/gcc/reload.c -o reload.o gcc -c -O -DIN_GCC -W -Wall -Wwrite-strings -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -pedantic -Wno-long-long -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I/var/tmp/portage/gcc-3.3.3_pre20040215/work/gcc-20040215/gcc -I/var/tmp/portage/gcc-3.3.3_pre20040215/work/gcc-20040215/gcc/. -I/var/tmp/portage/gcc-3.3.3_pre20040215/work/gcc-20040215/gcc/config -I/var/tmp/portage/gcc-3.3.3_pre20040215/work/gcc-20040215/gcc/../include /var/tmp/portage/gcc-3.3.3_pre20040215/work/gcc-20040215/gcc/reload1.c -o reload1.o /var/tmp/portage/gcc-3.3.3_pre20040215/work/gcc-20040215/gcc/reload.c: In function `find_valid_class': /var/tmp/portage/gcc-3.3.3_pre20040215/work/gcc-20040215/gcc/reload.c:710: warning: comparison between signed and unsigned /var/tmp/portage/gcc-3.3.3_pre20040215/work/gcc-20040215/gcc/reload.c: In function `update_auto_inc_notes': /var/tmp/portage/gcc-3.3.3_pre20040215/work/gcc-20040215/gcc/reload.c:5229: warning: comparison between signed and unsigned /var/tmp/portage/gcc-3.3.3_pre20040215/temp/ccaOrPji.s: Assembler messages: /var/tmp/portage/gcc-3.3.3_pre20040215/temp/ccaOrPji.s:4250: Error: ignoring least significant bits in branch offset make[2]: *** [reload.o] Fehler 1 make[2]: *** Warte auf noch nicht beendete Prozesse... /var/tmp/portage/gcc-3.3.3_pre20040215/work/gcc-20040215/gcc/reload1.c: In function `reload_as_needed': /var/tmp/portage/gcc-3.3.3_pre20040215/work/gcc-20040215/gcc/reload1.c:3991: warning: comparison between signed and unsigned /var/tmp/portage/gcc-3.3.3_pre20040215/work/gcc-20040215/gcc/reload1.c:4058: warning: comparison between signed and unsigned /var/tmp/portage/gcc-3.3.3_pre20040215/work/gcc-20040215/gcc/reload1.c:3847: warning: `prev' might be used uninitialized in this function make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/gcc-3.3.3_pre20040215/work/build/gcc' make[1]: *** [stage1_build] Fehler 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/gcc-3.3.3_pre20040215/work/build/gcc' make: *** [bootstrap-lean] Fehler 2 !!! ERROR: sys-devel/gcc-3.3.3_pre20040215 failed. !!! Function src_compile, Line 453, Exitcode 2 !!! (no error message) Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.emerge -u gcc 2. 3. ibook nicre # emerge info Portage 2.0.50-r1 (default-ppc-1.4, gcc-3.2.3, glibc-2.3.2-r9, 2.6.2_rc1-benh1) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.2_rc1-benh1 ppc 750FX Gentoo Base System version 1.4.3.13p1 ccache version 2.3 [enabled] Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r3 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="ppc ~ppc" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-mcpu=750 -O2 -pipe -fsigned-char -mpowerpc-gfxopt" CHOST="powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/ kde/3.2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /usr/share/ texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/ generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ / var/lib/pbbuttonsd /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-mcpu=750 -O2 -pipe -fsigned-char -mpowerpc-gfxopt" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="ccache sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://ftp.easynet.nl/mirror/gentoo/ http:// mirrors.sec.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/gentoo http://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/ mirrors/gentoo http://ftp.easynet.nl/mirror/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/ pub/mirrors/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://rsync.de.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X alsa arts berkdb cups de dga emacs fbcon foomaticdb freetype gdbm gif gnome-libs gtk gtk2 imagemagick imap imlib jpeg libwww linguas_de mad maildir mitshm motif mpeg mpeg4 ncurses nls nptl oggvorbis opengl pam pdflib perl png ppc python qt quicktime radeon readline sdl slang spell ssl tcpd tetex tiff truetype type1 usb wmf xml2 xmms xosd xv xvid zlib"
use a sane CFLAG settings please remove -fsigned-char and keep in mind that -mpowerpc-gfxopt could be problematic too
20040408-r1 and glibc-20040420-r1 is a stable combinations, this will probably be reflected by masking both stable on ppc.
