Re: [gentoo-user] Remerge the system with gcc-4.1?

["Jean-Marc Beaune" <jm.beaune@gmail.com>]

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For me, the problem was that I had to change CHOST...then I'll re-install
from scratch.
But I don't say Gentoo is bad, I say, I am bad at Gentoo !


On 9/8/06, Timothy A. Holmes <tholmes@mcaschool.net> wrote:
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Grant [mailto:emailgrant@gmail.com]
> > Sent: Friday, September 08, 2006 10:25 AM
> > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
> > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Remerge the system with gcc-4.1?
> >
> > > I am leaving my office in a moment to put the 2006.1 disk in a
> server to
> > > start a fresh build (it's a standby server and I can afford to have
> it
> > > off line for a day or 2) specifically to avoid having to do the gcc4
> > > upgrade.  Ive done one so far and it took me 5 days and nearly cost
> me
> > > my laptop -- and I followed the gentoo guide specifically.  There
> has
> > > GOT to be a better way.  Sadly I cant take each of my servers
> offline to
> > > do upgrade them this way -- some I will have to risk on the GCC
> upgrade,
> > > but for now im avoiding it like the plague.
> > >
> > > Tim
> >
> > I've followed the GCC upgrade guide before without problems, but now
> > I'm scared.  Is all the trouble because of how Gentoo works or how GCC
> > works?  What is the trouble like?  Packages that won't compile, or
> > different things breaking in the system?
> >
> > - Grant
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> [Timothy A. Holmes]
> Most of my problems came in the stage of the revdep-rebuild things
> simply wouldn't build.  I finally solved it by un-installing as many of
> the offending packages as I could, multiple emerge --sync and about 10
> attempts at revdep-rebuild
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> NOT a process I wanna go through again -- believe me!!! -- sadly -- I
> don't have a choice -- ive already got one machine that wont upgrade
> until I do it - -im just delaying as long as possible
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> Timothy A. Holmes
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/JM

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