Tried to emerge zlib-1.2.1-r2 and got this: gcc -shared -Wl,-soname,libz.so.1 -Wl,--version-script,mapfile -o libz.so.1.2.1 adler32.lo compress.lo crc32.lo gzio.lo uncompr.lo deflate.lo trees.lo zutil.lo inflate.lo infback.lo inftrees.lo inffast.lo -lc /usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld:mapfile:1: parse error in VERSION script collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make: *** [libz.so.1.2.1] Error 1 !!! ERROR: sys-libs/zlib-1.2.1-r2 failed. !!! Function src_compile, Line 32, Exitcode 2 !!! (no error message) System details: Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 USE="x86 oss 3dnow apm arts avi berkdb crypt cups encode gdbm gif gpm gtk imlib java jpeg kde libg++ libwww mikmod mmx motif mpeg ncurses nls oggvorbis opengl pam pdflib png python qt quicktime readline sdl slang spell ssl svga tcpd truetype X xml2 xmms xv" Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce:
reopen with output from emerge --info please.
Portage 2.0.50-r9 (default-1.0, gcc-2.95.3, glibc-2.2.5-r2,2.2.5-r9, 2.4.20-gentoo-r5) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.20-gentoo-r5 i686 Pentium III (Katmai) Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r3 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.3 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O2 -mcpu=i686 -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.1/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -mcpu=i686 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache sandbox" 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="3dnow X apm arts avi berkdb crypt cups encode esd gdbm gif gnome gpm gtk imlib java jpeg kde libg++ libwww mikmod mmx motif mpeg ncurses nls oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png python qt quicktime readline sdl slang spell ssl svga tcpd tiff truetype x86 xml2 xmms xv"
I can't seem reproduce this. How did you manage to get this to happen?
Booting to memtest-86 revealed bad memory in my machine, which I've now removed. I am resolving this bug and will reopen it if the problem persists.