Hello: I'm trying to install Gentoo on an IBM xSeries 236 (Dual Xeon). When I run scripts/bootstrap.sh, after some time it stops with an error trying to emerge groff. This is the message from a stand alone emerge:
livecd portage # emerge groff Calculating dependencies ...done! >>> emerge (1 of 3) sys-apps/groff-1.19.1-r2 to / >>> md5 src_uri ;-) groff-1.19.1.tar.gz >>> Unpacking source... >>> Unpacking groff-1.19.1.tar.gz to /var/tmp/portage/groff-1.19.1-r2/work * Applying groff-1.18-infoext.patch ... [ ok ] * Applying groff-1.18-no-netpbm-depend.patch ... [ ok ] * Applying groff-man-UTF-8.diff ... [ ok ] * Applying groff-1.19.1-stack.patch ... [ ok ] * Applying groff-1.19.1-tmpfile.patch ... [ ok ] * Applying groff-1.19.1-parallel-make.patch ... [ ok ] >>> Source unpacked. gcc g++ configure: WARNING: If you wanted to set the --build type, don't use --host. If a cross compiler is detected then cross compile mode will be used. checking for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc... gcc checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out checking whether the C compiler works... yes checking whether we are cross compiling... no checking for suffix of executables... checking for suffix of object files... o checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed checking for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-g++... g++ checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes checking that C++ compiler can compile simple program... no configure: error: a working C++ compiler is required Here is my /etc/make.conf CFLAGS="-march=nocona -O3 -pipe" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}" MAKEOPTS="-j3" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://vlaai.snt.ipv6.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/gentoo/ http://ftp6.uni-erlangen.de/pub/mirrors/gentoo http://adelie.polymtl.ca/ http: //gentoo.mirror.icd.hu/" USE="X gtk gnome qt kde userlocales" Thanks for any help, Darío -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list