This is usually CFLAGS and other bits of env stuff. There's probably a more meaningful error earlier in the build log.
Can you post the full log for a failing file? Apparently, though unproven, at 09:45 on Friday 06 May 2011, Dale did opine thusly: > Hi, > > I'm trying to update my old rig, the x86 one. It is about 2 months or > so behind. I wanted to get it ready for the latest KDE for my brother > to play on. I keep running into this type of error: > > checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes > checking whether to disable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... > yes checking for i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc... gcc > checking whether the C compiler works... no > configure: error: in > `/var/tmp/portage/x11-libs/gdk-pixbuf-2.22.1/work/gdk-pixbuf-2.22.1': > configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables > See `config.log' for more details. > > !!! Please attach the following file when seeking support: > !!! > /var/tmp/portage/x11-libs/gdk-pixbuf-2.22.1/work/gdk-pixbuf-2.22.1/config.l > og * ERROR: x11-libs/gdk-pixbuf-2.22.1 failed (configure phase): > * econf failed > > > This happens with LOTS of packages. I did a google search and found > some really old threads and tried a few things but nothing seems to > work. This is emerge info: > > root@smoker ~ # emerge --info > Portage 2.2.0_alpha31 (default/linux/x86/10.0/desktop/kde, gcc-4.4.4, > glibc-2.11.2-r3, 2.6.36-gentoo-r5 i686) > ================================================================= > System uname: > Linux-2.6.36-gentoo-r5-i686-AMD_Athlon-tm-_XP_2500+-with-gentoo-1.12.14 > Timestamp of tree: Fri, 06 May 2011 00:15:01 +0000 > app-shells/bash: 4.1_p9 > dev-java/java-config: 2.1.11-r3 > dev-lang/python: 2.6.6-r1, 2.7.1-r1, 3.1.3-r1 > dev-util/cmake: 2.8.1-r2 > sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.14-r1 > sys-apps/sandbox: 2.4 > sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.65-r1 > sys-devel/automake: 1.9.6-r3, 1.10.3, 1.11.1 > sys-devel/binutils: 2.20.1-r1 > sys-devel/gcc: 4.4.4-r2 > sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.1-r1 > sys-devel/libtool: 2.2.10 > sys-devel/make: 3.81-r2 > sys-kernel/linux-headers: 2.6.36.1 (virtual/os-headers) > sys-libs/glibc: 2.11.2-r3 > Repositories: gentoo > Installed sets: @system, @xorg-drivers > ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" > ACCEPT_LICENSE="*" > CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" > CFLAGS="-march=native -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" > CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" > CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/config /var/lib/hsqldb" > CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d > /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild > /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo" > CXXFLAGS="-march=native -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" > DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" > EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--with-bdeps y --backtrack=30" > FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs buildpkg distlocks fixlafiles > fixpackages news parallel-fetch preserve-libs protect-owned sandbox > sfperms strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans > userfetch" FFLAGS="" > GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org"; > LANG="en_US" > LC_ALL="en_US.utf8" > LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed" > LINGUAS="en_US en" > MAKEOPTS="-j2" > PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" > PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" > PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS="--timeout=600" > PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times > --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 > --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" > PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" > PORTDIR="/usr/portage" > PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" > > Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, INSTALL_MASK, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, > PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS > > root@smoker ~ # > > I left out the USE line. It needs cleaning. lol This is a list of the > packages that have failed so far: > > =sys-kernel/linux-headers-2.6.36.1 > =sys-libs/glibc-2.11.3 > =sys-devel/binutils-2.20.1-r1 > =sys-libs/zlib-1.2.5-r2 > =dev-libs/expat-2.0.1-r3 > =app-arch/xz-utils-5.0.1 > =app-arch/bzip2-1.0.6 > =media-libs/libogg-1.2.0 > =app-misc/pax-utils-0.2.2 > =app-arch/cpio-2.11 > =dev-libs/gmp-4.3.2 > =app-text/libpaper-1.1.23 > =media-libs/openjpeg-1.3-r3 > =sys-apps/tcp-wrappers-7.6-r8 > =app-portage/portage-utils-0.3.1 > =dev-libs/nspr-4.8.7 > =sys-libs/timezone-data-2011d > =media-libs/jbigkit-2.0-r1 > =sys-fs/sysfsutils-2.1.0 > =sys-libs/libutempter-1.1.5 > =dev-libs/libx86-1.1-r1 > =sys-apps/sdparm-1.03 > =media-libs/libdvbpsi-0.1.6 > =dev-libs/libevent-2.0.10 > =dev-libs/libdaemon-0.14-r1 > =dev-libs/libusb-1.0.8 > =media-libs/jpeg-8b > =dev-libs/libffi-3.0.9-r2 > =sys-devel/patch-2.5.9 > =sys-apps/which-2.20 > =dev-util/gperf-3.0.4 > =dev-lang/swig-1.3.40-r1 > =sys-devel/m4-1.4.15 > =media-libs/libpng-1.4.5 > =app-arch/unzip-6.0-r1 > =sys-apps/pciutils-3.1.7 > =dev-libs/mpfr-3.0.0_p3 > =sys-apps/sandbox-2.4 > > It only has one gcc installed and it is selected: > > root@smoker / # gcc-config -l > [1] i686-pc-linux-gnu-4.4.4 * > root@smoker / # > > Can anyone see what I am missing? I got to be missing something. It > won't even do a emerge -e system right now. > > Thanks. > > Dale > > :-) :-) -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
