>>> Emerging (1 of 1) sys-boot/grub-0.97-r3 to /
 * grub-0.97-patches-1.4.tar.bz2 RMD160 ;-) ...                                                                                                         [ ok ]
 * grub-0.97-patches-1.4.tar.bz2 SHA1 ;-) ...                                                                                                           [ ok ]
 * grub-0.97-patches-1.4.tar.bz2 SHA256 ;-) ...                                                                                                         [ ok ]
 * grub-0.97-patches-1.4.tar.bz2 size ;-) ...                                                                                                           [ ok ]
 * grub-0.97.tar.gz RMD160 ;-) ...                                                                                                                      [ ok ]
 * grub-0.97.tar.gz SHA1 ;-) ...                                                                                                                        [ ok ]
 * grub-0.97.tar.gz SHA256 ;-) ...                                                                                                                      [ ok ]
 * grub-0.97.tar.gz size ;-) ...                                                                                                                        [ ok ]
 * splash.xpm.gz RMD160 ;-) ...                                                                                                                         [ ok ]
 * splash.xpm.gz SHA1 ;-) ...                                                                                                                           [ ok ]
 * splash.xpm.gz SHA256 ;-) ...                                                                                                                         [ ok ]
 * splash.xpm.gz size ;-) ...                                                                                                                           [ ok ]
 * checking ebuild checksums ;-) ...                                                                                                                    [ ok ]
 * checking auxfile checksums ;-) ...                                                                                                                   [ ok ]
 * checking miscfile checksums ;-) ...                                                                                                                  [ ok ]
 * checking grub-0.97.tar.gz ;-) ...                                                                                                                    [ ok ]
 * checking splash.xpm.gz ;-) ...                                                                                                                       [ ok ]
 * checking grub-0.97-patches-1.4.tar.bz2 ;-) ...                                                                                                       [ ok ]
>>> Unpacking source...
>>> Unpacking grub-0.97.tar.gz to /var/tmp/portage/sys-boot/grub-0.97-r3/work
>>> Unpacking splash.xpm.gz to /var/tmp/portage/sys-boot/grub-0.97-r3/work
>>> Unpacking grub-0.97-patches-1.4.tar.bz2 to /var/tmp/portage/sys-boot/grub-0.97-r3/work
 * Applying various patches (bugfixes/updates) ...
 *   001_all_grub-0.95.20040823-splash.patch ...                                                                                                        [ ok ]
 *   003_all_grub-0.97-example-rescue-shell.patch ...                                                                                                   [ ok ]
 *   005_all_grub-0.96-PIC.patch ...                                                                                                                    [ ok ]
 *   008_all_grub-0.97-AM_PROG_AS.patch ...                                                                                                             [ ok ]
 *   010_all_grub-0.96-bounced-checks.patch ...                                                                                                         [ ok ]
 *   015_all_grub-0.96-unsigned-addresses.patch ...                                                                                                     [ ok ]
 *   020_all_grub-0.97-i2o-raid.patch ...                                                                                                               [ ok ]
 *   021_all_grub-0.97-grub-special_device_names.patch ...                                                                                              [ ok ]
 *   040_all_grub-0.96-nxstack.patch ...                                                                                                                [ ok ]
 *   060_all_grub-0.96-netboot-pic.patch ...                                                                                                            [ ok ]
 *   070_all_grub-0.97-initrd_max_address.patch ...                                                                                                     [ ok ]
 *   080_all_grub-0.97-geometry-26kernel.patch ...                                                                                                      [ ok ]
 *   090_all_grub-0.97-intelmac.patch ...                                                                                                               [ ok ]
 *   100_all_grub-0.97-splashimage-example.patch ...                                                                                                    [ ok ]
 *   110_all_grub-0.97-ptable-fix.patch ...                                                                                                             [ ok ]
 *   500_all_grub-0.97-netboot-gcc4.patch ...                                                                                                           [ ok ]
 * Done with patching
 * Running eautoreconf in '/var/tmp/portage/sys-boot/grub-0.97-r3/work/grub-0.97' ...
 * Running aclocal ...                                                                                                                                  [ ok ]
 * Running autoconf ...                                                                                                                                 [ ok ]
 * Running autoheader ...                                                                                                                               [ ok ]
 * Running automake --add-missing --copy ...                                                                                                            [ ok ]
>>> Source unpacked.
>>> Compiling source in /var/tmp/portage/sys-boot/grub-0.97-r3/work/grub-0.97 ...
 * econf: updating grub-0.97/config.guess with /usr/share/gnuconfig/config.guess
 * econf: updating grub-0.97/config.sub with /usr/share/gnuconfig/config.sub
./configure --prefix=/usr --host=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --datadir=/usr/share --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var/lib --libdir=/lib --datadir=/usr/lib/grub --exec-prefix=/ --disable-auto-linux-mem-opt --build=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
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 build system type... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no
checking for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc
checking for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc... (cached) x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... configure: error: cannot run C compiled programs.
If you meant to cross compile, use `--host'.
See `config.log' for more details.

!!! Please attach the following file when filing a report to bugs.gentoo.org:
!!! /var/tmp/portage/sys-boot/grub-0.97-r3/work/grub-0.97/config.log

!!! ERROR: sys-boot/grub-0.97-r3 failed.
Call stack:
  ebuild.sh, line 1614:   Called dyn_compile
  ebuild.sh, line 971:   Called qa_call 'src_compile'
  environment, line 3838:   Called src_compile
  grub-0.97-r3.ebuild, line 85:   Called econf '--libdir=/lib' '--datadir=/usr/lib/grub' '--exec-prefix=/' '--disable-auto-linux-mem-opt'
  ebuild.sh, line 577:   Called die

!!! econf failed
!!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack if relevant.
!!! A complete build log is located at '/var/tmp/portage/sys-boot/grub-0.97-r3/temp/build.log'.