Grant schreef: >>>I noticed my glibc and gcc were updated to 2.3.5 in my last big emerge >>>world. Should I run an emptytree emerge now? >>> >>>- Grant >> >>first, your gcc got not updated to 2.3.5 >> >>second: no. >>You do NOT NEED to do an emptytree. Never! >> >>glibc updates are nothing to worry about, one replaces the other, the software >>does not care much. And if it cares, it crashes, so you'll see it, if >>anything needs to rebuild. >> >>But as a general rule: you do not need to do an emerge emptytree. > > > 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 -- [email protected] mailing list
