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On Sun, 23 Apr 2017 17:29:28 -0700, Ian Zimmerman wrote: |
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> What I hope for is a way to selectively download only the gcc-5 ebuild |
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> and its depndencies, which I could temporarily put in a separate local |
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> repo. Then, if the gcc update goes OK, I can move them in the normal |
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> portage tree and go ahead with the rest of the update. |
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PORTDIR="/somewhere/else" emerge --sync |
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should give you a new copy of the portage tree without touching the |
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original. |
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You may be overthinking this, I have no recollection of the gcc-5.4.0 |
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update which means either there was nothing to remember or I'm losing the |
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plot. I hope it is the former. That includes installing it on stable |
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systems that run testing gcc to make use of distcc easier. |
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gcc is slotted so you will still have 4.9 available should anything go |
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wrong. You can potentially get build failures with a gcc upgrade but that |
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won't affect your installed software, so it's an inconvenience rather |
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than a problem. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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