ltbenn monk # emerge strace

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Calculating dependencies... done!

>>> Verifying ebuild manifests

>>> Emerging (1 of 1) dev-util/strace-4.7
>>> Downloading 'ftp://de-mirror.org/gentoo/distfiles/strace-4.7.tar.xz'
--2013-11-12 14:54:45--  ftp://de-mirror.org/gentoo/distfiles/strace-4.7.tar.xz
           => '/usr/portage/distfiles/strace-4.7.tar.xz'
Resolving de-mirror.org... 195.20.242.90, 2001:8d8:580:400::c314:f25a
Connecting to de-mirror.org|195.20.242.90|:21... connected.
Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!
==> SYST ... done.    ==> PWD ... done.
==> TYPE I ... done.  ==> CWD (1) /gentoo/distfiles ... done.
==> SIZE strace-4.7.tar.xz ... 403280
==> PASV ... done.    ==> RETR strace-4.7.tar.xz ... done.
Length: 403280 (394K) (unauthoritative)

100%[======================================>] 403,280      278KB/s   in 1.4s

2013-11-12 14:54:49 (278 KB/s) - '/usr/portage/distfiles/strace-4.7.tar.xz' saved [403280]

 * strace-4.7.tar.xz SHA256 SHA512 WHIRLPOOL size ;-) ...                                          [ ok ]
>>> Unpacking source...
>>> Unpacking strace-4.7.tar.xz to /var/tmp/portage/dev-util/strace-4.7/work
>>> Source unpacked in /var/tmp/portage/dev-util/strace-4.7/work
>>> Preparing source in /var/tmp/portage/dev-util/strace-4.7/work/strace-4.7 ...
 * Applying strace-4.7-glibc-2.15.patch ...                                                        [ ok ]
 * Applying strace-4.7-x32.patch ...                                                               [ ok ]
>>> Source prepared.
>>> Configuring source in /var/tmp/portage/dev-util/strace-4.7/work/strace-4.7 ...
 * econf: updating strace-4.7/config.sub with /usr/share/gnuconfig/config.sub
 * econf: updating strace-4.7/config.guess with /usr/share/gnuconfig/config.guess
./configure --prefix=/usr --build=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu --host=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --datadir=/usr/share --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var/lib --libdir=/usr/lib64 --disable-dependency-tracking
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking whether make supports nested variables... yes
checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no
checking build system type... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
checking for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc
checking whether the C compiler works... no
configure: error: in `/var/tmp/portage/dev-util/strace-4.7/work/strace-4.7':
configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details

!!! Please attach the following file when seeking support:
!!! /var/tmp/portage/dev-util/strace-4.7/work/strace-4.7/config.log
 * ERROR: dev-util/strace-4.7::gentoo failed (configure phase):
 *   econf failed
 *
 * Call stack:
 *          ebuild.sh, line   93:  Called src_configure
 *        environment, line 2487:  Called __eapi2_src_configure
 *   phase-helpers.sh, line  682:  Called econf
 *   phase-helpers.sh, line  577:  Called die
 * The specific snippet of code:
 *                      die "econf failed"
 *
 * If you need support, post the output of `emerge --info '=dev-util/strace-4.7::gentoo'`,
 * the complete build log and the output of `emerge -pqv '=dev-util/strace-4.7::gentoo'`.
 * The complete build log is located at '/var/tmp/portage/dev-util/strace-4.7/temp/build.log'.
 * The ebuild environment file is located at '/var/tmp/portage/dev-util/strace-4.7/temp/environment'.
 * Working directory: '/var/tmp/portage/dev-util/strace-4.7/work/strace-4.7'
 * S: '/var/tmp/portage/dev-util/strace-4.7/work/strace-4.7'

>>> Failed to emerge dev-util/strace-4.7, Log file:

>>>  '/var/tmp/portage/dev-util/strace-4.7/temp/build.log'

 * Messages for package dev-util/strace-4.7:

 * ERROR: dev-util/strace-4.7::gentoo failed (configure phase):
 *   econf failed
 *
 * Call stack:
 *          ebuild.sh, line   93:  Called src_configure
 *        environment, line 2487:  Called __eapi2_src_configure
 *   phase-helpers.sh, line  682:  Called econf
 *   phase-helpers.sh, line  577:  Called die
 * The specific snippet of code:
 *                      die "econf failed"
 *
 * If you need support, post the output of `emerge --info '=dev-util/strace-4.7::gentoo'`,
 * the complete build log and the output of `emerge -pqv '=dev-util/strace-4.7::gentoo'`.
 * The complete build log is located at '/var/tmp/portage/dev-util/strace-4.7/temp/build.log'.
 * The ebuild environment file is located at '/var/tmp/portage/dev-util/strace-4.7/temp/environment'.
 * Working directory: '/var/tmp/portage/dev-util/strace-4.7/work/strace-4.7'
 * S: '/var/tmp/portage/dev-util/strace-4.7/work/strace-4.7'