Hi, Mark

On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 02:06:32PM -0800, Mark Knecht wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 1:44 PM, Alan Mackenzie <a...@muc.de> wrote:

> > My gcc now fails to work.

> > I upgraded it earlier on (I think) after doing an emerge --sync.  I
> > can't remember the before/after versions, or even whether I've got both
> > of them.

> > lipgmp has a lot to do with my problem.  After my last emerge -uND
> > world, I think libgmp was upgraded.  At any rate the messages on the
> > screen directed me to

> >    revdep-rebuild --library /usr/libt64/libgmp.so.3

> > , which I did.  They then informed me I could safely delete libgmp.so.3,
> > which I also did.  :-(

> > Now, when I attempt gcc on the command line, I get the error:

> >    /usr/libexec/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.4.5/cc1: error while loading
> >    shared libraries: libgmp.so.3: cannot open shared object file: No
> >    such file or directory

> > .  So, is there an easy way for me to recover a working gcc, or do I
> > have to do something desperate, like reinstalling Gentoo?  :-(

> > Help will be most appreciated.

> > --
> > Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).



> gcc-config -l

> and see what's there

Ah - gcc-config.  I did gcc-config -l, and it displayed 2 versions of
gcc.  Then I did gcc-config --help.  Then I did

    gcc-config x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-4.5.3

, and now gcc is working again, or more precisely the new one is working.
:-)  Thanks for the tip!

-- 
Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).

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