On Thursday, July 17, 2014 06:52:20 AM J. Roeleveld wrote: > On 16 July 2014 19:26:39 CEST, Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: > >Dark Templar wrote: > >> When I reinstalled gcc and glibc, migrating from non-multilib amd64 > > > >arch > > > >> to multilib one, I just unpacked gentoo stage3 into temporary > > > >directory, > > > >> chrooted there, made binary packages out of installed ones (quickpkg > >> <name>), copied resulted binary packages and their metadata to host > >> system (i.e. moved $chroot/usr/portage/packages into > >> /usr/portage/packages) and installed those binary packages replacing > >> current ones. It's fast (you don't have to build packages from > > > >scratch), > > > >> and it didn't fail me even once, although I heard playing with glibc > >> such way may be dangerous (particularly, downgrading it). I guess it > >> works for other purposes too. > >> > >> I don't like installing from scratch if there is a way to fix it. I > >> don't like that approach 'unpack stage on top of your system', > > > >because > > > >> it will lead to system pollution: a lot of files might be no longer > >> tracked by package manager after that. > >> > >> But that's just my experience and opinion. I hope it can help you. > > > >If I can install something as a binary and then get a clean emerge -e > >system/world out of it, I think it would be OK. Thing is, I'm > >concerned > >something is amiss with the stage3 tarball. If that is the case, I > >want > >to inform the person that overseas that so it can be fixed. Installing > >Gentoo is hard enough for someone seasoned but would be a nightmare for > >someone new to Gentoo. > > > >Now to figure out what is the root problem on this thing. > > > >Dale > > > >:-) :-) > > Dale. > > I will try to use the x86 stage3 on a VM today. Will let you know how far I > get. > > -- > Joost
Update: Using a 32bit VM with current x86 stage3 file, glibc builds succesfully. (On first run) Will do a second " emerge -ve @system " when this one is finished. I used the following stage file: stage3-i686-20140708.tar.bz2 I have not change anything in /etc/portage -- Joost
