Subj : Re: Gentoo strikes again!
To   : Accession
From : Deavmi
Date : Sat Nov 19 2016 21:26:02

On 2016-01-01 06:27 PM, Accession wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> So yesterday I finally finished upgrading my Gentoo machine which hosts all 
of
> my services to the latest stable software. I hadn't updated for well over 6
> months and knew when going into it there would be headaches.
>
> Basically, I started checking into what needed to be updated last Sunday. 
"Wow,
> over 6 months and only ~130ish packages to upgrade? Not too bad, new GCC, new
> kernel version, let's go for it!"
>
> Started compiling.. after about 5 packages it breaks on something stuipid. 
Had
> to etc-update and merge a config file. Okay, not bad. Good thing I didn't 
walk
> away from the computer yet. Continue compiling.. walk away.
>
> Monday morning before work I check on it.. It only went about 3 more packages
> into the upgrade, and broke on gcc (which takes the longest to compile,
> somewhere around 1.5hrs). Didn't have time to mess with it till I got home 
from
> work. Upgrade stalled..
>
> Get home from work, don't want to see gcc fail again, so continue the upgrade
> with the --skipfirst option, so as to not compile gcc. Before work Tuesday, I
> check on it. Everything is upgraded except gcc. Great, I'll leave it alone 
till
> I get home from work again.. lol
>
> Get home, decide I'm going to compile the kernel before messing with gcc.
> Kernel fails to compile. They added new options that I needed to turn off,
> basically "64-bit kernel" is now an option, and I had to disable it. Try 
again,
> kernel fails on some wireless modules. I completely remove wireless options 
in
> the kernel (that computer doesn't have any wireless anyways), and try again.
> Success! Had to recompile glibc due to some modules being broken.
>
> Wednesday after work, it's time to try to compile gcc. Sure enough, it fails
> again. Fuggit, I'm not messing with it anymore.
>
> To Mercyful Fate: You remember the past couple years of me having an issue
> compiling gcc, well.. had I looked into it back then, lol..
>
> Thursday I get off work early. Nice. Got some time to look into this. 
Realized
> I only originally specified like 512mb of swap space for this machine when it
> has 2gb of ram. So look into any decent options to resize partitions.
> SystemRescueCD seems to be the only option nowadays that can at least make 
you
> feel secure about doing it without messing up your data. Downloaded, but 
while
> downloading I found some threads on creating a swap file. Hell, no need to
> resize my partitions? Bonus!
>
> Created a 2gb swap file as /var/swap.img. Okay, let's give it another go..
>
> GCC compiles perfectly. Heyo! Finally! After 3 unsuccessful compiles, and 
when
> you start them, you don't stick around.. you leave and come back after 12 
hours
> or more, to find out it failed an hour in..
>
> When I started this, I told myself if there was a problem I couldn't fix, I 
had
> backed up my entire BBS machine, and had the latest Archlinux ISO burned to 
CD
> and ready to switch. Well, looks like Gentoo is sticking around for awhile
> longer. :)
>
> As much as I despise it at times, it was my first jump into Linux, and is 
still
> to this day the most challenging Linux distribution out there. I guess I like
> the challenge too much to move on. LOL
>
> Regards,
> Nick
>
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>
Oh yes, in gentoo you compile everything right?
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