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!!