[gentoo-user] Mistaken gcc -unmerge with a twist

2008-07-17 Thread felix
I was in the final stages of installing gentoo when I unmerged the old gcc before installing the new. My next step was going to be an emerge system world and I'd hate to have to restart from scratch again. I do have another machine, similar (both ~x86), and wonder if I can package up the gcc on

Re: [gentoo-user] Mistaken gcc -unmerge with a twist

2008-07-17 Thread Mark Shields
On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 10:43 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was in the final stages of installing gentoo when I unmerged the old gcc before installing the new. My next step was going to be an emerge system world and I'd hate to have to restart from scratch again. I do have another machine,

Re: [gentoo-user] Mistaken gcc -unmerge with a twist

2008-07-17 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:49:35 -0400, Mark Shields wrote: Don't do that; use quickpkg. info emerge for details. Then add buildsyspkg to features to make it more difficult to screw yourself in the future. -- Neil Bothwick To err is human, to forgive is beyond the scope of the operating system

Re: [gentoo-user] Mistaken gcc -unmerge with a twist

2008-07-17 Thread felix
On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 10:49:35AM -0400, Mark Shields wrote: Don't do that; use quickpkg. info emerge for details. Thanks, works like a charm ... so far :-) emerge gcc system world will take a while longer, but at least I am back in operation. -- ... _._. ._ ._. . _._. ._. ___

Re: [gentoo-user] Mistaken gcc -unmerge with a twist

2008-07-17 Thread felix
On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 04:13:17PM +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote: Then add buildsyspkg to features to make it more difficult to screw yourself in the future. That's handy, wish I'd known about it before. Been a while since I checked FEATURES. Are any of the others useful? Some like suid and