[gentoo-user] Re: Problems compiling gcc 4.2.4 and 4.3.1-r1

[Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@arcor.de>]

John covici wrote:
> on Tuesday 07/15/2008 Neil Bothwick(neil@digimed.co.uk) wrote
>  > On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:54:43 -0400, John covici wrote:
>  > 
>  > >  > Did you try updating glibc even though it's not a dependency with
>  > >  > x86?  
>  > > 
>  > > Nope, because I was hesitant being this is an unstable version
>  > 
>  > It is not unstable, the ~arch keyword means the ebuild is still in
>  > testing. Nowhere in the Gentoo docs does it say that setting ~arch will
>  > install unstable software. If software not fit for general use is
>  > included in the portage treee, like betas and release candidates, it is
>  > generally package-masked so even ~arch systems won't install it without
>  > specifically unmasking it.
>  > 
> 
> OK, thanks for the clarification -- and indeed getting the latest
> glibc did enable me to compile gcc-4.3.1-r1.

Please post in http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=191088 about it, 
so that the newer glibc will become a dependency also for x86.

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