"Richard Fish" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 16 May 2006 12:44:37 -0500, Harry Putnam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So it appears then that something is wrong with this update process. > > emerge -v -uDp gcc doesn't want to update the current gcc which is > > 3.3.6 yet the glibc it wants to install requires a newer > > gcc.... bad. > > No, you already have gcc 3.4 installed. But you need to follow the > gcc 3.3 to 3.4 migration guide: > > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gcc-upgrading.xml > > *DANGER*: if you simply use gcc-config to select the 3.4 compiler and > do not follow the migration guide, you will likely end up with a > broken system.
Thanks for that pointer. > > In fact running emerge -v -uDp gcc only wants to (U) update glibc to a > > version that requires a newer gcc to be installed. Something is very > > wrong in this picture. > > Run it again without the '-u' option, and it will show you that you > already have gcc 3.4 installed. And so it does. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
