[gentoo-user] Bonehead mistake

[gentoo-user] Bonehead mistake

[Colleen Beamer]

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Hi,

After you guys get finished ROTFL, I hope someone can help me out.

I did a real "bonehead" thing.  I *hate* slotted packages.  What can I say,
I'm a "neat freak".  Normally, with the exception of genkernel, if a package
is going to install into a new slot, I remove the original and install
fresh.  That's what I did tonight after syncing, but it was stupid.

After syncing, I was told that there was a new version of gcc and that it
would be installed into a new slot.  Yes, I know that gcc is a compiler and
that, without a compiler, things just don't want to compile.  However, I
removed it anyway and even ignored the error message that it was part of my
profile and could damage my system.

So, what's done is done.  Is there a way to fix things without having to
reinstall my whole system?

Thanks in advance for your help and I hope I've given you the best laugh
you've had for a while!  :-)

Colleen

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Re: [gentoo-user] Bonehead mistake

[Philip Webb]

> On Fri, 1 Sep 2006 23:27:44 -0400
> "Colleen Beamer" <colleen.beamer@gmail.com> wrote the words:
>> I was told that there was a new version of gcc
>> and that it would be installed into a new slot.
>> I know that gcc is a compiler & without a compiler
>> things just don't want to compile.
>> However, I removed it anyway and even ignored the error message
>> that it was part of my profile and could damage my system.
>> Is there a way to fix things without having to reinstall my whole system?

  http://dev.gentoo.org/~avenj/bins/

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Re: [gentoo-user] Bonehead mistake

[Adrian]

*haha*  Yea, that was bad.

I upgraded gcc on one of my boxes and even without removing the old one
I have still never gotten it to work.  I'm gonna have to start all over
one day when I'm bored.

Anyhow, check the gentoo wiki.  There is a section there especially for
people who remove gcc.

HTH
Adrian


On Fri, 1 Sep 2006 23:27:44 -0400
"Colleen Beamer" <colleen.beamer@gmail.com> wrote the words:

> Hi,
> 
> After you guys get finished ROTFL, I hope someone can help me out.
> 
> I did a real "bonehead" thing.  I *hate* slotted packages.  What can
> I say, I'm a "neat freak".  Normally, with the exception of
> genkernel, if a package is going to install into a new slot, I remove
> the original and install fresh.  That's what I did tonight after
> syncing, but it was stupid.
> 
> After syncing, I was told that there was a new version of gcc and
> that it would be installed into a new slot.  Yes, I know that gcc is
> a compiler and that, without a compiler, things just don't want to
> compile.  However, I removed it anyway and even ignored the error
> message that it was part of my profile and could damage my system.
> 
> So, what's done is done.  Is there a way to fix things without having
> to reinstall my whole system?
> 
> Thanks in advance for your help and I hope I've given you the best
> laugh you've had for a while!  :-)
> 
> Colleen


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Re: [gentoo-user] Bonehead mistake

[Andrew Frink]

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On 9/2/06, Philip Webb <purslow@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 1 Sep 2006 23:27:44 -0400
> > "Colleen Beamer" <colleen.beamer@gmail.com> wrote the words:
> >> I was told that there was a new version of gcc
> >> and that it would be installed into a new slot.
> >> I know that gcc is a compiler & without a compiler
> >> things just don't want to compile.
> >> However, I removed it anyway and even ignored the error message
> >> that it was part of my profile and could damage my system.
> >> Is there a way to fix things without having to reinstall my whole
> system?
>
>   http://dev.gentoo.org/~avenj/bins/
>
> --
> ========================,,============================================
> SUPPORT     ___________//___,  Philip Webb : purslow@chass.utoronto.ca
> ELECTRIC   /] [] [] [] [] []|  Centre for Urban & Community Studies
> TRANSIT    `-O----------O---'  University of Toronto
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>
>

also if to have the space look into the buildpackage feature, it makes a
binary package of everything you emerge. very nice for when you do stuff
like that ^^^^^^^

Andrew

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