thanks for the response folks. i swapped memory and the emerge still failed, again with a different, but similar problem. (syntax errors, but different filesets), so we can rule out the memory for now (though not completely).
i'll attempt to rebuild gcc tomorrow. (the machine is at work) i'm quite perturbed by the xorg-x11 issues. i was able to compile the kernel, a few system updates, etc. i was emerging fluxbox when i ran across the xorg-x11 compile errors, it successfully built all the dependencies up to that point. i also emerged gentoolkit, telnet, ftp/ftpd, while emerging xorg-x11 and didn't come across any issues. i was wondering if there's a way to boot the live cd, chroot to the system, but force a gcc rebuild using the live cd gcc ( or is that what i have from stage 3 install). at any rate, this has been a fun learning experience and i appreciate your responses. -=glenn=- On 11/22/05, Ferris McCormick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2005-11-23 at 00:36 +0000, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > > On Wed, 23 Nov 2005 00:11:47 +0000 Ferris McCormick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > | See my previous reply. I do not see how you can compile anything at > > | all on that system at this point. Just for fun, try something like > > | ebuild /usr/portage/sys-devel/gcc-3.3.5.20050130-r1.ebuild \ > > | fetch unpack compile install > > | (A complete rebuild of the gcc compiler without actually installing it > > | into the running system.) That build should give your system more > > | exercise that xorg-x11 has for you so far. > > > > ...or emerge -B gcc > Yes, but I'm not sure it's wise actually to package up a new gcc on this > system; you might end up installing it for real some time :) And > something on the system is not working the way it should. > > > -- > Ferris McCormick (P44626, MI) > Developer, Gentoo Linux (sparc, devrel) > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQBDg7zBQa6M3+I///cRAk/XAJ4i9+4cN+s1lYE3WRSTFKjZl034dgCfRGXc > 95c5K2C8aHPG30V2/f59DKk= > =XDzy > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > -- [email protected] mailing list
