> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Richard Fish > Sent: Friday, September 08, 2006 3:50 PM > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Remerge the system with gcc-4.1? > > On 9/8/06, Grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've followed the GCC upgrade guide before without problems, but now > > I'm scared. Is all the trouble because of how Gentoo works or how GCC > > works? What is the trouble like? Packages that won't compile, or > > different things breaking in the system? > > There are a few classes of problems here: > > 1. Packages failing to build with gcc-4.1. Usually the ~arch version > of that package will build fine, so you may need to accept ~arch > keywords for some packages in package.keywords. This is by far the > most common and serious issue. > > 2. C++ ABI issues. While the system is in the process of being > rebuilt, you can have some C++ programs using a different ABI than the > libraries they link to, or the libraries can have conflicting ABIs. > This should not be a problem once the emerge -e world completes, but > can make it difficult to use the system while this is happening. > > 3. Problems with other packages being blamed on the gcc upgrade. FEX > glibc-2.4 is now nptl only, and will no longer work in i386 hosts > (must be i586 or better), and probably conflicts with no-nptl > profiles, etc. > > You might want to take a look at the tracker bugs: > > http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=140707 > http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=117482 > > -Richard > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list Richard:
I have a system that I apparently built using the wrong stage 3 Make.conf has chost as i386 but it's a Pentium 4 box Im just about to start the emerge eav system Should I wait and /or fix something b4 I proceed? TIM Timothy A. Holmes IT Manager / Network Admin / Web Master / Computer Teacher Medina Christian Academy A Higher Standard... -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
