Gentoo Archives: gentoo-amd64

From: Will Briggs <will@××××××××××××××××××.au>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] glibc update problem
Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:26:49
Message-Id: 4404E9D8.5060701@burnieanglican.org.au
In Reply to: [gentoo-amd64] glibc update problem by "Rupert Young (Restart)"
1 Rupert Young (Restart) wrote:
2 >
3 > Hi,
4 >
5 > Our server is getting stuck on updating packages. We can not seem to
6 > get past the upgrade to glibc. Sometimes it fails, with an error, and
7 > sometimes it actually kills the machine requiring reboot, examples of
8 > both below. Sorry if this is a known problem, but I’ve been looking
9 > and struggling with it for a couple of weeks. Any help would be
10 > appreciated, here’s the info from emerge,
11 >
12 > emerge --info
13 >
14 <snip>
15 >
16 > The bug is not reproducible, so it is likely a hardware or OS problem.
17 >
18 > make[2]: ***
19 > [/var/tmp/portage/glibc-2.3.5-r2/work/build-default-x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-linuxthreads/iconvdata/iso_6937-2.os]
20 > Error 1
21 >
22 > make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
23 >
24 > make[2]: Leaving directory
25 > `/var/tmp/portage/glibc-2.3.5-r2/work/glibc-2.3.5/iconvdata'
26 >
27 > make[1]: *** [iconvdata/others] Error 2
28 >
29 > make[1]: Leaving directory
30 > `/var/tmp/portage/glibc-2.3.5-r2/work/glibc-2.3.5'
31 >
32 > make: *** [all] Error 2
33 >
34 > !!! ERROR: sys-libs/glibc-2.3.5-r2 failed.
35 >
36 > !!! Function toolchain-glibc_src_compile, Line 226, Exitcode 2
37 >
38 > !!! (no error message)
39 >
40 > !!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, NOT this status
41 > message.
42 >
43 > Any help appreciated.
44 >
45
46 When I experienced this problem it was only during building stuff that
47 pushed compiler to its limits - glibc, gcc, qt - that sort of stuff.
48 Fixed by replacing heat compound between CPU and heatsink.
49
50 W.
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