John covici wrote:
on Tuesday 07/15/2008 Neil Bothwick([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote
> On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:54:43 -0400, John covici wrote:
>
> > > Did you try updating glibc even though it's not a dependency with
> > > x86?
> >
> > Nope, because I was hesitant being this is an unstable version
>
> It is not unstable, the ~arch keyword means the ebuild is still in
> testing. Nowhere in the Gentoo docs does it say that setting ~arch will
> install unstable software. If software not fit for general use is
> included in the portage treee, like betas and release candidates, it is
> generally package-masked so even ~arch systems won't install it without
> specifically unmasking it.
>
OK, thanks for the clarification -- and indeed getting the latest
glibc did enable me to compile gcc-4.3.1-r1.
Please post in http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=191088 about it,
so that the newer glibc will become a dependency also for x86.
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