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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Help, please! I've hosed my gcc.
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Hi, Mark

On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 02:06:32PM -0800, Mark Knecht wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 1:44 PM, Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de> wrote:

> > My gcc now fails to work.

> > I upgraded it earlier on (I think) after doing an emerge --sync. =A0I
> > can't remember the before/after versions, or even whether I've got bo=
th
> > of them.

> > lipgmp has a lot to do with my problem. =A0After my last emerge -uND
> > world, I think libgmp was upgraded. =A0At any rate the messages on th=
e
> > screen directed me to

> > =A0 =A0revdep-rebuild --library /usr/libt64/libgmp.so.3

> > , which I did. =A0They then informed me I could safely delete libgmp.=
so.3,
> > which I also did. =A0:-(

> > Now, when I attempt gcc on the command line, I get the error:

> > =A0 =A0/usr/libexec/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.4.5/cc1: error while lo=
ading
> > =A0 =A0shared libraries: libgmp.so.3: cannot open shared object file:=
 No
> > =A0 =A0such file or directory

> > . =A0So, is there an easy way for me to recover a working gcc, or do =
I
> > have to do something desperate, like reinstalling Gentoo? =A0:-(

> > Help will be most appreciated.

> > --
> > Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).



> gcc-config -l

> and see what's there

Ah - gcc-config.  I did gcc-config -l, and it displayed 2 versions of
gcc.  Then I did gcc-config --help.  Then I did

    gcc-config x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-4.5.3

, and now gcc is working again, or more precisely the new one is working.
:-)  Thanks for the tip!

--=20
Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).