Summary says it all, but here is the relevant output from the build: gcc -static -march=pentium3 -O2 -fstack-protector -finline-functions -falign-loops=5 -falign-jumps=5 -falign-functions=33 -pipe -o insmod.static insmod.o insmod_64.o kallsyms_64.o rmmod.o modprobe.o lsmod.o ksyms.o kallsyms.o ../obj/libobj.a ../util/libutil.a /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.2/../../../libc.a(ssp.o)(.bss+0x0): multiple definition of `__guard' /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.2/libgcc.a(_stack_smash_handler.oS)(.bss+0x0):/var/tmp/portage/gcc-3.3.2-r2/work/gcc-3.3.2/gcc/libgcc2.c:2021: first defined here /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.2/../../../libc.a(ssp.o)(.text+0x80): In function `__stack_smash_handler': : multiple definition of `__stack_smash_handler' /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.2/libgcc.a(_stack_smash_handler.oS)(.text+0x90):/var/tmp/portage/gcc-3.3.2-r2/work/gcc-3.3.2/gcc/libgcc2.c:2036: first defined here /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.2/../../../../i686-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: Warning: size of symbol `__stack_smash_handler' changed from 728 in /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.2/libgcc.a(_stack_smash_handler.oS) to 587 in /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.2/libgcc.a(_stack_smash_handler.oS) collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[1]: *** [insmod.static] Error 1 make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/modutils-2.4.26/work/modutils-2.4.26/insmod' make: *** [all] Error 2 !!! ERROR: sys-apps/modutils-2.4.26 failed. !!! Function src_compile, Line 43, Exitcode 2 !!! emake failed Blanking out CFLAGS allows the build to work, i.e.: CFLAGS="" emerge --oneshot modutils Portage 2.0.49-r15 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.3.2, glibc-2.3.2-r9, 2.4.20) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.20 i686 Pentium III (Coppermine) Gentoo Base System version 1.4.3.12 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=pentium3 -O2 -fstack-protector -finline-functions -falign-loops=5 -falign-jumps=5 -falign-functions=33 -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="-march=pentium3 -O2 -fstack-protector -finline-functions -falign-loops=5 -falign-jumps=5 -falign-functions=33 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="sandbox ccache autoaddcvs" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://ftp.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu/pub/gentoo http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu/" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.us.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 oss apm arts avi crypt cups encode foomaticdb gif imlib jpeg libg++ mad mikmod motif mpeg ncurses nls oggvorbis opengl pdflib png quicktime sdl spell svga truetype xml2 xmms xv zlib gdbm berkdb slang readline java gpm tcpd pam libwww ssl perl python -X -gnome -gtk -qt -kde ldap snmp mysql innodb xml"
this happens because of glibc now containing the functions while libgcc does not yet has it removed this is to be resolved soon, sorry, Alex *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 25299 ***
