# emerge -u glibc -pv [ebuild U ] sys-libs/glibc-2.3.6-r3 [2.3.5-r3] -build +erandom -glibc-compat20 +glibc-omitfp +hardened -linuxthreads-tls (-multilib) -nls (-nptl) (-nptlonly) +pic -profile (-selinux) +userlocales 0 kB # gcc --version gcc (GCC) 3.3.6 (Gentoo Hardened 3.3.6, ssp-3.3.6-1.0, pie-8.7.8) (I don't use gcc 3.4 yet) when emerging the new glibc: /var/tmp/portage/glibc-2.3.6-r3/work/build-default-i686-pc-linux-gnu-linuxthreads/csu/init-first.o cc1: error: unrecognized option `-fgcse-after-reload' make[2]: *** [/var/tmp/portage/glibc-2.3.6-r3/work/build-default-i686-pc-linux-gnu-linuxthreads/csu/init-first.o] Error 1 Seems provoked by patches/5020_all_2.3.5-gcc4-sanitize-omitfp-optimizations.patch (in glibc-2.3.6-patches-1.8.tar.bz2). This one should not apply for gcc < 4 ...
Your gcc is outdated. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 123891 ***