Hello all, I have updated my use flags. USE="X aac aiglx alsa aoss asf bzip2 cairo dbus dvd emerald fam firefox gif glitz gnome gstreamer gtk hal java jpeg mad mp3 mp4 new-login nptl nptlonly nsplugin opengl pdf png samba spell sqlite svg symlink threads tiff truetype unicode x264 xcomposite xinerama xml xorg xscreensaver xv xvid -arts -eds -esd -fortran -ipv6 -kde -qt3 -qt4" And then tried : emerge -vuD --newuse world It failed with the error: ============================================================= checking whether the C compiler works... configure: error: cannot run C compiled programs. If you meant to cross compile, use `--host'. See `config.log' for more details. make[2]: *** [configure-target-libstdc++-v3] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/gcc-4.1.2/work/build' make[1]: *** [all] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/gcc-4.1.2/work/build' make: *** [profiledbootstrap] Error 2 * * ERROR: sys-devel/gcc-4.1.2 failed. * Call stack: * ebuild.sh, line 49: Called src_compile * environment, line 4646: Called toolchain_src_compile * environment, line 5164: Called gcc_src_compile * environment, line 2972: Called gcc_do_make * environment, line 2795: Called die * The specific snippet of code: * emake LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}" STAGE1_CFLAGS="${STAGE1_CFLAGS}" LIBPATH="${LIBPATH}" BOOT_CFLAGS="${BOOT_CFLAGS}" ${GCC_MAKE_TARGET} || die "emake failed with ${GCC_MAKE_TARGET}"; * The die message: * emake failed with profiledbootstrap * * If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack if relevant. * A complete build log is located at '/var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/gcc-4.1.2/temp/build.log'. * The ebuild environment file is located at '/var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/gcc-4.1.2/temp/environment'. * * Messages for package app-editors/nano-2.1.5: * More helpful info about nano, visit the GDP page: * http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/nano-basics-guide.xml * Messages for package sys-devel/gcc-4.1.2: * * ERROR: sys-devel/gcc-4.1.2 failed. * Call stack: * ebuild.sh, line 49: Called src_compile * environment, line 4646: Called toolchain_src_compile * environment, line 5164: Called gcc_src_compile * environment, line 2972: Called gcc_do_make * environment, line 2795: Called die * The specific snippet of code: * emake LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}" STAGE1_CFLAGS="${STAGE1_CFLAGS}" LIBPATH="${LIBPATH}" BOOT_CFLAGS="${BOOT_CFLAGS}" ${GCC_MAKE_TARGET} || die "emake failed with ${GCC_MAKE_TARGET}"; * The die message: * emake failed with profiledbootstrap * * If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack if relevant. * A complete build log is located at '/var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/gcc-4.1.2/temp/build.log'. * The ebuild environment file is located at '/var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/gcc-4.1.2/temp/environment'. * * Regenerating GNU info directory index... * Processed 132 info files. * IMPORTANT: 3 config files in '/etc' need updating. * See the CONFIGURATION FILES section of the emerge * man page to learn how to update config files. ============================================================= The log file: checking for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc... /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/gcc-4.1.2/work/build/./gcc/xgcc -B/var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/gcc-4.1.2/work/build/./gcc/ -B/usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ -B/usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/lib/ -isystem /usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/include -isystem /usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/sys-include -m32 checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out checking whether the C compiler works... configure: error: cannot run C compiled programs. If you meant to cross compile, use `--host'. See `config.log' for more details. make[2]: *** [configure-target-libstdc++-v3] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/gcc-4.1.2/work/build' make[1]: *** [all] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/gcc-4.1.2/work/build' make: *** [profiledbootstrap] Error 2 * * ERROR: sys-devel/gcc-4.1.2 failed. * Call stack: * ebuild.sh, line 49: Called src_compile * environment, line 4646: Called toolchain_src_compile * environment, line 5164: Called gcc_src_compile * environment, line 2972: Called gcc_do_make * environment, line 2795: Called die * The specific snippet of code: * emake LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}" STAGE1_CFLAGS="${STAGE1_CFLAGS}" LIBPATH="${LIBPATH}" BOOT_CFLAGS="${BOOT_CFLAGS}" ${GCC_MAKE_TARGET} || die "emake failed with ${GCC_MAKE_TARGET}"; * The die message: * emake failed with profiledbootstrap * * If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack if relevant. * A complete build log is located at '/var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/gcc-4.1.2/temp/build.log'. * The ebuild environment file is located at '/var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/gcc-4.1.2/temp/environment'. * Any idea ?