output attached # gcc --version 2.95.3 # grep -v # /etc/make.conf GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirrors.sunsite.dk/gentoo http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" USE="mmx sse apm pcmcia pnp trusted gphoto2 cups slp X opengl xv kde qt qtmt arts evo sdl gd gif jpeg png tiff avi mpeg quicktime alsa dvd xmms oggvorbis flash encode ipv6 pam ssl crypt imap ldap tcpd mozilla mozirc spell truetype xml xml2 pdflib perl berkdb mysql postgres odbc innodb gdbm afs" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-mcpu=i686 -O2 -pipe" CXXFLAGS="-mcpu=i686 -O2 -pipe"
Created attachment 3256 [details] output from emerge gnome-spell
what does emerge -s gal tell you your version of gal is?
* gnome-extra/gal Latest version Available: 0.19.3 Latest version Installed: 0.19.3 Homepage: http://www.gnome.org/ Description: The Gnome Application Libraries
emerge glibc seems to solve the issue