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From: "White
To: gentoo-user <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Emerge @system causing gcc downgrade
Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2017 20:01:11
Message-Id: CAKsv4qYFidQX6LLRVYHownLsECGh+o6DJLnNXgmxd5pPe7GstQ@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Emerge @system causing gcc downgrade by Neil Bothwick
1 On 7 March 2017 at 19:38, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote:
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4 > Please don't top post, it is disliked on this list.
5 >
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7 Sorry - a consequence of moving away from a proper mail client, and on to a
8 web-based thing.
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11 > If you copied over /var/db/pkg you have a rather confused and messed up
12 > system. The safest way to recreate it is probably to move the pkg
13 > directory elsewhere and then run "emerge -e @world".
14 >
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16 Yep! I think that would be a polite way of putting it! ;)
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19 > gcc is slotted, so emerging 4.9.4 will not touch your 5.4.0 installation,
20 > you use gcc-config to choose which one to use. What does gcc-config -l
21 > show?
22 >
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24 Just the one line:
25 [1] i686-pc-linux-gnu-4.9.4
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27 I *think*, that with little time and patience, I can now sort this out.
28 Thanks for the emerge -e hint. It doesn't seem to be in the emerge man
29 page, though. What is the long-option name?
30
31 Kind regards,
32
33 Phil

Replies

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Re: [gentoo-user] Emerge @system causing gcc downgrade Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] Emerge @system causing gcc downgrade Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>