emerge perl gives me: You can test for symbolic links with 'test -h'. Good, your tr supports [:lower:] and [:upper:] to convert case. Using [:upper:] and [:lower:] to convert case. try.c: In function `main': try.c:3: internal compiler error: Segmentation fault Please submit a full bug report, with preprocessed source if appropriate. See <URL:http://bugs.gentoo.org/> for instructions. Preprocessed source stored into /var/tmp/portage/perl-5.8.6-r5/temp/cco5rvgK.out file, please attach this to your bugreport. You need to find a working C compiler. Either (purchase and) install the C compiler supplied by your OS vendor, or for a free C compiler try http://gcc.gnu.org/ I cannot continue any further, aborting. !!! ERROR: dev-lang/perl-5.8.6-r5 failed. !!! Function src_configure, Line 244, Exitcode 1 !!! Unable to configure !!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, NOT this status message. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge -u perl 2. 3. Actual Results: see details Expected Results: update perl # 1 "try.c" # 1 "<built-in>" # 1 "<command line>" # 1 "try.c" int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { return 0; } was the file included emergte info: Portage 2.0.51.19 (default-linux/x86/2005.0, gcc-3.3.5-20050130, glibc-2.3.4.20041102-r1, 2.4.29 i686) =============================================================== == System uname: 2.4.29 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.6.12 Python: dev-lang/python-2.2.3-r1,dev-lang/python-2.3.5 [2.3.5 (#1, May 1 2005, 00:34:37)] distcc 2.18.3 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] ccache version 2.3 [enabled] dev-lang/python: 2.2.3-r1, 2.3.5 sys-apps/sandbox: [Not Present] sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r6 sys-devel/automake: 1.9.5, 1.5, 1.8.5-r3, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.4_p6 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r10 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.16 virtual/os-headers: 2.4.19-r1, 2.6.8.1-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O3 -march=pentium3 -fprefetch-loop-arrays -funroll-loops -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /opt/tomcat/conf /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/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/bind /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O3 -march=pentium3 -fprefetch-loop-arrays -funroll-loops -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/ gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j8" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 X apm arts avi berkdb bitmap-fonts crypt cups curl emboss encode esd fam foomaticdb fortran gd gdbm gif gnome gpm gtk2 imap imlib ipv6 java jpeg junit kde ldap libg++ libwww mad mbox mikmod mmx motif mp3 mpeg ncurses nls ogg oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png postgres python qt quicktime readline samba sdl slang snmp spell sse ssl svga tcpd tetex tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts vorbis xml2 xmms xv zlib userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc" Unset: ASFLAGS, CBUILD, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug. Unfortunately, the GNU C compiler on your system is out-of-date. Please, update gcc to latest version 3.3.5.20050130-r1 to see if that takes care of the issue.
GCC Installation was broken somehow. RE-emerged gcc binary package all is working now