Hi, Mike. On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 10:03:46AM -0400, Mike Edenfield wrote: > On 4/27/2011 8:16 AM, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > Hi, Gentoo.
> > I got the error message > > gcc-config: error: could not run/locate 'x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc' > > whilst trying to emerge something. Running gcc-config myself > > # gcc-config -l, I get back this error message: > > * gcc-config: Active gcc profile is invalid! > > [1] x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-4.4.5 > > . 4.4.5 is indeed the version of my gcc package. This got updated very > > recently. > > What is a "gcc profile"? Where can I find it, and what do I need to do > > to make it valid? > Your gcc profile is a set of gcc specs and symlinks to a specific gcc > version, since you can have more than one. The error just means > gcc-config didn't get run properly before uninstalling your previous > version of gcc. OK. > Run gcc-config to set your profile to the one you have listed: > # gcc-config 1 Done that. It works. Thanks! > You will get the error every time you run gcc-config until you set a > valid profile; after that it should go away and builds should work again. > --Mike -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).
