Well, I'm not sure what is causing that problem but you might try
creating symbolic links that point to the i686 folder if the proper
files are present there.

On Thu, 16 Oct 2003 23:31:48 GMT, krusadr <who@cares.com> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I've been having trouble emergeing several packages with emerge dropping out with errors. The errors always relate to
> /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i586-pc-linux-gnu/3.2.2/libstdc++.la - File or Directory not found.
>
>I looked and in /usr/lib/gcc-lib/ there is only i686-pc-linux-gnu directory - no i586... directory.
>
>I checked /etc/make.conf and CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" is set correctly.
>
>The file libstdc++.a exists in the directory /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.2.3
>
>Somehow emerge is looking in the wrong place? Any ideas how to change it - another flag somewhere else perhaps?
>
>Box has dual P3s running smp with no problems for a year or so. I'm just upgrading stuff eg sylpheed-claws from v0.8.11 to latest 0.9.0. If I run emerge -u world it eventually crashes out with the above error on some ebuild or other.