"emerge --update libtool" results in and endless emerge loop. emerge gets to this point: ======================================= [...] cd . && /bin/sh /var/tmp/portage/libtool-1.5.22/work/libtool-1.5.22/missing --run autoconf cd . && /bin/sh /var/tmp/portage/libtool-1.5.22/work/libtool-1.5.22/missing --run automake-1.9 --gnu /bin/sh ./config.status --recheck running /bin/sh ./configure --prefix=/usr --host=i686-pc-linux-gnu --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --datadir=/usr/share --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var/lib --build=i686-pc-linux-gnu CFLAGS=-march=i686 -msse -mmmx -mfpmath=sse -Os -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer CXXFLAGS=-march=i686 -msse -mmmx -mfpmath=sse -Os -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer build_alias=i686-pc-linux-gnu host_alias=i686-pc-linux-gnu --enable-ltdl-install --no-create --no-recursion ======================================= ...then restarts here: ======================================= checking for a BSD-compatible install... /bin/install -c checking whether build environment is sane... yes checking for gawk... gawk checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes checking for i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc... i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc [...] ======================================= ..ad infinitum. "emerge --info" below: close failed: [Errno 9] Bad file descriptor close failed: [Errno 9] Bad file descriptor Portage 2.0.54 (default-linux/x86/2005.1, gcc-3.3.5-20050130, glibc-2.3.4.20041102-r1, 2.6.7 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.7 i686 VIA Nehemiah Gentoo Base System version 1.6.12 dev-lang/python: 2.3.5, 2.4.2 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.12 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, 1.9.6-r1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r10 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.18 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=i686 -msse -mmmx -mfpmath=sse -Os -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" 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/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=i686 -msse -mmmx -mfpmath=sse -Os -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="//usr/local/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig ccache distlocks maketest sandbox sfperms strict test" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://adelie.polymtl.ca/ http://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo http://gentoo.seren.com/gentoo http://gentoo.mirrors.pair.com/ ftp://130.207.108.136/pub/gentoo http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="//usr/local/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.namerica.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 X a52 aac acpi alsa apache2 apm arts audiofile avi bash-completion berkdb bitmap-fonts bmp bzip2 canna cdparanoia cjk crypt cups dga directfb dri dvd dvdread eds emboss encode esd exif expat fbcon ffmpeg flac foomaticdb fortran freewnn ftp gdbm ggi gif glut gmp gnome gphoto2 gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 imlib ipv6 jack jpeg jpeg2k kde ladcca lcms libg++ libwww lirc mad matroska memlimit mikmod mime mmx mng motif mp3 mpeg nas ncurses netboot nls nocd ogg oggvorbis openal opengl osc oss pam pdflib perl png portaudio python qt quicktime readline samba sdl sharedmem shorten sox spell sse sse2 ssl svga szip tcpd test tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts udev unichrome usb v4l videos vorbis win32codecs xine xml2 xmms xv zlib userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc" Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS close failed: [Errno 9] Bad file descriptor
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 121132 ***
