---{Symptom}--- /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/3.4.3/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: dynamic/pam_item.o: relocation R_X86_64_32S against `a local symbol' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC dynamic/pam_item.o: could not read symbols: Bad value collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[1]: *** [libpam.so] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/pam-0.77-r7/work/Linux-PAM-0.77/libpam' make: *** [libpam] Error 2 Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge =sys-libs/pam-0.77-r7 2. 3. ---{My `emerge info`}--- zaufi portage # emerge info Portage 2.0.51-r15 (default-linux/amd64/2004.3, gcc-3.4.3, glibc-2.3.4.20041102-r0, 2.6.10-gentoo-r6-64bit x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.10-gentoo-r6-64bit x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+ Gentoo Base System version 1.6.9 Python: dev-lang/python-2.3.4 [2.3.4 (#1, Jan 5 2005, 11:01:51)] dev-lang/python: 2.3.4 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.59-r6, 2.13 sys-devel/automake: 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.5, 1.4_p6, 1.6.3, 1.9.4 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r2 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.10-r4 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.8.1-r3 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-fPIC -DPIC -O3 -pipe -march=athlon64 -fforce-addr -falign-functions=64 -falign-jumps=16 -maccumulate-outgoing-args -ffast-math -fprefetch-loop-arrays" CHOST="x86_64-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/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/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-fPIC -DPIC -O3 -pipe -march=athlon64 -fforce-addr -falign-functions=64 -falign-jumps=16 -maccumulate-outgoing-args -ffast-math -fprefetch-loop-arrays" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.im.rle.ru/mirror/ http://mirror.gentoo.ru/pub/mirror/gentoo/ http://ftp.citkit.ru/pub/Linux/gentoo-portage/ ftp://ftp.tu-clausthal.de/pub/linux/gentoo/" MAKEOPTS="" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="amd64 X acpi alsa apache2 arts avi bash-completion berkdb bitmap-fonts cddb cdparanoia cdr crypt dba dga divx4linux dvd dvdr encode esd exif fam fftw flac ftp gd gif gpm gtk gtk2 guile iconv icq imagemagick imap imlib innodb ithreads jp2 jpeg kde ldap libwww lzw lzw-tiff mad maildir md5sub mmap mng motif mozilla mpeg multilib mysql ncurses nptl nvidia odbc oggvorbis opengl oss pam pcntl pcre perl png pnp posix python qt quicktime readline sdl session slang slp sockets spell ssl svg tcpd tetex theora threads tiff truetypetruetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode usb userlocales xinerama xml xml2 xpm xrandr xv xvid zlib" Unset: ASFLAGS, CBUILD, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS
Seems like a PIC issue - can the amd64 guys please comment ?
try again with sane CFLAGS(-O2 -march=k8 -pipe) feel free to reopen if you still have issues
