On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 5:09 PM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckin...@gmail.com>wrote:
> On Sat, 10 Sep 2011 16:41:39 -0300 > Francisco Ares <fra...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > I have managed to delete /var/db. I know this was a very stupid thing > > to be done, but now it is done and /var/db is gone for good. > > > > Well, that is a good opportunity to have everything built again, time > > to try new CFLAGS, and so on. > > > > But there is a circular dependency that I do not know how to get rid > > of: "glibc" and "gcc" depend on each other. They are both here, but > > portage does not know that. > > > > How am I supposed to go on? > > > > By the way, I have a Pentium Core 2 Quad and I am using a "x86" > > profile. How would I switch to a "amd64" ? As far as I know, my > > processor is capable of this. > > As Michael replied elsewhere, this is hard. It may even be almost > impossible and it's definitely not trivial. > > You intend to rebuild everything anyway, I would recommend you install > over the old system and retain /etc/portage and the world file. Then > emerge -e world. > > This will take you about 30 minutes longer than rebuilding world if you > hadn't taken out /var/db - one of the few cases where a re-install > really is the correct thing to do. Good luck. > > > > -- > Alan McKinnnon > alan.mckin...@gmail.com > > Yes, that's it, now going from ground up. Pity, this system is being upgraded, both hardware and software, since 15+ years. Never had to re-install before. I guess that shows how portage, all dev-guys, and all helpful people who write in this list are really good. Gentoo rocks! Thank you all! Francisco
