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From: Andrey Falko <ma3oxuct@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] A question about emerge --info
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:23:32
Message-Id: 350fc7cf0810291623j5fb5608rf311cd0d2a371d2a@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] A question about emerge --info by Andrey Vul
1 On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 4:13 PM, Andrey Vul <andrey.vul@×××××.com> wrote:
2
3 > On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 7:09 PM, Andrey Falko <ma3oxuct@×××××.com> wrote:
4 > >
5 > >
6 > > On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 3:53 PM, Paul Hartman
7 > > <paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com <paul.hartman%2Bgentoo@×××××.com>> wrote:
8 > >>
9 > >> I've always been curious about something in emerge --info's output:
10 > >>
11 > >> $ emerge --info
12 > >> Portage 2.2_rc12 (default/linux/amd64/2008.0/desktop, gcc-4.3.2,
13 > >> glibc-2.8_p20080602-r0, 2.6.27-gentoo-r1 x86_64)
14 > >> =================================================================
15 > >> System uname:
16 > >>
17 > >> Linux-2.6.27-gentoo-r1-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-2_CPU_6600_@
18 > _2.40GHz-with-glibc2.2.5
19 > >> Timestamp of tree: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:31:02 +0000
20 > >>
21 > >> Why does it show the glibc-2.8 on the second line but glibc2.2.5 on the
22 > >> fifth?
23 > >>
24 > >> Thanks,
25 > >> Paul
26 > >>
27 > >
28 > > My best guess is that your kernel was compiled by a toolchain that was
29 > > running on glibc2.2.5
30 > >
31 > > See what happens if you recompile the kernel under the newer toolchain.
32 > >
33 > 2.6.27 uses glibc? Really?
34 > I'm asking lkml what's happening.
35 >
36 >
37 > --
38 > Andrey Vul
39 >
40 > A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
41 > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
42 > A: Top-posting.
43 > Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
44 >
45 >
46 Well it doesn't use glibc per se, gcc uses the glibc.....however, his uname
47 -a output does look funky.
48
49 Here is mine: System uname: 2.6.24.7 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6700 @
50 2.66GHz
51
52 Did all underscores make it there by accident? What happens when you do a
53 plain uname -a?

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Re: [gentoo-user] A question about emerge --info Andrey Vul <andrey.vul@×××××.com>