From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB1E6139894 for ; Mon, 24 Aug 2015 12:41:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 01D2D141B2; Mon, 24 Aug 2015 12:41:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ig0-f178.google.com (mail-ig0-f178.google.com [209.85.213.178]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 05EB81419F for ; Mon, 24 Aug 2015 12:41:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: by igfj19 with SMTP id j19so54965675igf.1 for ; Mon, 24 Aug 2015 05:41:48 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type; bh=xt5Cc8UrcyOtfFR7GAG/Squc/ZwKzJjnCe+xYpQz7MU=; b=oBk47mKAuxrFufSAFSWGXXKKAqfTGeI8K5pfMivS2kSeEsI2Zli97/xPNLU1+/eOO5 RbOZ1/EDat/xGz0UkqHd+IDgUEEDbh+1M050/7dvcwcf4mjaj3qb2DwgAcDP0I+zRPui BhB/WLC1lr2doAyyGJZcoBckjlQCUaPFLlE+6pccYRJZSJnX8tME2r311OZ2KccJl2zl ytyGKUpLvAqU4DcIR1CYCDaQThR8XTO4CdHLxhQ+yRVZF04c/idB4kErTyhqgxnufqHO lPxRMWwrzTWh8K81hxMrlV50YP5b9Wm8DGBVEs7ShUyLXrhiYD0bOyk+kuI+itosRR4S /XyQ== Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.50.111.164 with SMTP id ij4mr13639888igb.70.1440420108264; Mon, 24 Aug 2015 05:41:48 -0700 (PDT) Sender: freemanrich@gmail.com Received: by 10.79.103.67 with HTTP; Mon, 24 Aug 2015 05:41:48 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87lhd1ig1t.fsf@reader.local.lan> References: <87lhd1ig1t.fsf@reader.local.lan> Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2015 08:41:48 -0400 X-Google-Sender-Auth: EUZsjoFrRQlVlEybHLjHvG4iJRs Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] emerge world looking grim From: Rich Freeman To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Archives-Salt: 341ba186-27b9-480a-a977-044de21345e4 X-Archives-Hash: 0e5cdf8a0468bd0cc4a18002dd02a756 On Sun, Aug 23, 2015 at 10:19 PM, Harry Putnam 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