[gentoo-user] Re: Can't figure out gcc-4.9 blocker

2016-05-13 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2016-05-13, Grant Edwards wrote: > Well, I had never tried 4.9.3, and I'd been using 4.6 without problems > for some time, so keeping 4.6 seemed like the safe way to go. I still > don't understand what broke 4.6. I must have been using 4.9 for a while and then switched back to 4.6 when I ran

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Can't figure out gcc-4.9 blocker

2016-05-13 Thread Bill Kenworthy
On 14/05/16 06:35, Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2016-05-13, Bill Kenworthy wrote: > >> I have not seen it mentioned, but did you run "fix_libtool_files.sh" >> after changing gcc versions? > > You mean after I installed the binary 4.9.3 package and told > gcc-config to switch from 4.6 to 4.9.3? > >

[gentoo-user] Re: Can't figure out gcc-4.9 blocker

2016-05-13 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2016-05-13, Bill Kenworthy wrote: > I have not seen it mentioned, but did you run "fix_libtool_files.sh" > after changing gcc versions? You mean after I installed the binary 4.9.3 package and told gcc-config to switch from 4.6 to 4.9.3? No, I didn't. According to https://wiki.gentoo.org/wik

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Can't figure out gcc-4.9 blocker

2016-05-13 Thread Bill Kenworthy
On 14/05/16 06:18, Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2016-05-13, waltd...@waltdnes.org wrote: > >>> So, I uninstalled gcc 4.9 and all older versions except 4.6. >> >> Ouch! I was asking what you had, not suggesting removing anything yet. >> I would've recommended removing the old versions and keeping 4.

[gentoo-user] Re: Can't figure out gcc-4.9 blocker

2016-05-13 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2016-05-13, waltd...@waltdnes.org wrote: >> So, I uninstalled gcc 4.9 and all older versions except 4.6. > > Ouch! I was asking what you had, not suggesting removing anything yet. > I would've recommended removing the old versions and keeping 4.9.3 if > anything. Well, I had never tried 4.9.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Can't figure out gcc-4.9 blocker

2016-05-13 Thread waltdnes
On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 08:25:14PM +, Grant Edwards wrote > AFAICT, you are suddenly not allowed to have gcc 4.9 installed > alongside any older versions -- even though they're supposedly in > slots. > > This is odd, because my system has had 4.9.whatever along with 3-4 > older versions for so

[gentoo-user] Re: Can't figure out gcc-4.9 blocker

2016-05-13 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2016-05-13, Willie M wrote: So, I uninstalled gcc 4.9 and all older versions except 4.6. > 4.9 most likely works if it is installed. Just have to tell gentoo to > use it. > > gcc-config -l $ gcc-config -l [1] x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-4.6.4 * -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Can't figure out gcc-4.9 blocker

2016-05-13 Thread Willie M
On 05/13/2016 02:24 PM, Willie M wrote: > On 05/13/2016 01:43 PM, Alec Ten Harmsel wrote: >> On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 08:25:14PM +, Grant Edwards wrote: >>> >>> So, I uninstalled gcc 4.9 and all older versions except 4.6. >>> >>> I then removed 4.6 from the world file (but left it installed). >>

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Can't figure out gcc-4.9 blocker

2016-05-13 Thread Willie M
On 05/13/2016 01:43 PM, Alec Ten Harmsel wrote: > On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 08:25:14PM +, Grant Edwards wrote: >> >> So, I uninstalled gcc 4.9 and all older versions except 4.6. >> >> I then removed 4.6 from the world file (but left it installed). >> >> emerge is now happy and willing to upgrade

[gentoo-user] Re: Can't figure out gcc-4.9 blocker

2016-05-13 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2016-05-13, Alec Ten Harmsel wrote: > On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 08:25:14PM +, Grant Edwards wrote: >> >> So, I uninstalled gcc 4.9 and all older versions except 4.6. >> >> I then removed 4.6 from the world file (but left it installed). >> >> emerge is now happy and willing to upgrade gcc f

[gentoo-user] Re: Can't figure out gcc-4.9 blocker

2016-05-13 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2016-05-13, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Fri, 13 May 2016 19:34:18 + (UTC), Grant Edwards wrote: > >> Is one no longer allowed to have multiple gcc versions insalled? It >> seemd to be allowed earlier today... > > That's right, see the "A Glitch in the Matrix..." thread, particularly > Jonath

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Can't figure out gcc-4.9 blocker

2016-05-13 Thread Alec Ten Harmsel
On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 08:25:14PM +, Grant Edwards wrote: > > So, I uninstalled gcc 4.9 and all older versions except 4.6. > > I then removed 4.6 from the world file (but left it installed). > > emerge is now happy and willing to upgrade gcc from 4.6 to 4.9 -- but > it can't: now the build

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Can't figure out gcc-4.9 blocker

2016-05-13 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 13 May 2016 19:34:18 + (UTC), Grant Edwards wrote: > Is one no longer allowed to have multiple gcc versions insalled? It > seemd to be allowed earlier today... That's right, see the "A Glitch in the Matrix..." thread, particularly Jonathan's posts, for enlightenment. -- Neil Bothw

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Can't figure out gcc-4.9 blocker

2016-05-13 Thread Willie M
On 05/13/2016 01:25 PM, Grant Edwards wrote: > AFAICT, you are suddenly not allowed to have gcc 4.9 installed > alongside any older versions -- even though they're supposedly in > slots. > > This is odd, because my system has had 4.9.whatever along with 3-4 > older versions for some time and been

[gentoo-user] Re: Can't figure out gcc-4.9 blocker

2016-05-13 Thread Grant Edwards
AFAICT, you are suddenly not allowed to have gcc 4.9 installed alongside any older versions -- even though they're supposedly in slots. This is odd, because my system has had 4.9.whatever along with 3-4 older versions for some time and been perfectly happy. So, I uninstalled gcc 4.9 and all older

[gentoo-user] Re: Can't figure out gcc-4.9 blocker

2016-05-13 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2016-05-13, waltd...@waltdnes.org wrote: > Do you have gcc-4.5.4, gcc-4.3.6, and gcc-4.6.4 in "world"? Yes (I did). > If so, why? Because at one time or another have have needed specific versions of gcc for building something. Is one no longer allowed to have multiple gcc versions insal

[gentoo-user] Re: Can't figure out gcc-4.9 blocker

2016-05-13 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2016-05-13, Willie M wrote: > On 05/13/2016 12:16 PM, Grant Edwards wrote: > > I have no idea but I seen that star and thought about that it might be > that reason. It also wants to reinstall gcc-4.5 so make sure you > uninstall that. A couple hours ago, my system was perfectly happy with the

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Can't figure out gcc-4.9 blocker

2016-05-13 Thread Willie M
On 05/13/2016 12:16 PM, Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2016-05-13, Willie M wrote: > >> It looks like the multislot use flag has changed. I think that is what >> the star means. > > I had it enabled temporarily, but emerge then failed on the first > package it tried to build (gcc-4.5). > > Then deci

[gentoo-user] Re: Can't figure out gcc-4.9 blocker

2016-05-13 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2016-05-13, Willie M wrote: > It looks like the multislot use flag has changed. I think that is what > the star means. I had it enabled temporarily, but emerge then failed on the first package it tried to build (gcc-4.5). Then decided I shouldn't need it and removed it, since it seemed to be