Running any script in /etc/init.d returns 'Segmentation fault' only. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. su - 2. /etc/init.d/sshd status Actual Results: Segmentation fault Expected Results: * status: started Gentoo Base System version 1.6.9 Portage 2.0.51-r15 (default-linux/x86/2004.3, gcc-3.4.3-20050110, glibc-2.3.4.20050125-r0, 2.6.10-hardened-r3 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.10-hardened-r3 i686 Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 1.80GHz Python: dev-lang/python-2.3.4-r1 [2.3.4 (#1, Feb 15 2005, 12:09:14)] dev-lang/python: 2.3.4-r1 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r6 sys-devel/automake: 1.9.4, 1.5, 1.8.5-r3, 1.6.3, 1.4_p6, 1.7.9-r1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r2 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.10-r4 virtual/os-headers: 2.4.22-r1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-Os -march=pentium4 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -fPIC" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-Os -march=pentium4 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -fPIC" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/gentoo/ http://ftp.easynet.nl/mirror/gentoo/" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 apm arts avi bitmap-fonts crypt encode f77 font-server foomaticdb fortran gif gpm gtk2 hardened imlib ldap libg++ libwww mad mikmod motif mpeg ncurses nls oci8 oggvorbis opengl openssh oss pam pdflib perl postgres python quicktime readline samba sdl ssl static svga tcpd threads truetype-fonts type1-fonts xml2 xmms xv zlib" Unset: ASFLAGS, CBUILD, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
CFLAGS="-Os -march=pentium4 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -fPIC" your cflags are problematic. try to rebuild baselayour w/out -fPIC and remove that flag.
Actually, the USE flag 'static' was the culprit and not the CFLAG fPIC No fPIC, no static -> OK No fPIC, static -> segfault fPIC, no static -> OK I'll keep fPIC in mind when I have trouble with an application again.