Bug 13003 – groff-1.18.1 emerge fails with "Too many open files"

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED FIXED

[Description Ryan Shaw 2002-12-31 23:48:05 UTC]

emerge finishes as follows:

imake -DUseInstalled -I/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/config
/usr/bin/cpp: /usr/bin/cpp: /bin/sh: bad interpreter: Too many open files in system
imake: Exit code 126.
  Stop.

!!! ERROR: sys-apps/groff-1.18.1 failed.
!!! Function src_compile, Line 50, Exitcode 1
!!! (no error message)

[Comment 1 SpanKY 2003-01-01 01:04:12 UTC]

gcc bug ?

[Comment 2 Martin Schlemmer (RETIRED) 2003-01-02 15:47:29 UTC]

Prob the /usr/bin/gcc is a script thing.  Check the contents of you /usr/bin/gcc, if a script, please get back to me and also with gcc version, etc (epm -q gcc).

[Comment 3 Ryan Shaw 2003-01-02 20:02:14 UTC]

gcc is version 3.2.1-r6.

'which gcc' shows /usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/3.2/gcc.

/usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/3.2/gcc is not a script.

[Comment 4 Martin Schlemmer (RETIRED) 2003-01-02 20:20:29 UTC]

hrm, ok.  Can you run /usr/bin/cc and /lib/cc fine ?

[Comment 5 Ryan Shaw 2003-01-04 02:02:53 UTC]

I can run /usr/bin/cc OK. I don't seem to have /lib/cc. 
Might this be the problem? Should there be a symlink there?

[Comment 6 Martin Schlemmer (RETIRED) 2003-01-05 11:02:09 UTC]

Err, sorry, it should be /lib/cpp.  Anyhow, can you attach the contents of
/usr/bin/cc ?

[Comment 7 Ryan Shaw 2003-01-06 03:35:49 UTC]

Created attachment 7009 [details]
/usr/bin/cc

[Comment 8 Martin Schlemmer (RETIRED) 2003-01-07 12:57:12 UTC]

Ok, fixed issue.  Please update sys-devel/gcc-config to latest version, and
try again, thanks.  Should be version 1.2.7 as of writing ...

[Comment 9 Seemant Kulleen (RETIRED) 2003-04-11 12:07:36 UTC]

closing due to no feedback