>>> Unpacking source...
>>> Unpacking binutils-2.18.tar.bz2 to /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/binutils-2.18-r1/work
>>> Unpacking binutils-2.18-patches-1.5.tar.bz2 to /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/binutils-2.18-r1/work
 * Applying various patches (bugfixes/updates) ...
 *   03_all_binutils-2.15.92.0.2-ppc64-pie.patch ...
  [ ok ]
 *   04_all_binutils-2.15.92.0.2-place-orphan.patch ...
  [ ok ]
 *   07_all_binutils-2.18-windres.patch ...
  [ ok ]
 *   08_all_binutils-RPATH_ENVVAR-smack.patch ...
  [ ok ]
 *   09_all_binutils-ld-tests-CXXFLAGS.patch ...
  [ ok ]
 *   12_all_sh-targets.patch ...
  [ ok ]
 *   13_all_mips-gnu-hash-support.patch ...
  [ ok ]
 *   18_all_binutils-makeinfo-version.patch ...
  [ ok ]
 *   20_all_binutils-skip-some-tests.patch ...
  [ ok ]
 *   25_all_binutils-for-build-flags.patch ...
  [ ok ]
 *   30_all_binutils-multitarget-fixup.patch ...
  [ ok ]
 *   33_all_binutils-gnu-relro-fixups.patch ...
  [ ok ]
 *   42_all_012_check_ldrunpath_length.patch ...
  [ ok ]
 *   63_all_binutils-2.18-pt-pax-flags-20070828.patch ...
  [ ok ]
 *   65_all_binutils-2.18-amd64-32bit-path.patch ...
  [ ok ]
 *   66_all_binutils-2.17.50.0.2-warn-textrel.patch ...
  [ ok ]
 *   76_all_use-new-ld-dtags.patch ...
  [ ok ]
 *   77_all_generate-gnu-hash.patch ...
  [ ok ]
 *   78_all_use-relro.patch ...
  [ ok ]
 *   91_all_libiberty-pic.patch ...
  [ ok ]
 * Done with patching
 * Fixing misc issues in configure files
 * Using GNU config files from /usr/share/libtool
 *   Updating config.sub
  [ ok ]
 *   Updating config.guess
  [ ok ]
 * Running elibtoolize in: binutils-2.18
 *   Applying install-sh-1.5.4.patch ...
 *   Applying portage-1.2.0.patch ...
 *   Applying sed-1.5.6.patch ...
>>> Source unpacked.
>>> Compiling source in /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/binutils-2.18-r1/work/binutils-2.18 ...
 * Sorry, but binutils does not support the LINGUAs: en_US en_GB sv_SE

 *  CATEGORY: sys-devel
 *    CBUILD: mips-unknown-linux-gnu
 *     CHOST: mips-unknown-linux-gnu
 *   CTARGET: mips-unknown-linux-gnu
 *    CFLAGS:  -O2 -march=mips4 -pipe -mabi=32
 *   LDFLAGS: -Wl,--hash-style=sysv

./configure --prefix=/usr --host=mips-unknown-linux-gnu --target=mips-unknown-linux-gnu --datadir=/usr/share/binutils-data/mips-unknown-linux-gnu/2.18 --infodir=/usr/share/binutils-data/mips-unknown-linux-gnu/2.18/info --mandir=/usr/share/binutils-data/mips-unknown-linux-gnu/2.18/man --bindir=/usr/mips-unknown-linux-gnu/binutils-bin/2.18 --libdir=/usr/lib/binutils/mips-unknown-linux-gnu/2.18 --libexecdir=/usr/lib/binutils/mips-unknown-linux-gnu/2.18 --includedir=/usr/lib/binutils/mips-unknown-linux-gnu/2.18/include --enable-64-bit-bfd --enable-shared --disable-werror --without-included-gettext --build=mips-unknown-linux-gnu
checking build system type... mips-unknown-linux-gnu
checking host system type... mips-unknown-linux-gnu
checking target system type... mips-unknown-linux-gnu
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether ln works... yes
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking for mips-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc... mips-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name... configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details.
 * 
 * ERROR: sys-devel/binutils-2.18-r1 failed.
 * Call stack:
 *               ebuild.sh, line   49:  Called src_compile
 *             environment, line 2687:  Called toolchain-binutils_src_compile
 *             environment, line 3225:  Called die
 * The specific snippet of code:
 *       "${S}"/configure ${myconf} || die "configure failed";
 *  The die message:
 *   configure failed
 * 
 * If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack if relevant.
 * A complete build log is located at '/var/log/portage/sys-devel:binutils-2.18-r1:20080228-231045.log'.
 * The ebuild environment file is located at '/var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/binutils-2.18-r1/temp/environment'.
 *