did -uDav world and downgraded gcc from version 3.4.3-20050110 which i currently had to gcc-3.4.3-r1 and ebuild failed to compile Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge gcc 2. 3. Actual Results: /usr/lib/../i686-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: crtbegin.o: No such file: No such file or directory collect2: ld returned 1 exit status *** The command 'gcc -o conftest -O2 -march=athlon-xp conftest.c' failed. *** You must set the environment variable CC to a working compiler. !!! ERROR: sys-devel/gcc-3.4.3-r1 failed. !!! Function gcc_do_configure, Line 986, Exitcode 1 Portage 2.0.51-r14 (default-linux/x86/2004.3, gcc-3.4.2, glibc-2.3.4.20041102-r0, 2.6.10-gentoo-r4 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.10-gentoo-r4 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 3000+ Gentoo Base System version 1.6.8 Python: dev-lang/python-2.3.4 [2.3.4 (#1, Dec 20 2004, 05:30:35)] dev-lang/python: 2.3.4 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r6 sys-devel/automake: 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.8.5-r2, 1.9.4, 1.4_p6, 1.7.9 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r2 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.10-r2 virtual/os-headers: 2.4.22 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon-xp -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/env /usr/kde/3.3/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon-xp -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://ftp.ussg.iu.edu/pub/linux/gentoo http://gentoo.osuosl.org/ ftp://gentoo.ccccom.com http://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X aalib alsa apache2 apm arts avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cdr crypt cups dba encode esd f77 fam flacfont-server foomaticdb fortran gd gd-external gdbm gif gimpprint gnome gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 imagemagic imagemagick imlib ipv6 jpeg kde libg++ libwww mad mikmod motif mozilla moznoxft mpeg mysql ncursesnls oggvorbis opengl openssl oss pam pdflib perl php png python qt quicktime readline sdl session slang spell ssl svga tcltk tcpd tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts usb x86 xml2 xmms xv zlib" Unset: LDFLAGS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
Try re-emerging libtool. If that doesn't fix it, reopen the bug.