host01 ~ # emerge --info Portage 2.1.1 (default-linux/x86/2006.1/server, gcc-3.3.6, glibc-2.3.5-r2, 2.6.14-gentoo-r4 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.14-gentoo-r4 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2000+ Gentoo Base System version 1.12.5 Last Sync: Sat, 07 Oct 2006 12:30:01 +0000 app-admin/eselect-compiler: [Not Present] dev-java/java-config: [Not Present] dev-lang/python: 2.3.5, 2.4.2 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5 dev-util/ccache: [Not Present] dev-util/confcache: [Not Present] sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.12 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r7 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2 sys-devel/binutils: 2.16.1-r3 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.13-r4 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.22 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.17-r1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon-xp" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/gconf /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon-xp" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo" LINGUAS="" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180 --exclude='/distfiles' --exclude='/local' --exclude='/packages'" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 apache2 berkdb bitmap-fonts cli crypt cups dlloader dri elibc_glibc fortran gdbm gpm input_devices_evdev input_devices_keyboard input_devices_mouse ipv6 isdnlog kernel_linux ldap libg++ mailwrapper mysql ncurses nls nptl nptlonly pam pcre perl ppds pppd python readline reflection session snmp spl ssl tcpd truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts udev unicode userland_GNU video_cards_apm video_cards_ark video_cards_ati video_cards_chips video_cards_cirrus video_cards_cyrix video_cards_dummy video_cards_fbdev video_cards_glint video_cards_i128 video_cards_i740 video_cards_i810 video_cards_imstt video_cards_mga video_cards_neomagic video_cards_nsc video_cards_nv video_cards_rendition video_cards_s3 video_cards_s3virge video_cards_savage video_cards_siliconmotion video_cards_sis video_cards_sisusb video_cards_tdfx video_cards_tga video_cards_trident video_cards_tseng video_cards_v4l video_cards_vesa video_cards_vga video_cards_via video_cards_vmware video_cards_voodoo xml xorg zlib" Unset: CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, MAKEOPTS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY host01 ~ # The error is: checking version of sed... 4.1.4, ok checking for autoconf... autoconf checking whether autoconf works... yes configure: error: *** These critical programs are missing or too old: gcc *** Check the INSTALL file for required versions. !!! ERROR: sys-libs/glibc-2.4-r3 failed. Call stack: ebuild.sh, line 1546: Called dyn_compile ebuild.sh, line 937: Called src_compile glibc-2.4-r3.ebuild, line 1192: Called toolchain-glibc_src_compile glibc-2.4-r3.ebuild, line 253: Called glibc_do_configure 'nptl' glibc-2.4-r3.ebuild, line 943: Called die !!! failed to configure glibc !!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack if relevant. I did in this problem when i tried to emerge world. Thanks in advance, good weekend for all! :)
as the error stated, your selected gcc is too old *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 125839 ***