I am just starting bootstrap and it fall down (at zlib-1.1.4.tar.bz2) Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. scripts/bootstrap.sh 2. 3. Actual Results: >>> md5 src_uri ;-) zlib-1.1.4.tar.bz2 >>> Unpacking source... >>> Unpacking zlib-1.1.4.tar.bz2 to /var/tmp/portage/zlib-1.1.4-r2/work * Applying zlib-1.1.4-gentoo.security.patch... [ ok ] >>> Source unpacked. Checking for shared library support... No shared library suppport; try without defining CC and CFLAGS Building static library libz.a version 1.1.4 with gcc. Checking for unistd.h... No. Checking whether to use vsnprintf() or snprintf()... using snprintf() Checking for snprintf() in stdio.h... No. WARNING: snprintf() not found, falling back to sprintf(). zlib can build but will be open to possible buffer-overflow security vulnerabilities. See README.vsnprintf for more info. Checking for return value of sprintf()... No. WARNING: apparently sprintf() does not return a value. zlib can build but will be open to possible string-format security vulnerabilities. See README.vsnprintf for more info. Checking for errno.h... No. Checking for mmap support... No. gcc -O3 -march=pentium3 -funroll-loops -pipe -fPIC -DNO_ERRNO_H -c -o example.o example.c gcc -O3 -march=pentium3 -funroll-loops -pipe -fPIC -DNO_ERRNO_H -c -o adler32.o adler32.c /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-pc-linux-gnu/3.2.3/../../../../i486-pc-linux-gnu/bin/as: relocation error: /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-pc-linux-g nu/3.2.3/../../../../i486-pc-linux-gnu/bin/as: undefined symbol: xmalloc_set_program_name /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-pc-linux-gnu/3.2.3/../../../../i486-pc-linux-gnu/bin/as: relocation error: /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-pc-linux-g nu/3.2.3/../../../../i486-pc-linux-gnu/bin/as: undefined symbol: xmalloc_set_program_name cc1: Broken pipe: error closing - make: *** [adler32.o] Error 1 make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... cc1: Broken pipe: error writing to - make: *** [example.o] Error 1 !!! ERROR: sys-libs/zlib-1.1.4-r2 failed. !!! Function src_compile, Line 29, Exitcode 2 !!! (no error message) Portage 2.0.49-r15 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.2.3, glibc-2.3.2-r1, 2.4.20-alt7-up) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.20-alt7-up i686 Celeron (Coppermine) Gentoo Base System version 1.4.3.8p1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O3 -march=pentium3 -funroll-loops -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /var/qmail/control /usr/share/config /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O3 -march=pentium3 -funroll-loops -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="sandbox ccache autoaddcvs" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://ftp.ptc.spbu.ru/mirror/gentoo.oregonstate.edu/" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 oss apm arts avi berkdb crypt cups encode foomaticdb gdbm gif gpm imlib jpeg kde libg++ libwww mad mikmod motif mpeg ncurses nls oggvorbis opengl pam pdflib png python qt quicktime readline sdl slang spell ssl svga tcpd truetype xml2 xmms xv zlib -X -gtk -gnome -alsa"
I think rac said this was fixed - emerge sync ought to fix it.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 32140 ***