Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Problems compiling gcc 4.2.4 and 4.3.1-r1

[John covici <covici@ccs.covici.com>]

on Tuesday 07/15/2008 Neil Bothwick(neil@digimed.co.uk) wrote
 > On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:54:43 -0400, John covici wrote:
 > 
 > >  > Did you try updating glibc even though it's not a dependency with
 > >  > x86?  
 > > 
 > > Nope, because I was hesitant being this is an unstable version
 > 
 > It is not unstable, the ~arch keyword means the ebuild is still in
 > testing. Nowhere in the Gentoo docs does it say that setting ~arch will
 > install unstable software. If software not fit for general use is
 > included in the portage treee, like betas and release candidates, it is
 > generally package-masked so even ~arch systems won't install it without
 > specifically unmasking it.
 > 

OK, thanks for the clarification -- and indeed getting the latest
glibc did enable me to compile gcc-4.3.1-r1.

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