trying to recompile gtk+-2.2.4-r1. It is already merged but need it for a --emptytree. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.emerge gtk+ Actual Results: didn't finish the compilation Expected Results: merge of gtk+ Portage 2.0.50-r1 (default-ppc-1.4, gcc-3.3.3, glibc-2.3.2-r9, 2.4.23-pre5-ben0) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.23-pre5-ben0 ppc 7455, altivec supported Gentoo Base System version 1.4.3.13 distcc 2.12.1 powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] ccache version 2.3 [enabled] Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r3 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="ppc ~ppc" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O1 -pipe -mcpu=7400" CHOST="powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.1/share/config /usr/kde/3.2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /var/lib/pbbuttonsd /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O1 -pipe -mcpu=7400" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="buildpkg ccache" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://212.219.247.12/sites/www.ibiblio.org/gentoo/ http://212.219.247.17/sites/www.ibiblio.org/gentoo/ http://212.219.247.20/sites/www.ibiblio.org/gentoo/ ftp://gentoo.inode.at/source/ http://212.219.247.14/sites/www.ibiblio.org/gentoo/" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X aalib acl arts autofs berkdb bonobo cdr crypt cups dedicated dga directfb dnd doc dv dvb dvd dvdr emacs encode esd evo fax fbcon ffmpeg foomaticdb foreign-package freetds gb gd gdbm gif gnome gnome-libs gnomedb gphoto2 gpm gps gstreamer gtk gtk2 gtkhtml guile imagemagick imap imlib informix innodb java javascript jikes jpeg junit kde kerberos krb4 ladcca lcms ldap libwww maildir mitshm motif mozilla mpeg mysql nls oggvorbis opengl oss pam perl png postgres ppc python qt quicktime readline samba sdl slang ssl tcltk tcpd tetex truetype video_cards_radeon xml xml2 xv"
The problem was using that gcc version with a 2.4 kernel. I solved it by downgrading the gcc and gtk+ merged without problems.