On Tue, 2005-11-22 at 09:17 +0000, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 00:28:26 +0100, Matthias Langer wrote: > > > > As I understand it, the first time you recompile new toolchain with > > > your old toolchain, and then the 2nd time you're recompiling the > > > toolchain with the new toolchain, with the idea that the new toolchain > > > will compile/assemble/link/etc everything in a different way than the > > > old toolchain. > > > > > > Please correct if I'm wrong. > > > > I would suggest 'emerge -uD gcc && emerge -e world'; This should > > recompile the new toolchain with the new toolchain and be considerably > > faster. > > The first command won't do anything, -D doesn't take account of of USE or > CFLAG changes.
Well, you are right, in theory; In practice, where the toolchain on the live-cd is not up to date, it will get completley recompiled by emerge -uD gcc (after syncing) - at least I think so ... However, thanks for pointing that out ... > > emerge -e system && emerge -e world might be better, but there are scripts > on the forums that recompile just what you need, in the best order, such > as; http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-282474.html > Matthias -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list