[gentoo-dev] ld using 99.8% CPU

[Steven Hatfield]

Hello,
I seem to have run into a bug with Gentoo.  As a user, if I type "ld" at the 
shell prompt, I can use 99.8% of the CPU, just by letting it sit there.

I've check and /usr/bin/ld comes from binutils, which I have version 
2.11.92.0.12.3-r2 installed.

As root, I cannot emerge (or compile anything), because everything comes to a 
halt at the first call to "ld", which happens right away.  For instance, if I 
try to "emerge arts", I get about 5 lines into the process, hit "checking 
build system type..." and it sits there until I explicitly kill it.

What can I do to fix this?

Thanks for any help,
Steven

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