On Wed, 2006-05-31 at 16:45 -0700, Alan wrote:
> On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 04:28:45PM -0700, Lord Sauron wrote:
>
> Secondly, you can relatively easily
> restore a gcc by creating a binary package from another gentoo server
> (I forget the exact steps for this, basically you can dump all the files
> provided by an ebuild into a binary that you can install by simply
> untarring it in your /) or use the binary package that is on one of
> the install/complete CDs.
quickpkg can help you here. "if portage can emerge it, quickpkg can
make a package" On a working machine, type `quickpkg gcc` or `quickpkg
=gcc-3.4.5-blah`.
I think the result goes int /usr/portage/packages. Then take that to
your broken machine, and unpack it.
Hope it works!
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is the root of money?
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