msgfmt: /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/gcc-4.1.2/work/build/./gcc/libgcc_s.so.1: version `GCC_4.2.0' not found (required by /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.5.3/libstdc++.so.6)
The libgcc_s.so used during build doesn't satisfy the needs of the
libstdc++.so that msgfmt is linked against. On the other hand, msgfmt
is used as a stand-alone application here, and what library it uses
behind the scenes is of no concern to the gcc build process.
Therefore, simply invoking it "as usual", i.e. without any special