Re: [gentoo-user] cxx/nocxx error building gcc-4.5.3-r1

[Hinnerk van Bruinehsen <h.v.bruinehsen@fu-berlin.de>]

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Just for clarification:
- -* means -cxx and -nocxx
This can produce the failure you get. Therefore you should set cxx
(normally you should want a c++ compiler).
If you have "-* cxx nocxx ...." you will have to remove one of the two
useflags.

Hinnerk


On 08.12.2011 10:04, Hinnerk van Bruinehsen wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> since you have not posted your specific USE-flags, it gets harder
> to help you. I think you could try to add cxx to your USE-flags. If
> the does not help you, you should post your USE-flags and 
> eventually the output of emerge --info to make it easier for us to 
> help you.
> 
> regards
> 
> Hinnerk
> 
> On 08.12.2011 09:15, Walter Dnes wrote:
>> I'm doing a fresh 32-bit install on an older Dell with an AMD
>> K8, for experimentation.  I'm getting a build failure on gcc as
>> listed below.  I start off my USE variable with "-*" and then add
>> on stuff as necessary. A Google search turned up 
>> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/gentoo/dev/242446 where 
>> vapier says...
> 
>>> this way when i do cut over from USE=nocxx to USE=cxx, we
>>> don't end up with users missing C++ compilers simply because
>>> they have old make.conf settings that started out with: USE="-*
>>> ..."
> 
>> That appears to be relavant to me.  But I'm not a developer, and
>> I don't claim to totally understand what he's talking about.  I
>> do have some ebuilds that use C++.  Should I add "cxx" to my USE 
>> variable?  The build error message follows...
> 
>> * Fixing misc issues in configure files * Applying 
>> gcc-configure-texinfo.patch ... * Touching generated files * 
>> Touching gcc/cstamp-h.in *   Touching gcc/config.in *   Touching 
>> libjava/aclocal.m4 *   Touching libjava/Makefile.in *   Touching 
>> libjava/configure * Applying gcc-spec-env.patch ...
>>>>> Source unpacked in 
>>>>> /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/gcc-4.5.3-r1/work Compiling
>>>>> source in
>>>>> /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/gcc-4.5.3-r1/work/gcc-4.5.3 ...
>> * CFLAGS="-O2 -march=native -pipe" * CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=native 
>> -pipe" * Configuring gcc ... * We are migrating USE=nocxx to 
>> USE=cxx, but your USE settings do not make * sense.  Please make 
>> sure these two flags line up logically in your setup. * ERROR: 
>> sys-devel/gcc-4.5.3-r1 failed (compile phase): *   USE='cxx
>> nocxx' and USE='-cxx -nocxx' make no sense * * Call stack: * 
>> ebuild.sh, line   56:  Called src_compile *   environment, line 
>> 4463:  Called toolchain_src_compile *   environment, line 5158: 
>> Called gcc_do_configure *   environment, line 2417:  Called die
>> * The specific snippet of code: *               die "USE='cxx
>> nocxx' and USE='-cxx -nocxx' make no sense"; *
> 
> 
> 

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