On 2016-05-13, waltd...@waltdnes.org <waltd...@waltdnes.org> wrote: >> So, I uninstalled gcc 4.9 and all older versions except 4.6. > > Ouch! I was asking what you had, not suggesting removing anything yet. > I would've recommended removing the old versions and keeping 4.9.3 if > anything.
Well, I had never tried 4.9.3, and I'd been using 4.6 without problems for some time, so keeping 4.6 seemed like the safe way to go. I still don't understand what broke 4.6. >> I then removed 4.6 from the world file (but left it installed). >> >> emerge is now happy and willing to upgrade gcc from 4.6 to 4.9 -- but >> it can't: now the build of 4.9.3 is failing. It appears I can no >> longer build _anything_. >> >> My system seems to be well and truly borked. > > See > https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-1009338-postdays-0-postorder-asc-start-0.html > where someone else destroyed their gcc, and downloaded and untarred a > binary tarball of gcc, to save their system. I built a few binary gcc packages on different Gentoo installs using quickpkg. The first couple didn't work, but I eventually found a machine whose gcc binaries will run on my broken box. I've now got a binary install of gcc-4.9.3 that seems to be working. It's been building gcc 4.9.3 for about 15 minutes now (building it with 4.6 would fail within 15-20 seconds). > I can't seem to get http://tinderbox.dev.gentoo.org to respond. Was > that part of the re-organization of the gentoo.org website? Tinderbox's owner pulled the plug on it a couple years ago. AFAIR, it didn't have anything to do with the website reort. -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! Is a tattoo real, like at a curb or a battleship? gmail.com Or are we suffering in Safeway?
