after bootstrap emerge system crashed while trying compile automake, because it needs perl, that there is no in system. I emerge as follow: 1. emerge --nodeps gdbm 2. USE=ithreads emerge --nodeps libperl perl 3. emerge automake And now emerge system plays without error Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: emerge system Actual Results: /usr/sbin/ebuild.sh: line 95: perl: command not found /usr/sbin/ebuild.sh: line 97: perl: command not found /usr/sbin/ebuild.sh: line 99: perl: command not found /usr/sbin/ebuild.sh: line 100: perl: command not found checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu checking for a BSD-compatible install... /bin/install -c checking whether build environment is sane... yes checking for gawk... gawk checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes checking for perl... no configure: error: perl not found !!! ERROR: sys-devel/automake-1.8.5-r1 failed. !!! Function src_compile, Line 107, Exitcode 1 !!! configure 1.8x failed Expected Results: emerged system recommended CFLAGS etc, for mashine with 2 x P3 933, USE=-X -java, x86 promise 2xxx chiset 512 ram good server's platform motherbouard.
It workaround for now, but the order of compiling dependens should be change.