If i try to merge anything that needs patch, it gets a seg fault. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: emerge sth. that needs patch for example 1. emerge ucspi-tcp 2. 3. Actual Results: the programm patch gets a seg fault Expected Results: it should not seg fault ;) Portage 2.0.51-r8 (default-linux/x86/2004.0, gcc-3.4.3, glibc-2.3.4.20041102-r0, 2.6.10-rc3 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.10-rc3 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2800+ Gentoo Base System version 1.6.7 Python: dev-lang/python-2.2.3-r5,dev-lang/python-2.3.4 [2.3.4 (#1, Sep 17 2004, 14:58:53)] distcc 2.18.2 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] dev-lang/python: 2.2.3-r5, 2.3.4 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r6 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.8.5-r2, 1.6.3, 1.9.3, 1.5, 1.7.9 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r1 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.2-r7 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.8.1-r1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-Os -march=athlon-xp -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -funroll-loops -s" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/fax /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control /var/spool/fax/etc" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-Os -march=athlon-xp -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -funroll-loops -s" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/mirrors/gentoo ftp:///ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.solnet.ch/mirror/Gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j3" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="3dnow 3dnowex X aalib alsa apache2 apm avi berkdb bitmap-fonts calendar cdr crypt cups dga dillo directfb dvd encode f77 fam fbcon flac foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif gpm gtk gtk2 guile imagemagick imlib jpeg junit libg++ libwww mad maildir mbox mikmod mmx mmx2 motif moznoxft mpeg mysql mysqli ncurses nls nocardbus nptl nvidia oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png python quicktime readline sdl slang speex spell sse ssl svga tcltk tcpd tga theora tiff truetype unicode v4l v4l2 x86 xml xml2 xmms xv xvid xvmc zlib"
See this bug for an example where patch-2.5.9-r1 seg faults http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=73805
Sorry, assigned to wrong product
Reassigning to bug-wranglers@gentoo.org
*** Bug 73805 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
try it with CFLAGS="-pipe"
err that meant to be 'NEEDINFO' instead of 'CANTFIX' ... please re-open once you've tested