* Select the new profile with eselect
* Re-emerge, in this sequence, gcc, binutils, and glibc
emerge -1 sys-devel/gcc:6.4.0
emerge -1 sys-devel/binutils
emerge -1 sys-libs/glibc
* Rebuild your entire system
emerge -e @world
Would emerge -e --exclude gcc --exclude bintuils --exclude glibc @world be a little more sensible?