From: Francisco Ares <frares@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] /var/db gone: possible opportunity to switch profile
Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 17:09:33 -0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAHH9eM5jP4=SJb9LKSQP809-KtNQgg6=8znRSoQQ8WXM583j7w@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2589198.3MJH8sU13g@pc>
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On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 4:56 PM, Michael Schreckenbauer <grimlog@gmx.de>wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Saturday, 10. September 2011 16:41:39 Francisco Ares wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I have managed to delete /var/db. I know this was a very stupid thing to
> be
> > done, but now it is done and /var/db is gone for good.
>
> *bummer*
>
tell me...
> > Well, that is a good opportunity to have everything built again, time to
> try
> > new CFLAGS, and so on.
> >
> > But there is a circular dependency that I do not know how to get rid of:
> > "glibc" and "gcc" depend on each other. They are both here, but portage
> does
> > not know that.
> > How am I supposed to go on?
>
> emerging the one or the other with --nodeps could solve this.
>
> > By the way, I have a Pentium Core 2 Quad and I am using a "x86" profile.
> How
> > would I switch to a "amd64" ? As far as I know, my processor is capable
> of
> > this.
>
> Afaik it's not possible to "upgrade" a running 32bit system to a 64bit one.
>
I was already considering a fresh install. Now it seems more tempting.
>
> > Thanks
> > Francisco
>
> Hth,
> Michael
>
>
>
Thanks!!
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-09-10 20:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-09-10 19:41 [gentoo-user] /var/db gone: possible opportunity to switch profile Francisco Ares
2011-09-10 19:56 ` Michael Schreckenbauer
2011-09-10 20:09 ` Francisco Ares [this message]
2011-09-10 20:29 ` Francisco Ares
2011-09-10 20:40 ` Michael Schreckenbauer
2011-09-10 20:09 ` Alan McKinnon
2011-09-10 20:40 ` Francisco Ares
2011-09-10 22:37 ` Alex Schuster
2011-09-10 23:37 ` Francisco Ares
2011-09-11 13:26 ` Peter Humphrey
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