Hi, I am having some troubles. char-subscripts -Wall -W -Wpointer-arith -Wwrite-strings -DNDEBUG -DNO_DEBUG -O2 -O2 -mcpu=i686 -pipe -Wformat-security -Wmissing-format-attribute -fno-exceptions -fno-check-new -fno-common -DQT_CLEAN_NAMESPACE -DQT_NO_ASCII_CAST -DQT_NO_STL -DQT_NO_COMPAT -DQT_NO_TRANSLATION -c -o progressdlg_skel.lo progressdlg_skel.cpp /bin/sh ../libtool --silent --mode=link --tag=CXX g++ -Wnon-virtual-dtor -Wno-long-long -Wundef -ansi -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=500 -D_BSD_SOURCE -Wcast-align -Wconversion -Wchar-subscripts -Wall -W -Wpointer-arith -Wwrite-strings -DNDEBUG -DNO_DEBUG -O2 -O2 -mcpu=i686 -pipe -Wformat-security -Wmissing-format-attribute -fno-exceptions -fno-check-new -fno-common -DQT_CLEAN_NAMESPACE -DQT_NO_ASCII_CAST -DQT_NO_STL -DQT_NO_COMPAT -DQT_NO_TRANSLATION -o libcervisia.la annotatedlg.lo cvsprogressdlg.lo diffdlg.lo logdlg.lo progressdlg.lo resolvedlg.lo annotateview.lo diffview.lo loglist.lo logplainview.lo logtree.lo annotatectl.lo globalconfig.lo loginfo.lo misc.lo qttableview.lo tiplabel.lo configutils.lo progressdlg_skel.lo /bin/sh ../libtool --silent --mode=link --tag=CXX g++ -Wnon-virtual-dtor -Wno-long-long -Wundef -ansi -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=500 -D_BSD_SOURCE -Wcast-align -Wconversion -Wchar-subscripts -Wall -W -Wpointer-arith -Wwrite-strings -DNDEBUG -DNO_DEBUG -O2 -O2 -mcpu=i686 -pipe -Wformat-security -Wmissing-format-attribute -fno-exceptions -fno-check-new -fno-common -DQT_CLEAN_NAMESPACE -DQT_NO_ASCII_CAST -DQT_NO_STL -DQT_NO_COMPAT -DQT_NO_TRANSLATION -o libcervisiapart.la -rpath /usr/kde/3.2/lib/kde3 -module -avoid-version -module -no-undefined -Wl,--no-undefined -Wl,--allow-shlib-undefined -R /usr/kde/3.2/lib -R /usr/qt/3/lib -R /usr/X11R6/lib -L/usr/X11R6/lib -L/usr/qt/3/lib -L/usr/kde/3.2/lib updateview.lo protocolview.lo watchdlg.lo settingsdlg.lo changelogdlg.lo historydlg.lo repositorydlg.lo commitdlg.lo checkoutdlg.lo updatedlg.lo tagdlg.lo mergedlg.lo cvsdir.lo repositories.lo cervisiapart.lo addrepositorydlg.lo addremovedlg.lo watchersdlg.lo updateview_items.lo updateview_visitors.lo entry.lo stringmatcher.lo protocolview_skel.lo -lkio -lkparts -lkutils cvsservice/libcvsservice.la libcervisia.la /bin/sh ../libtool --silent --mode=link --tag=CXX g++ -Wnon-virtual-dtor -Wno-long-long -Wundef -ansi -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=500 -D_BSD_SOURCE -Wcast-align -Wconversion -Wchar-subscripts -Wall -W -Wpointer-arith -Wwrite-strings -DNDEBUG -DNO_DEBUG -O2 -O2 -mcpu=i686 -pipe -Wformat-security -Wmissing-format-attribute -fno-exceptions -fno-check-new -fno-common -DQT_CLEAN_NAMESPACE -DQT_NO_ASCII_CAST -DQT_NO_STL -DQT_NO_COMPAT -DQT_NO_TRANSLATION -o cervisia -L/usr/X11R6/lib -L/usr/qt/3/lib -L/usr/kde/3.2/lib -R /usr/kde/3.2/lib -R /usr/qt/3/lib -R /usr/X11R6/lib main.o cervisiashell.o -lkparts -lkutils cvsservice/libcvsservice.la libcervisia.la .libs/cervisiapart.o: file not recognized: File format not recognized collect2: ld returned 1 exit status distcc[7141] ERROR: compile on localhost failed make[3]: *** [libcervisiapart.la] Error 1 make[3]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... make[3]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/kdesdk-3.2.2/work/kdesdk-3.2.2/cervisia' make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/kdesdk-3.2.2/work/kdesdk-3.2.2/cervisia' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/kdesdk-3.2.2/work/kdesdk-3.2.2' make: *** [all] Error 2 !!! ERROR: kde-base/kdesdk-3.2.2 failed. !!! Function kde_src_compile, Line 129, Exitcode 2 !!! died running emake, kde_src_compile:make The target is a slow machine, so I exported the root filesystem, and mounted it on a faster machine. I chrooted into it, mounted /dev /dev/pts and /proc . I have no clue, where I should start to search. Johnny Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge kdesdk 2. 3. Actual Results: Portage 2.0.50-r6 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.3.2, glibc-2.3.2-r9, 2.6.5-gentoo-r1) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.5-gentoo-r1 i686 mobile AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2500+ Gentoo Base System version 1.4.10 distcc 2.11.2 i586-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [enabled] ccache version 2.3 [enabled] Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.58-r1 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.3 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O3 -march=pentium-mmx -funroll-loops -pipe" CHOST="i586-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /lib/modules /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.1/share/config /usr/kde/3.2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /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/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/afs/C /etc/afs/afsws /etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -mcpu=i686 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache distcc sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://localhost/ http://192.168.208.50/ ftp://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/Linux/gentoo/ http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu" MAKEOPTS="-j6" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X Xaw3d aalib acl acpi afs alsa apache2 apm arts avi berkdb bonobo cdr crypt cscope cups curl dga directfb doc dvd emacs encode esd ethereal evo fbcon firebird flash foomaticdb freetds gb gd gdbm ggi gif gnome gphoto2 gpm gps gstreamer gtk gtk2 gtkhtml guile imap imlib informix innodb ipv6 jack java jikes joystick jpeg kde ladcca lcm ldap leim libg++ libgda libwww lirc mad maildir mbox mcal memlimit mikmod mmx motif mozilla mpeg mpi mule mysql nas ncurses nhc98 nls oci8 odbc oggvorbis opengl oss pam pcmcia pda pdflib perl plotutils png pnp postgres ppds prelude python qt quicktime readline ruby ruby18 samba scanner sdl slang slp snmp socks5 spell ssl svga tcltk tcpd tetex tiff truetype usb wmf wxwindows x86 xface xinerama xml2 xmms xosd xv zeo zlib"
sounds like a (local) distcc problem to me. all i can do is recommend to try and recompile without distcc.
that's your problem. try just performing the emerge directly on the target machine. gcc/glibc issues can cause these problems.
see above comments.