> Hmm, if you have a separate machine with the same architecture, you > can build those binary packages yourself, just man emerge and take a > look at the buildpkg section. Alternatively, you can cross compile > binary packages[1]. > > Or, why not just use a stage tarball? > > HTH. > > Joe > > [1] http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/base/embedded/cross-development.xml
I'm not an expert, and I don't have a second amd64 machine. My laptop runs a different PC processor type. How would I go about cross-compiling an amd64 binary on my laptop, and creating the necessary .tbz2 tarball. If I could do that, I would probably be able to test out the theory that this would fix my broken system. Thanks Jeff
