On 5/29/09, Dennis Davis <[email protected]> wrote: > Seriously consider installing gcc-4.2 from a pre-built package.
I've already tried it, prior to maling the list, it didn't work - package gcc-4.2 was installed, but gnome-session would still fail from ports. > Alternatively add the soft link libc.so.42.0 in /usr/lib: > > (root) ?// pwd > /usr/lib > (root) ?// ls -l libc.so.42.0 > lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 12 May 7 12:35 libc.so.42.0 -> libc.so.50.1 > > Can't remember how I found this out. Seems the bootstrap compiler > wants it: > > (root) ?// ldd /usr/ports/lang/gcc/4.2/w-gcc-4.2.20070307/bootstrap/bin/egcc > /usr/ports/lang/gcc/4.2/w-gcc-4.2.20070307/bootstrap/bin/egcc: > Start End Type Open Ref GrpRef Name > 1c000000 3c008000 exe 1 0 0 > /usr/ports/lang/gcc/4.2/w-gcc-4.2.20070307/bootstrap/bin/egcc > 04402000 2443b000 rlib 0 1 0 /usr/lib/libc.so.42.0 > 09b3d000 09b3d000 rtld 0 1 0 /usr/libexec/ld.so #pwd /usr/lib #ls -l libc.so.42.0 ls: libc.so.42.0 : No such file or directory If possible, instruction for DUMMIES how to create the soft link would be appreciated very much.

