Richard Fish wrote: > On 8/12/06, b.n. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I have a couple of questions: >> - Is it safe to upgrade with a full desktop >> (Xorg+Xfce+Thunderbird+Firefox...) system running, or will I get >> everything crashing on me? > > If you start things up beforehand and leave them running, this should > be safe.
OK. > Just be sure to follow section 3 of the gcc upgrade guide > here: > > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gcc-upgrading.xml Yes, that's my little precious bible now. > I would actually recommend a slightly modified version of those > instructions though: > > emerge -uv gcc > gcc-config ... # or eselect compiler set > source /etc/profile > emerge --oneshot libtool > revdep-rebuild --library=libstdc++.so.5 > emerge -C =sys-devel/gcc-3.3* > emerge -e world Thanks. It seems to make sense. > So since you would chrooting into your system, and using the compilers > and libraries from your system, the knoppix kernel buys you nothing > here as far as safety. Yes, but by using Knoppix apps these shouldn't crash, being independent from the chroot environment. My concerns were mostly about the peril of X crashing (and being temporarly unable to come again up) vs memory usage penalty with a knoppix (but chrooted environment, no apps crashing). However I guess I'll start the recompile tonight and eventually spend tomorrow reading and cleaning home... > It should be noted that python links against libstdc++, and since > portage relies on a working python, it would be a very good idea to > quickpkg python and gcc before beginning. Then should something go > catastrophically wrong, you should be able to untar python and/or gcc > to get back to a working environment... This was already on my list :) Thanks, m. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
