Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From:	Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To:	gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-user] Re: A Glitch in the Matrix or just another burb of emerge... ;)
Date:	Wed, 11 May 2016 08:08:27
Message-Id:	`20160511090814.7092c7f8@digimed.co.uk`
In Reply to:	[gentoo-user] Re: A Glitch in the Matrix or just another burb of emerge... ;) by Hartmut Figge

1	On Wed, 11 May 2016 04:59:32 +0200, Hartmut Figge wrote:
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3	> >I haven't looked into why gcc 4.9 blocks older versions now, although
4	> >I know it didn't always do so.
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6	> I was bitten by that problem today. First I masked gcc-4.9 so I was able
7	> to do an emerge @world.
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9	There's no need to mess with masks, just add "--exclude sys-devel/gcc" to
10	your emerge command.
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13	--
14	Neil Bothwick
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16	Unix is user-friendly. It's just very selective with who it's friends are.