Was doing a -u world. When I reached pam-0.99.8.1, it made me delete some orphaned files, and then it compiled and installed fine. Now I'm at busybox-1.7.0, and it's failing, with the pertinent message apparently "cannot find -lpam": ... AR util-linux/lib.a LINK busybox_unstripped Trying libraries: crypt m pam pam_misc Library crypt is needed Library m is needed Library pam is not needed Library pam_misc is needed Library crypt is needed Library m is needed Library pam_misc is needed Final link with: crypt m pam_misc LD applets/built-in.o LINK busybox_unstripped Trying libraries: crypt m pam pam_misc Failed: i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -static -o busybox_unstripped -Wl,-Map -Wl,busybox_unstripped.map -Wl,--warn-common -Wl,--sort-common -Wl,--start-group applets/built-in.o archival/lib.a archival/libunarchive/lib.a console-tools/lib.a coreutils/lib.a coreutils/libcoreutils/lib.a debianutils/lib.a e2fsprogs/lib.a editors/lib.a findutils/lib.a init/lib.a ipsvd/lib.a libbb/lib.a libpwdgrp/lib.a loginutils/lib.a miscutils/lib.a modutils/lib.a networking/lib.a networking/libiproute/lib.a networking/udhcp/lib.a procps/lib.a runit/lib.a selinux/lib.a shell/lib.a sysklogd/lib.a util-linux/lib.a archival/built-in.o archival/libunarchive/built-in.o console-tools/built-in.o coreutils/built-in.o coreutils/libcoreutils/built-in.o debianutils/built-in.o e2fsprogs/built-in.o editors/built-in.o findutils/built-in.o init/built-in.o ipsvd/built-in.o libbb/built-in.o libpwdgrp/built-in.o loginutils/built-in.o miscutils/built-in.o modutils/built-in.o networking/built-in.o networking/libiproute/built-in.o networking/udhcp/built-in.o procps/built-in.o runit/built-in.o selinux/built-in.o shell/built-in.o sysklogd/built-in.o util-linux/built-in.o -Wl,--end-group -Wl,--start-group -lcrypt -lm -lpam -lpam_misc -Wl,--end-group /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.2.0/../../../../i686-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: cannot find -lpam collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make: *** [busybox_unstripped] Error 1 * * ERROR: sys-apps/busybox-1.7.0 failed. * Call stack: * ebuild.sh, line 1654: Called dyn_compile * ebuild.sh, line 990: Called qa_call 'src_compile' * ebuild.sh, line 44: Called src_compile * busybox-1.7.0.ebuild, line 154: Called die ... There are pam libraries in /lib, so I don't know what's up. sigmund lib # ls -al *pam* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Aug 26 19:49 libpam.so -> libpam.so.0.81.8 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Aug 26 19:49 libpam.so.0 -> libpam.so.0.81.8 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 41172 Aug 26 19:49 libpam.so.0.81.8 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 Aug 26 19:49 libpam_misc.so -> libpam_misc.so.0.81.2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 Aug 26 19:49 libpam_misc.so.0 -> libpam_misc.so.0.81.2 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 8300 Aug 26 19:49 libpam_misc.so.0.81.2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Aug 26 19:49 libpamc.so -> libpamc.so.0.81.0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Aug 26 19:49 libpamc.so.0 -> libpamc.so.0.81.0 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 10340 Aug 26 19:49 libpamc.so.0.81.0 Buh? Thanks! Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge -u world or just emerge busybox Actual Results: emerge -u world fails :( Expected Results: emerge -u world finishes :)
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 190212 ***