When i try to emerge openssh-4.1_p1 i get "can't create executables" error during econf. I have no openldap installed. All goes fine if i set USE="-ldap". Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.emerge openssh 2. 3. Actual Results: configure: error: *** compiler cannot create working executables, check config.log *** !!! Please attach the config.log to your bug report: !!! /var/tmp/portage/openssh-4.1_p1/work/openssh-4.1p1/config.log !!! ERROR: net-misc/openssh-4.1_p1 failed. !!! Function econf, Line 485, Exitcode 0 !!! econf failed Portage 2.0.51.22-r1 (default-linux/x86/2005.0, gcc-3.4.4, glibc-2.3.5-r0, 2.6.11-gentoo-r10 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.11-gentoo-r10 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2400+ Gentoo Base System version 1.6.12 ccache version 2.4 [enabled] dev-lang/python: 2.3.5, 2.4.1-r1 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.9 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r7 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: 2.16.1 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.18 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O3 -march=athlon-xp -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/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/splash /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/web2c /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O3 -march=athlon-xp -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig buildpkg ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://www.die.unipd.it/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo-sources/ http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo http://pandemonium.tiscali.de/pub/gentoo/" LINGUAS="it" MAKEOPTS="-j2" 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 3dnow 3dnowext X aalib alsa apache2 apm arts avi berkdb bindist bitmap-fonts cdr cdrw crypt cups curl divx4linux dv dvb dvd dvdr dvdread emboss encode esd fam flac foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif gimpprint gnome gphoto2 gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 imagemagick imlib ipv6 jack jack-tmpfs java joystick jpeg kde kdeenablefinal ldap libg++ libwww linguas_it mad mikmod mjpeg mmx mmxext motif mp3 mpeg mysql ncurses nls offensive ogg oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png python qt quicktime readline real scanner sdl spell sse sse2 ssl svga tcltk tcpd tetex theora tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts usb v4l vidix vorbis win32codecs xine xml xml2 xmms xv xvid zlib video_cards_ati userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc" Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS
(In reply to comment #0) > When i try to emerge openssh-4.1_p1 i get "can't create executables" error > during econf. I have no openldap installed. All goes fine if i set > USE="-ldap". That is not possible, openssh RDEPENDs on openldap if you have ldap in your USE flags; openldap will be emerged before openssh. USE="ldap" emerge -epv openssh <snip> ... [ebuild N ] net-nds/openldap-2.1.30-r4 +berkdb +crypt -debug +gdbm -ipv6 +odbc +perl +readline -samba +sasl -slp +ssl +tcpd 1,996 kB [ebuild N ] net-misc/openssh-3.9_p1-r2 -X509 -chroot -hpn -ipv6 -kerberos +ldap* -nocxx +pam (-selinux) -sftplogging -skey -smartcard -static +tcpd 43 kB </snip> So your steps to reproduce won't work. Please explain.