On 2010-04-17 6:06 PM, Vincent Launchbury wrote:
> On 04/17/10 17:09, Tanstaafl wrote:
>> On 2010-04-17 4:59 PM, Tanstaafl wrote:
>>> emerge system -gcc (where '-gcc' serves to tell portage to compile
>>> everything *but* gcc)?

>> Of course I meant:
>>
>> emerge -e system -gcc

> You could try temporarily masking it:
> #echo sys-devel/gcc >> /etc/portage/package.mask
> 
> Then updating:
> #emerge -e system
> 
> Then removing the mask:
> #sed -i '$d' /etc/portage/package.mask
> 
> I don't know of any emerge flag that does this in one step.

Hmmm, good idea, thanks Vincent...

I just don't see any reason to recompile gcc so many times (system and
then again when I do world), when its already been recompiled with itself...

-- 

Charles

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