On Thursday, July 17, 2014 06:52:20 AM J. Roeleveld wrote:

> On 16 July 2014 19:26:39 CEST, Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:

> >Dark Templar wrote:

> >> When I reinstalled gcc and glibc, migrating from non-multilib amd64

> >

> >arch

> >

> >> to multilib one, I just unpacked gentoo stage3 into temporary

> >

> >directory,

> >

> >> chrooted there, made binary packages out of installed ones (quickpkg

> >> <name>), copied resulted binary packages and their metadata to host

> >> system (i.e. moved $chroot/usr/portage/packages into

> >> /usr/portage/packages) and installed those binary packages replacing

> >> current ones. It's fast (you don't have to build packages from

> >

> >scratch),

> >

> >> and it didn't fail me even once, although I heard playing with glibc

> >> such way may be dangerous (particularly, downgrading it). I guess it

> >> works for other purposes too.

> >>

> >> I don't like installing from scratch if there is a way to fix it. I

> >> don't like that approach 'unpack stage on top of your system',

> >

> >because

> >

> >> it will lead to system pollution: a lot of files might be no longer

> >> tracked by package manager after that.

> >>

> >> But that's just my experience and opinion. I hope it can help you.

> >

> >If I can install something as a binary and then get a clean emerge -e

> >system/world out of it, I think it would be OK. Thing is, I'm

> >concerned

> >something is amiss with the stage3 tarball. If that is the case, I

> >want

> >to inform the person that overseas that so it can be fixed. Installing

> >Gentoo is hard enough for someone seasoned but would be a nightmare for

> >someone new to Gentoo.

> >

> >Now to figure out what is the root problem on this thing.

> >

> >Dale

> >

> >:-) :-)

>

> Dale.

>

> I will try to use the x86 stage3 on a VM today. Will let you know how far I

> get.

>

> --

> Joost

Update:

Using a 32bit VM with current x86 stage3 file, glibc builds succesfully. (On first run)

Will do a second " emerge -ve @system " when this one is finished.

I used the following stage file:

stage3-i686-20140708.tar.bz2

I have not change anything in /etc/portage

--

Joost