Re: [gentoo-user] emerge world looking grim

[Rich Freeman <rich0@gentoo.org>]

On Sun, Aug 23, 2015 at 10:19 PM, Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> wrote:
> Can anyone advise me which iso to use?  And which profile to set for
> general use in a vbox, hopefully to allow a `no sweat' emerge to a
> full OS.

As others have pointed out you probably just need to update your gcc
and all will be well, or if you have it updated check gcc-config -l to
make sure you're using the latest version.

However, I did want to point out something else.  Gentoo isos don't
actually contain any packages.  They're nothing more than boot disks.
You can install Gentoo from an Ubuntu iso as easily as from a Gentoo
iso, and the Gentoo isos don't even boot on EFI.  The software is all
in the stage3.  However, I wouldn't really try to overwrite your
install with a stage3 at this point as it doesn't actually look like
you have any serious problems.  You  just need to do a bit of
housecleaning.

And a note to everybody else on the list:  take it easy on the poor
guy.  People used to other distros are used to doing things like
blowing away their installs every other year with a fresh install.
Release-based distros get people used to this kind of nonsense, and
the idea that FOSS comes on a shiny DVD.  Portage's error messages
don't always help in this regard.  Of course any Gentoo user has to be
willing to take the time to learn some of the nuts and bolts to keep
things running, but when it is obvious somebody doesn't understand
what they're doing we can educate rather than just point it out.

-- 
Rich