[gentoo-user] Updated bash crashed complete system

[Matthias Fechner <idefix@fechner.net>]

Hi,

I have here a problem.
I updated the shell bash today and the computer stalled while installing
bash so I was not able to reboot my PC.
I rebooted then from a rescue system and the bash was completely crashed
so I copied the bash from the rescue system.

Now I can boot my system again.

Now I try to reinstall bash again but I get the following error message:

i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -L./builtins -L./lib/readline -L./lib/readline
-L./lib/glob -L./lib/tilde  -L./lib/sh  -rdynamic  -march=i686 -O2 -pipe
-o bash shell.o eval.o y.tab.o general.o make_cmd.o print_cmd.o
dispose_cmd.o execute_cmd.o variables.o copy_cmd.o error.o expr.o
flags.o jobs.o subst.o hashcmd.o hashlib.o mailcheck.o trap.o input.o
unwind_prot.o pathexp.o sig.o test.o version.o alias.o array.o
arrayfunc.o braces.o bracecomp.o bashhist.o bashline.o  list.o
stringlib.o locale.o findcmd.o redir.o pcomplete.o pcomplib.o syntax.o
xmalloc.o  -lbuiltins -lsh -lreadline -lhistory -lcurses -lglob -ltilde
   -ldl
./lib/readline/libhistory.a: could not read symbols: Archive has no
index; run ranlib to add one
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [bash] Error 1

!!! ERROR: app-shells/bash-3.2_p17 failed.
Call stack:
  ebuild.sh, line 1638:   Called dyn_compile
  ebuild.sh, line 985:   Called qa_call 'src_compile'
  ebuild.sh, line 44:   Called src_compile
  bash-3.2_p17.ebuild, line 107:   Called die

!!! make failed
!!! 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/app-shells/bash-3.2_p17/temp/build.log'.

What can I do to reinstall the bash again?

Thx a lot,
Matthias

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