i get these errors when upgrading my glibc-2.3.4.20041102 to glibc-2.3.5. i cant complete my emerge -uv --deep system because of this glibc problem. x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/execve.c -c -std=gnu99 -O2 -O3 -Wall -Winline -Wstrict-prototypes -Wwrite-strings -fPIC -march=k8 -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -g0 -O99 -fomit-frame-pointer -D__USE_STRING_INLINES -I../include -I. -I/var/tmp/portage/glibc-2.3.5/work/build-x86-x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-nptl/posix -I.. -I../libio -I../nptl -I/var/tmp/portage/glibc-2.3.5/work/build-x86-x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-nptl -I../sysdeps/i386/elf -I../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/i686 -I../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386 -I../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux -I../nptl/sysdeps/pthread -I../sysdeps/pthread -I../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv -I../nptl/sysdeps/unix -I../nptl/sysdeps/i386/i686 -I../nptl/sysdeps/i386 -I../libidn/sysdeps/unix -I../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386 -I../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux -I../sysdeps/gnu -I../sysdeps/unix/common -I../sysdeps/unix/mman -I../sysdeps/unix/inet -I../sysdeps/unix/sysv/i386 -I../sysdeps/unix/sysv -I../sysdeps/unix/i386 -I../sysdeps/unix -I../sysdeps/posix -I../sysdeps/i386/i686/fpu -I../sysdeps/i386/i686 -I../sysdeps/i386/i486 -I../nptl/sysdeps/i386/i486 -I../sysdeps/i386/fpu -I../sysdeps/i386 -I../sysdeps/wordsize-32 -I../sysdeps/ieee754/ldbl-96 -I../sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64 -I../sysdeps/ieee754/flt-32 -I../sysdeps/ieee754 -I../sysdeps/generic/elf -I../sysdeps/generic -nostdinc -isystem /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/3.4.4/include -isystem /usr/include -D_LIBC_REENTRANT -D_LIBC_REENTRANT -include ../include/libc-symbols.h -o /var/tmp/portage/glibc-2.3.5/work/build-x86-x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-nptl/posix/execve.o -MD -MP -MF /var/tmp/portage/glibc-2.3.5/work/build-x86-x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-nptl/posix/execve.o.dt -MT /var/tmp/portage/glibc-2.3.5/work/build-x86-x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-nptl/posix/execve.o ../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/../fork.c: In function `__libc_fork': ../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/../fork.c:203: error: can't find a register in class `BREG' while reloading `asm' make[2]: *** [/var/tmp/portage/glibc-2.3.5/work/build-x86-x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-nptl/posix/fork.o] Error 1 make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/glibc-2.3.5/work/glibc-2.3.5/posix' make[1]: *** [posix/subdir_lib] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/glibc-2.3.5/work/glibc-2.3.5' make: *** [all] Error 2 Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.emerge glibc 2. 3. Portage 2.0.51.22-r1 (default-linux/amd64/2005.0, gcc-3.4.4, glibc-2.3.4.20041102-r0, 2.6.11-gentoo-r11 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.11-gentoo-r11 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3400+ Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 dev-lang/python: 2.3.4-r1, 2.4.1 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.9 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, 1.9.4 sys-devel/binutils: 2.16.1 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.10-r4 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=k8 -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -fPIC" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=k8 -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -fPIC" DISTDIR="/home/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig distlocks fixpackages sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo http://gentoo.mirrors.tds.net/gentoo http://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo http://gentoo.netnitco.net" 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="amd64 X alsa arts avi berkdb bitmap-fonts bzlib cdparanoia cdr crypt cups curl directfb dvd dvdr dvdread encode esd fam ffmpeg flac foomaticdb fortran gd gdbm gif gnome gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 imagemagick imlib ipv6 java javadoc jikes jpeg kde kdeenablefinal ldap libwww lm_sensors lzw lzw-tiff mad matroska mikmod mp3 mpeg msn mysql ncurses nls nptl ogg oggvorbis openal opengl pam pdflib perl png postgres python qt quicktime readline samba sasl sdl spell ssl svg tcpd theora tiff truetype-fonts type1-fonts usb userlocales v4l vcd videos vorbis xerces xine xinerama xml xml2 xmlrpc xmms xpm xv xvid yahoo zlib userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc" Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS
1/ Remove fPIC from your C[XX]FLAGS. 2/ Upgrade linux-headers to 2.6.11-r2 and try again. Reopen, if the problem still persists then.
