Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Can't figure out gcc-4.9 blocker

[Bill Kenworthy]

On 14/05/16 06:35, Grant Edwards wrote:
> On 2016-05-13, Bill Kenworthy <billk@×××××××××.au> wrote:
>
>> I have not seen it mentioned, but did you run "fix_libtool_files.sh"
>> after changing gcc versions?
>
> You mean after I installed the binary 4.9.3 package and told
> gcc-config to switch from 4.6 to 4.9.3?
>
> No, I didn't.
>
> According to https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Upgrading_GCC you don't need to:
>
>    Earlier installments of GCC on Gentoo required you to run a
>    specific command called fix_libtool_files.sh. Some time ago, the
>    execution of this command has been integrated in the package
>    deployments itself (through the toolchain eclass) so there is no
>    need for users to call this themselves anymore.
>

I suggest either giving it a go ... or check the logs to make sure that
it did run.  Experience from when I have had gcc breakage is that the
mechanism is fragile.

BillK