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On Wed, 2006-05-31 at 16:45 -0700, Alan wrote: |
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> On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 04:28:45PM -0700, Lord Sauron wrote: |
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> Secondly, you can relatively easily |
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> restore a gcc by creating a binary package from another gentoo server |
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> (I forget the exact steps for this, basically you can dump all the files |
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> provided by an ebuild into a binary that you can install by simply |
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> untarring it in your /) or use the binary package that is on one of |
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> the install/complete CDs. |
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quickpkg can help you here. "if portage can emerge it, quickpkg can |
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make a package" On a working machine, type `quickpkg gcc` or `quickpkg |
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=gcc-3.4.5-blah`. |
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I think the result goes int /usr/portage/packages. Then take that to |
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your broken machine, and unpack it. |
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Hope it works! |
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Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au> |
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So you think that money is the root of all evil. Have you ever asked what |
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is the root of money? |
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-- Ayn Rand |
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