I get this same error when trying to build any ebuild, including "emerge gcc" I'm not sure how to fix as long enough to even re-emerge gcc itself. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge (anything) 2. 3. Actual Results: Error as specified above. Emerge stops. www ~ # emerge info Portage 2.0.51-r8 (default-linux/x86/2004.0, gcc-3.4.3, glibc-2.3.4.20041102- r0, 2.4.20-gentoo-r7 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.20-gentoo-r7 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) MP Processor 1600+ Gentoo Base System version 1.6.8 Python: dev-lang/python-2.3.4 [2.3.4 (#1, Jun 20 2004, 22:44:58)] dev-lang/python: 2.3.4 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.59-r6, 2.13 sys-devel/automake: 1.8.5-r2, 1.5, 1.4_p6, 1.6.3, 1.7.9, 1.9.3 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r3 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.10-r2 virtual/os-headers: 2.4.22 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" ASFLAGS="" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="" CFLAGS="-O3 -march=athlon-mp -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/env /usr/kde/3.3/share /config /usr/kde/3.3/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/confi g /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /usr/share/t exmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/sh are/texmf/xdvi/ /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CTARGET="" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -mcpu=i686 -pipe" DISTDIR="/tmp/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://128.213.5.34/gentoo/ http://open- systems.ufl.edu/mirrors/gentoo http://mirrors.tds.net/gentoo http://gentoo.c hem.wisc.edu/gentoo/ http://linux.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/download/gentoo-mirror/" LANG="" LC_ALL="" LDFLAGS="" MAKEOPTS="-j4" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/tmp/portage" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.namerica.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="3dnow X Xaw3d acl acpi apache2 apm arts artswrappersuid avi berkdb bitmap- fonts crypt cups curl dba dga directfb dvd emboss enc ode esd evms2 fam fbcon flac font-server foomaticdb fortran freetds gd gdbm ggi gif gnome gpm gtk gtk2 imagemagick imap imlib innodb java jpeg junit kde kerberos ldap libg++ libwww mad maildir mikmod mmx motif mozilla mp3 mpeg mpi mysql ncurses nls oggvorbis openg l oss pam pcmcia pdflib perl plotutils png pnp postgres ppds prelude python qt quicktime readline ruby samba sasl scanner sdl sessio n slang slp socks5 speex spell sse ssl svga tcltk tcpd tetex tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts usb video_cards_radeon wmf x86 xml xml2 xmms xosd xv zeo zlib"
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