Packages such as "fam", "id3lib" fail to buid. Make goes into infinite loop: Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Just type "emerge id3lib" 2. 3. Actual Results: BEGIN EXCERPT /bin/sh ../libtool --mode=compile i686-pc-linux-gnu-g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I../include/id3 -I../include -Wno-deprecated -v -O2 -march=pentium4 -fomit-frame-pointer -c -o field.lo `test -f 'field.cpp' || echo './'`field.cpp Waiting for c_wrapper.o.lock to be removed Waiting for field.o.lock to be removed Waiting for c_wrapper.o.lock to be removed Waiting for field.o.lock to be removed Waiting for c_wrapper.o.lock to be removed Waiting for field.o.lock to be removed END EXCERPT INFINITE LOOP HERE is observed Expected Results: finish compilation w/o the spurios locking pbm The bug is resilient to the parallel build settings, i.e. whethre there is a line in make.conf: MAKEOPTS="-j 2". The problem can be worked around by setting environment variable "enable_libtool_lock" to "no". For example, the following command succeeds steper-popper root # enable_libtool_lock=no emerge id3lib However, it's not a satisfactory workaround as it might compromise parallel builds...
you neglected to provide `emerge info` like the bug report page says to also, do you have /var/tmp/portage on a sep partition from /usr/bin ?
I have seen this behaviour as well. I have PORTAGE_TMPDIR set to a different partition from /usr/bin. If I unset it in make.conf so it uses the default /var/tmp/portage (which is on the same partition as /usr/bin) the problem goes away. I saw this in trying to compile rep-gtk and sawfish. my emerge info: Portage 2.0.51.19 (default-linux/x86/2004.0, gcc-3.3.5, glibc-2.3.4.20041102-r1, 2.6.11-gentoo-r4 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.11-gentoo-r4 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 Python: dev-lang/python-2.3.4-r1 [2.3.4 (#1, Feb 7 2005, 23:35:42)] dev-lang/python: 2.3.4-r1 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-r1 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.10-r4 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.8.1-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=pentium4 -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -Wl,--as-needed" 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 /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="-march=pentium4 -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -Wl,--as-needed" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://gentoo.ccccom.com ftp://ftp.ussg.iu.edu/pub/linux/gentoo http://cudlug.cudenver.edu/gentoo/ ftp://gentoo.mirrors.pair.com/" MAKEOPTS="-j3" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 X alsa apm avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cdr crypt cups curl dvd emboss encode esd fam flac font-server foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif gnome gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 hal imagemagick imlib java jpeg libg++ libwww mad mikmod mmx motif mozilla mp3 mpeg ncurses network nls oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png ppds python quicktime readline real sdl slang snmp spell sse ssl svga tcltk tcpd tetex tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts xml xml2 xmms xv xvmc zlib video_cards_i830" Unset: ASFLAGS, CBUILD, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS
# echo "int some_variable = 0;" > conftest.c # gcc -c -march=pentium4 -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -Wl,--as-needed -o conftest.o conftest.c gcc: --as-needed: linker input file unused because linking not done ^^^ that's what's causing the problem in your case.
user-error with old as-needed stuff.
