On 11/30/06, Randy Barlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Something that's been bugging me about my system - I accidentally used an i386 stage 3 when I installed, and didn't notice until long after the machine was configures. Can I just change the CHOST setting to i686 and use fix_libtool_files.sh along with an emerge world or something like that?
You end up recompiling *everything*. But there is a guide to help you: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/change-chost.xml
Would this destroy my system?
It should be possible to do safely, but I would make a backup just in case, and since you are about to emerge -e world anyway, make sure you have some "down time" available.
Is there any benefit at all to using an i686 CHOST as opposed to i386?
Yes. For one thing it allows you to use nptl which is more efficient for threading than pthreads. In fact, glibc-2.5 is nptl _only_, so upgrading to glibc-2.5 will require CHOST to be i486 or better. -Richard -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
