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From: Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@×××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Recompile system but omit package?
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2010 22:30:03
Message-Id: 4BCA3661.3030103@libertytrek.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Recompile system but omit package? by Vincent Launchbury
1 On 2010-04-17 6:06 PM, Vincent Launchbury wrote:
2 > On 04/17/10 17:09, Tanstaafl wrote:
3 >> On 2010-04-17 4:59 PM, Tanstaafl wrote:
4 >>> emerge system -gcc (where '-gcc' serves to tell portage to compile
5 >>> everything *but* gcc)?
6
7 >> Of course I meant:
8 >>
9 >> emerge -e system -gcc
10
11 > You could try temporarily masking it:
12 > #echo sys-devel/gcc >> /etc/portage/package.mask
13 >
14 > Then updating:
15 > #emerge -e system
16 >
17 > Then removing the mask:
18 > #sed -i '$d' /etc/portage/package.mask
19 >
20 > I don't know of any emerge flag that does this in one step.
21
22 Hmmm, good idea, thanks Vincent...
23
24 I just don't see any reason to recompile gcc so many times (system and
25 then again when I do world), when its already been recompiled with itself...
26
27 --
28
29 Charles

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Re: [gentoo-user] Recompile system but omit package? Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@×××××××××××.org>