> > Assembler messages:
> >   linuxthreads/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/vfork.S: 63: Error:
> >   can't resolve
> > '0' {.text section} - 'L0' {.text section}
> > ...
> > sys-libs/glibc-2.3.2-r1 failed.
> 
> The problem here is that you're using a newer version of gcc than
> expected.  (Not that this is your fault; it's probably a problem in
> bootstrap.sh or in KEYWORDS).  The versions of glibc in the portage
> tree have some bad assembly which compiles with the older gcc but not
> wiht the newer gcc.
> 
> Originally I "fixed" this problem by demoting the stable version of
> glibc on alpha.  This was a bad idea, though, because it broke lots of
> existing installations when glibc downgraded.
> 
> The alternative fix was to restrict the version of gcc.  This is a
> safer fix.  In reality we're just waiting for the most recent glibc
> fixes to hit the portage tree since they solve the assembly problems.

I have found a fix for that... On my machine I have installed gcc 3.3.2
and glibc 2.3.2-r7 with the little patch.

Attached the patches for glibc-2.3.2-r7. But I don't remember exactly if
both of them are needed.

greets

Marc

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