Re: [gentoo-user] Building all packages except gcc

[Bo Ørsted Andresen]

On Monday 19 November 2007 16:35:17 Dan Farrell wrote:
> > How would I go about rebuilding all installed packages, except gcc? I
> > suppose I could do "emerge --emptytree world", but that would also
> > merge gcc, which I don't want, because I want to be sure that the
> > whole system is rebuilt with the same compiler.
> >
> > Any help is appreciated...
>
> Maybe I missed something, but I believe the easy (and most correct)
> answere would be /etc/portage/package.mask.  Mask out package versions
> greater than your current gcc version, and portage will refuse to
> update it (or proceed with any updates that depend on the newer
> version, so don't forget about having edited the file!).

package.mask is useless when you use --emptytree.

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Bo Andresen