gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I.. -DVERSION=\"1.6.0\" -DXTHREADS -D_REENTRANT -DXUSE_MTSAFE_API -I/usr/include/atk-1.0 -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/include/gtk-2.0 -I/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/include -I/usr/X11R6/include -I/usr/include/pango-1.0-I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/freetype2/config -I/usr/include/libgnomecanvas-2.0 -I/usr/include/libart-2.0 -m32 -O3 -march=pentium-mmx -funroll-loops -pipe -Wall -MT gailbooleancellfactory.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/gailbooleancellfactory.Tpo -c gailbooleancellfactory.c -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/gailbooleancellfactory.o distcc[18059] ERROR: Connect timeout distcc[18069] ERROR: Connect timeout In file included from /usr/include/gtk-2.0/gtk/gtkwidget.h:33, from /usr/include/gtk-2.0/gtk/gtkmisc.h:32, from /usr/include/gtk-2.0/gtk/gtklabel.h:31, from /usr/include/gtk-2.0/gtk/gtkaccellabel.h:34, from /usr/include/gtk-2.0/gtk/gtk.h:33, from gailadjustment.c:21: /usr/include/gtk-2.0/gtk/gtkadjustment.h:96: error: syntax error at end of input distcc[18059] ERROR: compile gailadjustment.c on 192.168.5.184/2 failed make[2]: *** [gailadjustment.lo] Error 1 make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... In file included from /usr/include/atk-1.0/atk/atk.h:27, from /usr/include/gtk-2.0/gtk/gtkaccessible.h:23, from /usr/include/gtk-2.0/gtk/gtk.h:35, from gailarrow.c:20: /usr/include/atk-1.0/atk/atkeditabletext.h:79: error: syntax error at end of input distcc[18069] ERROR: compile gailarrow.c on 192.168.5.184/2 failed make[2]: *** [gailarrow.lo] Error 1 distcc[18108] ERROR: Connect timeout In file included from /usr/include/gtk-2.0/gtk/gtk.h:36, from gailbooleancell.c:20: /usr/include/gtk-2.0/gtk/gtkaction.h:104: error: syntax error at end of input distcc[18108] ERROR: compile gailbooleancell.c on 192.168.5.184/2 failed make[2]: *** [gailbooleancell.lo] Error 1 make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/gail-1.6.0/work/gail-1.6.0' make: *** [all] Error 2 !!! ERROR: gnome-base/gail-1.6.0 failed. !!! Function gnome2_src_compile, Line 40, Exitcode 2 !!! compile failure distcc[18100] ERROR: Connect timeout In file included from /usr/include/gtk-2.0/gdk/gdk.h:41, from /usr/include/gtk-2.0/gtk/gtk.h:31, from gailbutton.c:21: /usr/include/gtk-2.0/gdk/gdkkeys.h:96: error: syntax error at end of input distcc[18100] ERROR: compile gailbutton.c on 192.168.5.184/2 failed gentoocrusoe gail # gail.c: In function `gail_focus_watcher': gail.c:209: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules gail.c: In function `gail_finish_select': gail.c:350: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules gail.c:364: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules gail.c: In function `gail_focus_idle_handler': gail.c:479: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules gail.c: In function `gail_focus_notify': gail.c:498: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules gail.c:503: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules gail.c:510: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules gail.c: In function `gail_focus_notify_when_idle': gail.c:563: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules gail.c:575: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules gail.c: In function `gail_deactivate_watcher': gail.c:611: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules FEATURES="-distcc" MAKEOPTS="-j2" emerge -u gail works. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge gail 2. 3. Expected Results: Portage 2.0.50-r11 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.3.4, glibc-2.3.4.20040808-r1, 2.6.8-gentoo-r3) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.8-gentoo-r3 i686 Transmeta(tm) Crusoe(tm) Processor TM5800 Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 distcc 2.17 i586-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [enabled] ccache version 2.3 [disabled] Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r5 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.5-r1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-m32 -O3 -march=pentium-mmx -funroll-loops -pipe" CHOST="i586-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="" 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/3.3/share/config:/usr/kde/3.3/env:/usr/kde/3.3/shutdown /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 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="-j7" 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 X509 Xaw3d aalib accessibility acl acpi afs alsa apache2 apm arts audiofile avi berkdb bitmap-fonts bonobo caps cdparanoia cdr chroot crypt cscope cups curl dga directfb doc dts dvd emacs encode erandom esd ethereal evo f77 faac faad fbcon firebird flac flash foomaticdb freetds gb gcj gd gdbm ggi gif gnome gnutls gphoto2 gpm gps gstreamer gtk gtk2 gtkhtml guile idea imap imlib informix innodb ipv6jabber jack jack-tmpfs java jikes joystick jpeg kde kerberos ladcca lcm ldap leim libcaca libg++ libgda libwww lirc mad maildir mbox mcal memlimit mikmod mmx motif mozcalendar mozdevelop mozilla mozsvg mozxmlterm mpeg mpi mule mysql nas ncurses nhc98 nls nptl oav objc oci8 odbc oggvorbis opengl oss pam pam_mysql pcmcia pcre pda pdflib perl pg-hier pg-intdatetime pg-vacuumdelay php pic plotutils png pnp postgres ppds prelude python qt quicktime readline ruby ruby18 samba sasl scanner sdl skey slang slp smartcard smime snmp socks5 speex spell sqlite ssl svga tcltk tcpd tetex theora threads tiff truetype usb v4l wmf wxwindows x86 xface xine xinerama xml2 xmms xosd xprint xvzeo zlib"
and you are positive this message 'distcc[18059] ERROR: Connect timeout' has nothing todo with your problem ? I mean, it seems obvious something is not right there and i would start by checking that out if I were you & only then when you are 100% sure it's not that file a report... but thats just what i would do.
This looks like a problem on the user's end. Feel free to re-open if you can show this is a real problem.