Syntax error in /i686-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld:.libs/archive.o: file format not recognized; The file tail follows; file appears incomplete: STARTCHAR question ENCODING 63 SWIDTH 640 0 DWIDTH 4 0 BBX 4 6 0 -1 BITMAP C0 20 40 00 40 00 ENDCHAR STARTCHAR Patches thru 93 appeared to apply OK. Here is elbtool/log: patching file /var/tmp/portage/binutils-2.15.90.0.1.1-r3/work/binutils-2.15.90.0.1.1/ltmain.sh Hunk #1 succeeded at 4861 (offset 1399 lines). Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.emerge -ua world 2. y 3. Actual Results: /ld:.libs/archive.o:2: syntax error Expected Results: completed emerge of binutils sys-devel/binutils-2.15.90.0.1.1-r3 to / Portage 2.0.51-r3 (default-linux/x86/2004.3, gcc-3.3.4, glibc-2.3.4.20040808-r1, 2.4.26-gentoo-r12 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.26-gentoo-r12 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2500+ Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 ccache version 2.3 [enabled] Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r5 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.5-r1 Binutils: sys-devel/binutils-2.14.90.0.8-r1 Headers: sys-kernel/linux-headers-2.4.19-r1,sys-kernel/linux-headers-2.4.21-r1 Libtools: sys-devel/libtool-1.5.2-r7 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O2 -mcpu=athlon -pipe " CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="" 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/3.3/env /usr/kde/3.3/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /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/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -mcpu=athlon -pipe " DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks fixpackages sandbox sfperms" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.osuosl.org/ ftp://ftp.ussg.iu.edu/pub/linux/gentoo ftp://gentoo.ccccom.com http://gentoo.eliteitminds.com ftp://mirrors.tds.net/gentoo ftp://ftp.ndlug.nd.edu/pub/gentoo/ http://mirrors.tds.net/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://rsync.namerica.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X Xaw3d aalib alsa arts avi bitmap-fonts bonobo cdr crypt cscope cups doc dvb dvd dvdr encode esd f77 fam flac foomaticbd foomaticdb fortran gif gnome gphoto2 gstreamer gtk gtk2 gtkhtml guile imagemagick imlib java jikes jpeg junit kde libg++ libwww mad mikmod motif mozilla mpeg ncurses nls oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl plotutils png ppds python qt quicktime readline ruby scanner sdl slang snmp spell sse ssl svga tcl tcltk tcpd tetex tiff tk truetype usb x86 xinerama xml xml2 xmms xv zlib video_cards_matrox"
you've posted an incomplete log of what happened ... please run `emerge binutils >& log` and post the log file as an attachment
Created attachment 45695 [details] complete log of emerfe