CONF freetype2 MAKE freetype2 /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.4.3-20050110/../../../../i686-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: errno: TLS definition in /lib/libc.so.6 section .tbss mismatches non-TLS reference in /var/tmp/portage/splashutils-1.1.9.5/work/splashutils-1.1.9.5/libs/freetype-2.1.9/objs/.libs/ftsystem.o /lib/libc.so.6: could not read symbols: Bad value collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[1]: *** [/var/tmp/portage/splashutils-1.1.9.5/work/splashutils-1.1.9.5/libs/freetype-2.1.9/objs/libfreetype.la] Error 1 make: *** [ft2] Error 2 Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.emerge splashutils Actual Results: compile fails. Expected Results: compiled without errors. same exact error returned on two machines: jjohnson@jordan ~ $ emerge info Portage 2.0.51.21 (default-linux/x86/2005.0, gcc-3.4.3-20050110, glibc-2.3.5.20050421-r0, 2.6.12-rc3-skunk3 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.12-rc3-skunk3 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.6.11 distcc 2.18.3 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [enabled] ccache version 2.4 [enabled] dev-lang/python: 2.3.5 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.4 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r6 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.5 sys-devel/binutils: 2.16.90.0.2 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.16 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O3 -march=pentium4 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/env /usr/kde/3.4/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /var /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O3 -march=pentium4 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig ccache digest distlocks sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://open-systems.ufl.edu/mirrors/gentoo http://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo http://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo http://mirrors.acm.cs.rpi.edu/gentoo/ http://gentoo.chem.wisc.edu/gentoo/ http://gentoo.mirrors.pair.com/ http://gentoo.mirrors.tds.net/gentoo http://prometheus.cs.wmich.edu/gentoo http://gentoo.seren.com/gentoo http://mirror.usu.edu/mirrors/gentoo/" LANG="en_US.UTF-8" LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8" LINGUAS="en_US" MAKEOPTS="-j1" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.namerica.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 16bit S3TC X a52 aac aalib acpi alsa apm artworkextra asm avi bash-completion berkdb bigger-fonts bitmap-fonts bmp bzip2 cairo ccache cdaudio cdparanoia cdr crypt cups curl divx4linux dlloader dpms dvd dvdread emboss encode examples fam fb2k ffmpeg flac foomaticdb gdbm gif gtk gtk2 guile hal idea imagemagick imlib jack java javascript jikes joystick jpeg kdeenablefinal kdexdeltas ldap libg++ libwww mad menubar mikmod mmx motif mp3 mpeg mpeg4 musepack ncurses nodroproot nptl nptlonly nvidia offensive ogg oggvorbis openal opengl oss pam pdflib perl physfs pic playlist png ppds python quicktime readline real samba sdl slang speex spell sse sse2 ssl svga symlink sysfs tabs tcltk tcpd threads tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode userlocales videos vim-with-x visualization vorbis wav win32codecs wma xanim xatrix xine xml2 xmms xprint xrandr xscreensaver xv xvid xvmc zlib video_cards_nvidia linguas_en_US userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc" Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, LDFLAGS .:jjohnson@jalisa:. (/usr/src) [Gentoo] -=>>emerge info Portage 2.0.51.21 (!/mnt/jordan/usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/x86/2005.0, gcc-3.4.3-20050110, glibc-2.3.5.20050421-r0, 2.6.11.7-dark4 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.11.7-dark4 i686 Pentium III (Katmai) Gentoo Base System version 1.6.11 distcc 2.18.3 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [enabled] ccache version 2.4 [enabled] dev-lang/python: 2.3.5 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.4 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r6 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.5 sys-devel/binutils: 2.16.90.0.2 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.16 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O3 -march=pentium3 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/env /usr/kde/3.4/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /var /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O3 -march=pentium3 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig ccache digest distcc distlocks nodoc noinfo noman sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://open-systems.ufl.edu/mirrors/gentoo http://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo http://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo http://mirrors.acm.cs.rpi.edu/gentoo/ http://gentoo.chem.wisc.edu/gentoo/ http://gentoo.mirrors.pair.com/ http://gentoo.mirrors.tds.net/gentoo http://prometheus.cs.wmich.edu/gentoo http://gentoo.seren.com/gentoo http://mirror.usu.edu/mirrors/gentoo/" LANG="en_US.UTF-8" LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8" LINGUAS="en" MAKEOPTS="-j1" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp/" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.namerica.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 16bit S3TC X a52 aac acpi alsa apm artworkextra asm avi bash-completion berkdb bigger-fonts bitmap-fonts bmp bzip2 cairo ccache cdaudio cddb cdparanoia cdr crypt cups dbus divx4linux dlloader dpms dvd dvdread emboss encode fam fb2k ffmpeg flac gdbm gif gtk gtk2 hal idea imlib java javascript jikes joystick jpeg kde kdeenablefinal kdexdeltas ldap libg++ libwww mad mikmod mmx motif mp3 mpeg mpeg4 musepack ncurses nptl nptlonly offensive ogg oggvorbis openal opengl pam pdflib perl physfs pic playlist png ppds python quicktime readline real samba sdl slang speex spell sse ssl symlink sysfs tcpd threads tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode usb userlocales videos visualization vorbis wav win32codecs wma xatrix xine xml2 xmms xprint xrandr xscreensaver xv xvid zlib video_cards_nvidia linguas_en userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc" Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, LDFLAGS
The bug is almost certainly not in splashutils itself. Try downgrading binutils to 2.15.92.0.2-r8. Note that 2.16.90.0.2 isn't even marked unstable on x86, yet.
Splashutils-1.1.9.6 has a fix for ft2 libc issues. Closing.