Re: [gentoo-user] glibc - C preprocessor /lib/cpp fails sanity check

2008-12-21 Thread Justin
Jeff Cranmer schrieb: I have a problem with my gentoo system I am trying to update, and I get a C preprocessor /lib/cpp fails sanity check error on a number of packages. After a bit of searching, the solution that I come across most often is to recompile glibc and gcc. Unfortunately,

Re: [gentoo-user] glibc - C preprocessor /lib/cpp fails sanity check

2008-12-21 Thread Jeff Cranmer
On Sunday 21 December 2008 11:52:11 am Jeff Cranmer wrote: On Sunday 21 December 2008 11:11:59 am Justin wrote: Jeff Cranmer schrieb: I have a problem with my gentoo system I am trying to update, and I get a C preprocessor /lib/cpp fails sanity check error on a number of packages.

Re: [gentoo-user] glibc - C preprocessor /lib/cpp fails sanity check

2008-12-21 Thread Qian Qiao
On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 01:30, Jeff Cranmer jcranme...@earthlink.net wrote: On Sunday 21 December 2008 11:52:11 am Jeff Cranmer wrote: On Sunday 21 December 2008 11:11:59 am Justin wrote: Jeff Cranmer schrieb: I have a problem with my gentoo system I am trying to update, and I get a C

Re: [gentoo-user] glibc - C preprocessor /lib/cpp fails sanity check

2008-12-21 Thread Willie Wong
On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 11:52:11AM -0500, Penguin Lover Jeff Cranmer squawked: checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes checking whether x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc accepts -g... yes checking for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc option to accept ISO C89... unsupported checking how to run the

Re: [gentoo-user] glibc - C preprocessor /lib/cpp fails sanity check

2008-12-21 Thread Jeff Cranmer
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]

Fwd: Re: [gentoo-user] glibc - C preprocessor /lib/cpp fails sanity check

2008-12-21 Thread Jeff Cranmer
On Sunday 21 December 2008 12:43:58 pm Willie Wong wrote: On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 11:52:11AM -0500, Penguin Lover Jeff Cranmer squawked: checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes checking whether x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc accepts -g... yes checking for

Re: [gentoo-user] glibc - C preprocessor /lib/cpp fails sanity check

2008-12-21 Thread Justin
Jeff Cranmer schrieb: 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.

Re: [gentoo-user] glibc - C preprocessor /lib/cpp fails sanity check

2008-12-21 Thread Jeff Cranmer
On Sunday 21 December 2008 01:49:41 pm Justin wrote: Jeff Cranmer schrieb: 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

Re: [gentoo-user] glibc - C preprocessor /lib/cpp fails sanity check

2008-12-21 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Sunday 21 December 2008 21:09:33 Jeff Cranmer wrote: On Sunday 21 December 2008 01:49:41 pm Justin wrote: Jeff Cranmer schrieb: 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

Re: [gentoo-user] glibc - C preprocessor /lib/cpp fails sanity check

2008-12-21 Thread Justin
However, did you notice that the parent poster mentioned glib and you have attempted to downgrade glibc? My fault missed the c. @Jeff Please provide a emerge --info so that we can comment on it. Perhaps this will protect you from some more headache when reinstalling. signature.asc

Re: [gentoo-user] glibc - C preprocessor /lib/cpp fails sanity check

2008-12-21 Thread Jeff Cranmer
Perhaps you should go back to a lower glib version. Latest versions of such important packages might always have issues. What is the approved way to do this? There is no approved way to downgrade glibc. The output message from the error you posted tells you why the devs will not

Re: [gentoo-user] glibc - C preprocessor /lib/cpp fails sanity check

2008-12-21 Thread Jeff Cranmer
On Sunday 21 December 2008 02:35:56 pm Justin wrote: However, did you notice that the parent poster mentioned glib and you have attempted to downgrade glibc? My fault missed the c. @Jeff Please provide a emerge --info so that we can comment on it. Perhaps this will protect you from some

Re: [gentoo-user] glibc - C preprocessor /lib/cpp fails sanity check

2008-12-21 Thread Justin
Jeff Cranmer schrieb: On Sunday 21 December 2008 02:35:56 pm Justin wrote: However, did you notice that the parent poster mentioned glib and you have attempted to downgrade glibc? My fault missed the c. @Jeff Please provide a emerge --info so that we can comment on it. Perhaps

Re: [gentoo-user] glibc - C preprocessor /lib/cpp fails sanity check

2008-12-21 Thread Jeff Cranmer
OK - accepting that my system is broken, I've tried emerge -eav system, and it is failing due to several errors. Other than reformatting the hard drive, how do I reinstall everything? Where do I change the accept keywords variable? It isn't in my make.conf, and if I put an accept keywords

Re: [gentoo-user] glibc - C preprocessor /lib/cpp fails sanity check

2008-12-21 Thread Justin
Jeff Cranmer schrieb: First avoid top posting OK - accepting that my system is broken, I've tried emerge -eav system, and it is failing due to several errors. Other than reformatting the hard drive, how do I reinstall everything? boot livecd, mount the disc as described in the official

Re: [gentoo-user] glibc - C preprocessor /lib/cpp fails sanity check

2008-12-21 Thread Jeff Cranmer
To clarify, when I try to run emerge -eav system, the first package which fails is sandbox. It advises me to try FEATURES=-sandbox emerge sandbox in response to the cannot run C compiled programs, but I still get the same error. My research on the web points me back towards gcc not being

Re: [gentoo-user] glibc - C preprocessor /lib/cpp fails sanity check

2008-12-21 Thread Jeff Cranmer
On Sunday 21 December 2008 03:15:41 pm Justin wrote: Jeff Cranmer schrieb: First avoid top posting OK - accepting that my system is broken, I've tried emerge -eav system, and it is failing due to several errors. Other than reformatting the hard drive, how do I reinstall everything?

Re: [gentoo-user] glibc - C preprocessor /lib/cpp fails sanity check

2008-12-21 Thread Justin
Jeff Cranmer schrieb: I'm afraid you'll need to be a little more specific on the accept keywords reinstall and never change this variable. Stick to the many guides out there. Your system is broken and fixing takes the same effort than reinstalling. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP

Re: [gentoo-user] glibc - C preprocessor /lib/cpp fails sanity check

2008-12-21 Thread Justin
Jeff Cranmer schrieb: On Sunday 21 December 2008 03:28:09 pm Justin wrote: Jeff Cranmer schrieb: I'm afraid you'll need to be a little more specific on the accept keywords reinstall and never change this variable. Stick to the many guides out there. Your system is broken

Re: [gentoo-user] glibc - C preprocessor /lib/cpp fails sanity check

2008-12-21 Thread Jeff Cranmer
On Sunday 21 December 2008 03:28:09 pm Justin wrote: Jeff Cranmer schrieb: I'm afraid you'll need to be a little more specific on the accept keywords reinstall and never change this variable. Stick to the many guides out there. Your system is broken and fixing takes the same effort than

Re: [gentoo-user] glibc - C preprocessor /lib/cpp fails sanity check

2008-12-21 Thread Jeff Cranmer
On Sunday 21 December 2008 03:44:37 pm Justin wrote: Jeff Cranmer schrieb: On Sunday 21 December 2008 03:28:09 pm Justin wrote: Jeff Cranmer schrieb: I'm afraid you'll need to be a little more specific on the accept keywords reinstall and never change this variable. Stick to the many

Re: [gentoo-user] glibc - C preprocessor /lib/cpp fails sanity check

2008-12-21 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Sunday 21 December 2008 22:42:15 Jeff Cranmer wrote: On Sunday 21 December 2008 03:28:09 pm Justin wrote: Jeff Cranmer schrieb: I'm afraid you'll need to be a little more specific on the accept keywords reinstall and never change this variable. Stick to the many guides out there.

Re: [gentoo-user] glibc - C preprocessor /lib/cpp fails sanity check

2008-12-21 Thread Justin
Jeff Cranmer schrieb: On Sunday 21 December 2008 03:44:37 pm Justin wrote: Jeff Cranmer schrieb: On Sunday 21 December 2008 03:28:09 pm Justin wrote: Jeff Cranmer schrieb: I'm afraid you'll need to be a little more specific on the accept keywords

Re: [gentoo-user] glibc - C preprocessor /lib/cpp fails sanity check

2008-12-21 Thread Willie Wong
I'll let others deal with your other questions, because they require some thought and I am not sure if I remember enough of the re-install process to deal with it. But, a few comments that I hope may be helpful: On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 04:41:15PM -0500, Jeff Cranmer wrote: (4) After editing the