From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1QbqfR-0000C6-T7 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 29 Jun 2011 09:02:42 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5A0701C021 for ; Wed, 29 Jun 2011 09:02:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-vw0-f53.google.com (mail-vw0-f53.google.com [209.85.212.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 815F81C01C for ; Wed, 29 Jun 2011 08:39:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vws13 with SMTP id 13so905191vws.40 for ; Wed, 29 Jun 2011 01:39:02 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=NMCpZPArSpxJX9/D7LjOJ3fUF/KJ5vk35RfI6pJsrW8=; b=YLvA04qmvEpnATbe+FstxL8/e/0l4yVBwah0Nj0d68KANToIWfpNC2SnTpds85Gsxi WurekQV+wCQQ2XLZQTeIqH40OSAbxUpkHVKlkqhAbUACIDqd6sukwRiPGlZaablAgski HAdOJZ74KO+dhN54ii6nnc6yOy94OZ7aIiLIg= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-hardened@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-hardened@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.221.13.138 with SMTP id pm10mr203081vcb.37.1309336741848; Wed, 29 Jun 2011 01:39:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.220.193.199 with HTTP; Wed, 29 Jun 2011 01:39:01 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4DFF5746.9030500@wildgooses.com> References: <201106151055.12918.karlis.repsons@gmail.com> <4DFF5746.9030500@wildgooses.com> Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 08:39:01 +0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-hardened] Tips for upgrading to the current stable gentoo hardened? From: =?UTF-8?Q?K=C4=81rlis_Repsons?= To: gentoo-hardened@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 1804e1431e7ae6bd6d3106175ac26050 On 20 June 2011 14:20, Ed W wrote: > On 15/06/2011 11:55, K=C4=81rlis Repsons wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I've got a machine, which hasn't been upgraded for some 2 years or less.= It >> has GCC-4.3.4 and now I tried to upgrade to 4.5.2, but something failed.= So >> I'm here to ask for the right sequence of upgrades and other actions bef= ore >> it's too late... >> >> These actions done already: >> 1. updated binutils, >> 2. updated glibc, >> 3. unmerged and re-emerged libtool (had a blocker), >> 4. tried with the new GCC, but failed with some unclear problems, >> 5. switched to vanilla GCC and now compile glibc... >> >> So have I done something bad or what should I do to be sure that the upg= rade >> goes as smooth as possible? Thanks... > > You didn't give any info on the problems you had using gcc 4.5 so very > hard to comment. =C2=A0However, roughly the upgrade of any gcc is as per = the > docs (upgrade, switch to it, upgrade libtool, emerge -ev system) > > Likely problems you had were dependencies upgrading from a very old > system? =C2=A0Remember there is no harm in masking your gcc, upgrading, t= hen > upgrading gcc is this solves some dependency? (Slower) > > Remember to backup the machine... Thanks, the problem was rather silly: I ran out of RAM in a diskless machin= e... By the way, if I wish to update and totally rebuild my system, what steps do I have to take? I've seen many guides telling about the toolchain and emerge -e system, then world, but I lack consistency and understanding about how exactly and why. Anyone to suggest me some valuable link about that?