Re: [gentoo-user] Emerge @system causing gcc downgrade

2017-03-09 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 9 Mar 2017 15:50:23 +, White, Phil wrote: > As mentioned, I was careless with copying over /var from a previous > install. The problem wasn't with the world file, but with the db/pkg > lists. emerge -e did not immediately fix it. emerge -e @world would not have fixed it unless you

Re: [gentoo-user] Emerge @system causing gcc downgrade

2017-03-09 Thread White, Phil
On 8 March 2017 at 11:29, Stroller wrote: > > Could you `grep -i gcc /var/lib/portage/world*` please? > > A copy of the whole world file(s) would be great, in fact, ideally as > plain text attachments. > Hi Stroller, Thanks, (and apologies for the delay). World

Re: [gentoo-user] Emerge @system causing gcc downgrade

2017-03-08 Thread Stroller
> On 7 Mar 2017, at 16:14, White, Phil wrote: > > OK - talking this through is helping. I *have* done something strange here. > The currently installed version is 4.9.4 (from gcc --version), except that > portage believes that 5.4.0 is installed. Could you `grep -i gcc

Re: [gentoo-user] Emerge @system causing gcc downgrade

2017-03-07 Thread Dale
White, Phil wrote: > On 7 March 2017 at 19:38, Neil Bothwick > wrote: > > > Please don't top post, it is disliked on this list. > > > Sorry - a consequence of moving away from a proper mail client, and on > to a web-based thing. > > > If

Re: [gentoo-user] Emerge @system causing gcc downgrade

2017-03-07 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 07/03/2017 22:00, White, Phil wrote: > On 7 March 2017 at 19:38, Neil Bothwick > wrote: > > > Please don't top post, it is disliked on this list. > > > Sorry - a consequence of moving away from a proper mail client, and on > to a

Re: [gentoo-user] Emerge @system causing gcc downgrade

2017-03-07 Thread White, Phil
On 7 March 2017 at 19:38, Neil Bothwick wrote: > > Please don't top post, it is disliked on this list. > Sorry - a consequence of moving away from a proper mail client, and on to a web-based thing. > If you copied over /var/db/pkg you have a rather confused and messed up >

Re: [gentoo-user] Emerge @system causing gcc downgrade

2017-03-07 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 7 Mar 2017 16:14:26 +, White, Phil wrote: > Hi Neil, Please don't top post, it is disliked on this list. > > Well, this is a new install. > Used Stage3-i686-20170214.tar.bz2 > There is nothing in package.accept_keywords that is currently installed > (as far as I know - although it

Re: [gentoo-user] Emerge @system causing gcc downgrade

2017-03-07 Thread White, Phil
Hi Neil, Well, this is a new install. Used Stage3-i686-20170214.tar.bz2 There is nothing in package.accept_keywords that is currently installed (as far as I know - although it is possible that I might have added ~x86 to gcc, although in this instance I don't believe that i did) I have installed

Re: [gentoo-user] Emerge @system causing gcc downgrade

2017-03-07 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 7 Mar 2017 15:07:32 +, White, Phil wrote: > I have a new install of Gentoo. > emerge -uDpv --newuse @system results in a new slot for gcc, > *downgrading* the current version (from 5.4.0 to 4.9.4) > No other package is selected for merging. 4.9.4 is the latest stable. Are you running

Re: [gentoo-user] Emerge @system causing gcc downgrade

2017-03-07 Thread White, Phil
Sorry Alan, that results in no extra information from emerge. Still only gcc listed for installation - and nothing else. -- Phil On 7 March 2017 at 15:08, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 07/03/2017 17:07, White, Phil wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm sorry. This is probably a

Re: [gentoo-user] Emerge @system causing gcc downgrade

2017-03-07 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 07/03/2017 17:07, White, Phil wrote: > Hi, > > I'm sorry. This is probably a really simple question. > I have a new install of Gentoo. > emerge -uDpv --newuse @system results in a new slot for gcc, > *downgrading* the current version (from 5.4.0 to 4.9.4) > No other package is selected for