On Mon, 7 Dec 2020 14:48:00 -0600, Dale wrote:

> > Thank you very much !
> > I really did not expect the error to appear so far up in the build.log
> 
> Back when CPUs were single core, the error messages were fairly close to
> the bottom.  After all, it was running one or two pieces of code at a
> time.  With newer multi-core/threaded CPUs, that message gets further
> back the more cores/threads you have. 

Which is why it helps to repeat the emerge attempt with MAKEOPTS="-j1".
Sometimes that in itself fixes the issue, in which case you can report a
bug. Even if the build still fails, it is much easier to see the symptoms
of the problem when it is not all mixed in with the output from successful
operations.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

Two rights don't make a wrong, they make an airplane.