C++ compiler missing

[asbud]

I have bootstrapped my system, and when I tried emerge system, the emerge ended with the following error,

checking that C++ compiler can compile simple program... no
configure: error: a working C++ compiler is required

emerge ends.
Where can I get a working C++ compiler?
In the USE option, I did not specify C++ as the comment said change only if you know what you are doing, I figured the default would then suffice.

Is this the problem, or do I need to emerge something different?

Thanks in advance.

[Lajasha]

Correct me if I am wrong but gcc should be your default compiler and it should be installed by default. No idea what could be b0rked though.
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[asbud]

Yeah, I have gcc, and it worked fine for the bootstrap, but then this...?

[hw-tph]

Check your CXXFLAGS in /etc/make.conf.


Håkan

[asbud]

CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -march=athlon64"

[asbud]

Is it possible something went wrong during the bootstrap and the error message went off screen so that I couldn't see it or that it did not exit when the error occurred?

[Gherald]

try changing to

CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -march=athlon64"
CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"

(I suspect order matters)

[alchemyx]

I think you are dealing with same problem as we in another thread. I am afraid that stage1 is broken, or bootstrap scripts (because gcc should be bootstraped first, afair).
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[asbud]

So all I have to do is type

emerge --nodeps gcc
cd /usr/portage
scripts/bootstrap.sh

(This came from the other thread) or use the 2004.2 build?
Even with this version, once I emerge --sync, I am totally up to date, yes? No dependancies or optimizations that emerge won't fix, right?

[Luthien]

[quantus]

If the bootstrap still bails, you should statically compile gcc before the bootstrap as I wrote in the other thread https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?p=1970841#1970841

[asbud]

Come to think of it, I tried an emerge gcc last night, which did not exactly, fix the problem. At this point I rebooted, and have yet to retry. I think I might do this tonight.

Would I just be better off downloading the 2004.2 CD image?

[Luthien]

I just succesfully finished bootstrapping with with roblem after emerge --nodeps gcc (notice the --nodeps, emerge gcc will just as well fail). You should not need to download 2004.2
And yes, use static.

[asbud]

Okay, thanks, I am installing my portage snapshot as we speak, I will try the suggestions above, and we will see what happens

Thanks alot everyone.