On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 5:09 PM, Francisco Ares <fra...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 4:56 PM, Michael Schreckenbauer <grim...@gmx.de>wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> On Saturday, 10. September 2011 16:41:39 Francisco Ares 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. >> >> *bummer* >> > > tell me... > > >> > 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? >> >> emerging the one or the other with --nodeps could solve this. >> >> > 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. >> >> Afaik it's not possible to "upgrade" a running 32bit system to a 64bit >> one. >> > > I was already considering a fresh install. Now it seems more tempting. > > >> >> > Thanks >> > Francisco >> >> Hth, >> Michael >> >> >> > Thanks!! > > Well, --nodeps did no work, as portage claims that it is incompatible with --emptytree , that it is forcing as there is no more /var/db I have also tried to include my gcc in /etc/package-provided , but still it did not work Thanks Francisco
