I get the following error message when trying to emerge media-plugins/xmms-mpg123-1.2.10-r1: gcc "{ global:" > .libs/libmpg123.ver gcc: { global:: No such file or directory gcc: no input files make: *** [libmpg123.la] Error 1 !!! ERROR: media-plugins/xmms-mpg123-1.2.10-r1 failed. !!! Function xmms-plugin_src_compile, Line 103, Exitcode 2 I get a similar message when I try to emerge xmms-cdaudio. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge xmms 2. -- or -- emerge xmms-cdaudio 3. Actual Results: Xmms emerges correctly but there is a list of plugins it also wants to emerge and the first one fails. Expected Results: Successful emerge. $ emerge --info Portage 2.0.51.19 (default-linux/x86/2005.0/2.4, gcc-3.3.5-20050130, glibc-2.3.2-r9, 2.4.22_pre2-gss i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.22_pre2-gss i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 Mobile CPU 1.60GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.4.3.13 Python: dev-lang/python-2.2.3-r1,dev-lang/python-2.3.3 [2.3.3 (#1, Feb 26 2004, 17:50:12)] distcc 2.9 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] dev-lang/python: 2.2.3-r1, 2.3.3 sys-apps/sandbox: [Not Present] 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-r7 sys-devel/libtool: 1.4.3-r3 virtual/os-headers: 2.4.21, 2.4.19-r1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=pentium4 -Os -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.1/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 /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/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=pentium4 -Os -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" 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="X aalib alsa apache2 apm arts avi bash-completion berkdb bitmap-fonts cdparanoia cdr crypt cups curl directfb dvd emboss encode esd ethereal exif fam fbcon fftw flac foomaticdb fortran gd gdbm ggi gif gphoto2 gpm gtk2 guile imagemagick imlib ipv6 java jikes jpeg junit kde kdeenablefinal kdexdeltas ldap libwww lirc mad mmx motif mozilla mp3 mpeg ncurses nvidia ogg oggvorbis opengl oss pam pcmcia pda pdflib perl pic plotutils png pnp python qt quicktime readline ruby scanner sdl slang speex spell sse sse2 ssl svga tcltk tcpd tetex tidy tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode usb vorbis wifi win32codecs wxwindows x86 xine xinerama xml xml2 xmms xsl xv zlib userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc" Unset: ASFLAGS, CBUILD, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS
Upgrade you system to a decent state - e.g. your glibc, libtool and linux-headers are not even in portage any more! Reopen if it still fails then.