on emerge of gnome, it crashed on emerge of QT 3.3.1-r1 with this so nice message: /var/tmp/portage/qt-3.3.1-r1/work/qt-x11-free-3.3.1/src/tools/qstring.cpp: In member function `void QString::setLength(unsigned int)': /var/tmp/portage/qt-3.3.1-r1/work/qt-x11-free-3.3.1/src/tools/qstring.cpp:1707: internal compiler error: Segmentation fault It happends everytime at just this spot... but I can still emerge other stuff. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge qt 2.USE = aac aalib acpi acpi4linux autofs cddb cdr chroot dvd dvdr escreen ipv6 mpeg4 nptl nvidia openssh samba sse usb 3.emerge -pv qt = [ebuild N ] x11-libs/qt-3.3.1-r1 +cups -doc -firebird +gif -icc +ipv6 -mysql -nas -odbc +opengl -postgres -sqlite -xinerama +zlib Expected Results: installed qt? ;) Portage 2.0.50-r6 (default-x86-2004.0, gcc-3.3.3, glibc-2.3.3_pre20040207-r0, 2.6.5-gentoo) Gentoo Base System version 1.4.8 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" CFLAGS="-march=pentium4 -msse2 -O3 -mmmx -mfpmath=sse -pipe" COMPILER="gcc3 CXXFLAGS="-march=pentium4 -msse2 -O3 -mmmx -mfpmath=sse -pipe" MAKEOPTS="-j3" USE="X aac aalib acpi acpi4linux apm arts autofs avi berkdb cddb cdr chroot crypt cups dvd dvdr encode escreen esd foomaticdb gdbm gif gnome gpm gtk gtk2 imlib ipv6 jpeg kde libg++ libwww mad mikmod motif mpeg mpeg4 ncurses nls nptl nvidia oggvorbis opengl openssh oss pam pdflib perl png python qt quicktime readline samba sdl slang spell sse ssl svga tcpd truetype usb x86 xml2 xmms xv zlib it seems to happend with STLport also tbh... both using g++ when it happends
your glibc prerelease is a culprit. try re-emerging it, gcc, and then re-emerging qt.
local build issue.