> > I remember reading about a package update after which it is beneficial
> > to emerge emptytree.  I thought it was the compiler stuff.  Am I
> > remembering that wrong?
> >
> 
> You're probably not remembering completely. The only time it is
> *suggested* that you might want to do an emerge -e world is after you
> have recompiled glibc to use NPTL. And even then, plenty of people will
> tell you it's not necessary.
> 
> Certainly it's not necessary for a normal update of glibc, much less
> gcc. Everything will pretty much update itself as you update the
> programs, and it's otherwise not an issue.
> 
> HTH,
> Holly

Ok, thanks Holly.

- Grant

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