Here's the error: gcc.compile.c++ bin.v2/libs/test/build/gcc-4.3/release/debug-symbols-none/link-static/optimization-none/runtime-link-static/framework.o In file included from ./boost/test/impl/framework.ipp:28, from libs/test/src/framework.cpp:16: ./boost/test/test_tools.hpp: In function 'boost::test_tools::predicate_result boost::test_tools::tt_detail::bitwise_equal_impl(const Left&, const Right&)': ./boost/test/test_tools.hpp:567: error: 'CHAR_BIT' was not declared in this scope In file included from libs/test/src/framework.cpp:16: ./boost/test/impl/framework.ipp: In member function 'bool boost::unit_test::framework_impl::priority_order::operator()(boost::unit_test::test_observer*, boost::unit_test::test_observer*) const': ./boost/test/impl/framework.ipp:178: warning: suggest parentheses around && within || gcc.compile.c++ bin.v2/libs/test/build/gcc-4.3/release/debug-symbols-none/link-static/optimization-none/runtime-link-static/plain_report_formatter.o ./boost/test/test_tools.hpp: At global scope: ./boost/test/test_tools.hpp:262: warning: 'boost::test_tools::<unnamed>::dummy_cond' defined but not used "powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu-g++" -ftemplate-depth-128 -O2 -mtune=G4 -maltivec -mabi=altivec -pipe -finline-functions -Wno-inline -Wall -DBOOST_ALL_NO_LIB=1 -DNDEBUG -I"." -c -o "bin.v2/libs/test/build/gcc-4.3/release/debug-symbols-none/link-static/optimization-none/runtime-link-static/framework.o" "libs/test/src/framework.cpp" ...failed gcc.compile.c++ bin.v2/libs/test/build/gcc-4.3/release/debug-symbols-none/link-static/optimization-none/runtime-link-static/framework.o... ...failed updating 1 target... ...updated 24 targets... !!! ERROR in dev-libs/boost-1.34.1-r2: !!! In src_compile at line 4378 !!! building boost failed !!! Call stack: !!! * src_compile (/var/tmp/paludis/dev-libs-boost-1.34.1-r2/temp/loadsaveenv:4378) !!! * ebuild_f_compile (/usr/libexec/paludis/0/src_compile.bash:49) !!! * ebuild_main (/usr/libexec/paludis/ebuild.bash:482) !!! * main (/usr/libexec/paludis/ebuild.bash:498) I dunno exactly what causes this, but this happened during a python-updater triggered rebuild. So my best guess is that something external to boost changed (like gcc update to 4.3) Here's how i try to install it: mabi@pluto ~ % ppi boost Building target list... Building dependency list... These packages will be installed: * dev-libs/boost [R 1.34.1-r2] <target> -debug -doc icu -pyste -tools build_options: -optional_tests split strip Total: 1 package (1 rebuild) And my info: Package information: app-admin/eselect-compiler: (none) app-shells/bash: 3.2_p33 dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7-r1 2.1.6-r1 dev-lang/python: 2.4.4-r13 2.5.2-r7 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r6 dev-util/ccache: (none) dev-util/cmake: 2.4.6-r1 dev-util/confcache: (none) sys-apps/baselayout: 2.0.0 sys-apps/openrc: 0.4.1-r1 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.18.1-r2 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13 2.61-r2 sys-devel/automake: 1.10.2 1.4_p6 1.5 1.6.3 1.7.9-r1 1.8.5-r3 1.9.6-r2 sys-devel/binutils: 2.18-r3 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.0-r4 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.26 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.23-r3 (for sys-kernel/linux-headers::installed) Please tell me if you need more information.
Well, you were right. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 210427 ***
