Nikos Chantziaras ha scritto: > On 02/26/2010 03:15 AM, bn wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I have a stable x86 system that requires still a bit of updating, among >> those libtool and gcc. Since I need the system to be usable *now* for >> work reasons, I don't feel like updating gcc and rebuilding it all with >> an emerge -e system / emerge -e world, but more and more packages want >> to upgrade to libtool 2.x >> >> Is it safe to upgrade libtool without (1)rebuilding gcc too and >> (2)rebuilding system/world? > > I don't know, but for this type of scenario you are better off building > binary packages of everything that need to be updated without actually > installing any of it on the machine. At the end, when all binaries have > been created by portage, you can install them in one go at a convenient > point. > > Look up the "--buildpkgonly" option of emerge for this.
Looks like an excellent suggestion, I didn't think of that. Thanks! Anyway, if someone else knows the answer to the libtool question, I'd be happy, if only for learning purposes :) m.
