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

[Bill Kenworthy]

On 14/05/16 06:18, Grant Edwards wrote:
> On 2016-05-13, waltdnes@××××××××.org <waltdnes@××××××××.org> wrote:
>
>>> So, I uninstalled gcc 4.9 and all older versions except 4.6.
>>
>> Ouch!  I was asking what you had, not suggesting removing anything yet.
>> I would've recommended removing the old versions and keeping 4.9.3 if
>> anything.
>
> Well, I had never tried 4.9.3, and I'd been using 4.6 without problems
> for some time, so keeping 4.6 seemed like the safe way to go.  I still
> don't understand what broke 4.6.
>
>>> I then removed 4.6 from the world file (but left it installed).
>>>
>>> emerge is now happy and willing to upgrade gcc from 4.6 to 4.9 -- but
>>> it can't: now the build of 4.9.3 is failing.  It appears I can no
>>> longer build _anything_.
>>>
>>> My system seems to be well and truly borked.
>>
>> See https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-1009338-postdays-0-postorder-asc-start-0.html
>> where someone else destroyed their gcc, and downloaded and untarred a
>> binary tarball of gcc, to save their system.
>
> I built a few binary gcc packages on different Gentoo installs using
> quickpkg.  The first couple didn't work, but I eventually found a
> machine whose gcc binaries will run on my broken box.  I've now got a
> binary install of gcc-4.9.3 that seems to be working.  It's been
> building gcc 4.9.3 for about 15 minutes now (building it with 4.6
> would fail within 15-20 seconds).
>
>> I can't seem to get http://tinderbox.dev.gentoo.org to respond.  Was
>> that part of the re-organization of the gentoo.org website?
>
> Tinderbox's owner pulled the plug on it a couple years ago. AFAIR, it
> didn't have anything to do with the website reort.
>

I have not seen it mentioned, but did you run "fix_libtool_files.sh"
after changing gcc versions?

BillK