gcc-config is locked on a compiler. when the command "gcc-config 1" is issued to select gcc compiler number one, gcc appropriately reports that it is switching to the selected compiler and notifies the user to "source /etc/profile". unfortunatly, gcc-config does not switch to the selected compiler -- the default compiler remains as the selected choice and it is impossible to change it. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge --sync 2. emerge gcc-config 3. gcc-config 1 Actual Results: compiler is not switched Expected Results: compiler is switched Portage 2.0.51.19 (default-linux/x86/2004.3, gcc-3.4.3-20050110, glibc-2.3.4.20050125-r1, 2.6.9-gentoo-r9 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.9-gentoo-r9 i686 Pentium III (Coppermine) Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 Python: dev-lang/python-2.3.4-r1 [2.3.4 (#1, Mar 11 2005, 12:01:17)] distcc 2.16 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] ccache version 2.3 [enabled] dev-lang/python: 2.3.4-r1 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.59-r6, 2.13 sys-devel/automake: 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.5, 1.4_p6, 1.6.3, 1.9.4 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r1 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.10-r4 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.8.1-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS=" -O2 -march=pentium3 -mtune=pentium3 -pipe -fweb -rename-registers -fforce-addr -momit-leaf-frame-pointer -fomit-frame-pointer -ftracer" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/env /usr/kde/3.3/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS=" -O2 -march=pentium3 -mtune=pentium3 -pipe -fweb -frename-registers -fforce-addr -momit-leaf-frame-pointer -fomit-frame-pointer -ftracer -fvisibility-inlines-hidden" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.osuosl.org http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.namerica.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 X acpi alsa apm arts avi berkdb bitmap-fonts crypt cups emboss encode fam font-server foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif gphoto2 gpm gtk gtk2 hal ide imlib ipv6 jpeg kde ldap libg++ libwww mad mikmod motif mp3 mpeg ncurses nls nptl oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdf pdflib perl png posix pthreads python qt quicktime readline samba scanner sdl snmp spell ssl svga tcpd tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts userlocales xine xinerama xml xml2 xmms xscreensaver xv zlib" Unset: ASFLAGS, CBUILD, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
sorry... forgot to mention that the dysfunctional ebuilds are: /sys-devel/gcc-config-1.3.10-r2 /sys-devel/gcc-config-1.3.10-r1 when attempting to roll back to gcc-config-1.3.8-r4, the following error is issued: Calculating dependencies ...done! >>> emerge (1 of 1) sys-devel/gcc-config-1.3.8-r4 to / >>> Unpacking source... >>> Source unpacked. >>> Test phase [not enabled]: sys-devel/gcc-config-1.3.8-r4 >>> Install gcc-config-1.3.8-r4 into /var/tmp/portage/gcc-config-1.3.8-r4/image/ category sys-devel man: prepallstrip: strip: strip --strip-unneeded strip: strip --strip-unneeded usr/lib/gcc-config/wrapper >>> Completed installing gcc-config-1.3.8-r4 into /var/tmp/portage/gcc-config-1.3.8-r4/image/ >>> Merging sys-devel/gcc-config-1.3.8-r4 to / --- /usr/ --- /usr/bin/ >>> /usr/bin/gcc-config --- /usr/lib/ --- /usr/lib/gcc-config/ >>> /usr/lib/gcc-config/wrapper >>> Safely unmerging already-installed instance... --- !mtime obj /usr/lib/gcc-config/wrapper --- !mtime obj /usr/bin/gcc-config --- !empty dir /usr/lib/gcc-config --- !empty dir /usr/lib --- !empty dir /usr/bin --- !empty dir /usr >>> original instance of package unmerged safely. * /usr/bin/gcc-config: Profile does not exist or invalid setting for /etc/env.d/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu-3.4.3-20050110 * /usr/bin/gcc-config: Profile does not exist or invalid setting for /etc/env.d/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu-3.4.3-20050110 * Switching to i686-pc-linux-gnu-3.4.3-20050110 compiler... [ ok ] >>> Regenerating /etc/ld.so.cache... * Caching service dependencies... >>> sys-devel/gcc-config-1.3.8-r4 merged. >>> clean: No packages selected for removal. >>> Auto-cleaning packages ... >>> No outdated packages were found on your system. * GNU info directory index is up-to-date.
although i forgot to mention it, the previous posts are related to a Gentoo box that was installed from 2004.3 profiles and has been kept up to date. i am experiencing identical problems on a number of additional PCs upon which i have installed 2005.0 and also upgraded to GCC 3.4.3. here is an example from one of the effected 2005.0 boxes: # emerge info Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 Portage 2.0.51.19 (default-linux/x86/2005.0, gcc-3.4.3-20050110, glibc-2.3.4.20050125-r1, 2.6.11-gentoo-r4 i586) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.11-gentoo-r4 i586 AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor Python: dev-lang/python-2.3.4-r1 [2.3.4 (#1, Mar 30 2005, 17:35:45)] ccache version 2.3 [enabled] dev-lang/python: 2.3.4-r1 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.59-r6, 2.13 sys-devel/automake: 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.5, 1.4_p6, 1.6.3, 1.9.4 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r1 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.10-r4 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.8.1-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=pentium -mtune=pentium -pipe -O3 -fweb -frename-registers -fforce-addr -momit-leaf-frame-pointer -fomit-frame-pointer -ftracer" CHOST="i586-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=pentium -mtune=pentium -pipe -O3 -fweb -frename-registers -fforce-addr -momit-leaf-frame-pointer -fomit-frame-pointer -ftracer -fvisibility-inlines-hidden" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://192.168.17.27/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 X alsa apm arts avi berkdb bitmap-fonts crypt cups emboss encode foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif gnome gpm gtk gtk2 imlib ipv6 jpeg kde libg++ libwww mad mikmod motif mp3 mpeg ncurses nls nptl oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png python qt quicktime readline sdl spell ssl svga tcpd truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts xml2 xmms xv zlib" Unset: ASFLAGS, CBUILD, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS in the following situation, on both 2004.3 and 2005.0 systems, GCC-CONFIG will not work: # gcc-config -l [1] i686-pc-linux-gnu-3.3.5 [2] i686-pc-linux-gnu-3.3.5-hardened [3] i686-pc-linux-gnu-3.3.5-hardenednopie [4] i686-pc-linux-gnu-3.3.5-hardenednossp [5] i686-pc-linux-gnu-3.4.3-20050110 * [6] i686-pc-linux-gnu-3.4.3-20050110-hardened [7] i686-pc-linux-gnu-3.4.3-20050110-hardenednopie [8] i686-pc-linux-gnu-3.4.3-20050110-hardenednossp interestingly, if you "emerge -P gcc-config" you'll get the following output: # gcc-config -l [1] i686-pc-linux-gnu-3.4.3-20050110 * [2] i686-pc-linux-gnu-3.4.3-20050110-hardened [3] i686-pc-linux-gnu-3.4.3-20050110-hardenednopie [4] i686-pc-linux-gnu-3.4.3-20050110-hardenednossp NOTE: after pruning gcc 3.3.x from the system, gcc-config immediately began to work properly on all of the effected 2005.0 and 2004.3 systems! thanks for your time.
I've reproduced this problem on a 2005.0 Pentium system. In the process of upgrading from gcc 3.3.5 to 3.4.3, I issued the command gcc-config 5 to switch to the the newly installed i586 gcc 3.4.3 profile (which gcc-config -l listed as profile [5]). However, despite all my attempts it would not budge. I ended up having to recompile gcc-3.4.3 in order to get gcc-config to finally switch to the gcc 3.4.3 profile.
Here is the output of emerge info on that system: BlueBox / # emerge info Portage 2.0.51.19 (default-linux/x86/2005.0, gcc-3.4.3-20050110, glibc-2.3.4.20050125-r1, 2.6.11-love2 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.11-love2 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 Python: dev-lang/python-2.3.4-r1 [2.3.4 (#1, Apr 2 2005, 05:35:19)] dev-lang/python: 2.3.4-r1 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.59-r6, 2.13 sys-devel/automake: 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.5, 1.4_p6, 1.6.3, 1.9.4 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r1 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.10-r4 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.8.1-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=pentium -mtune=pentium -pipe -O3 -fweb -frename-registers -fforce-addr -momit-leaf-frame-pointer -fomit-frame-pointer -ftracer" CHOST="i586-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=pentium -mtune=pentium -pipe -O3 -fweb -frename-registers -fforce-addr -momit-leaf-frame-pointer -fomit-frame-pointer -ftracer -fvisibility-inlines-hidden" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j1" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 X alsa apm arts avi berkdb bitmap-fonts crypt cups emboss encode foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif gnome gpm gtk gtk2 imlib ipv6 jpeg kde libg++ libwww mad mikmod motif mp3 mpeg ncurses nls nptl oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png python qt quicktime readline sdl spell ssl svga tcpd truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts xml2 xmms xv zlib" Unset: ASFLAGS, CBUILD, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS
R Lynch said: "I've reproduced this problem on a 2005.0 Pentium system. In the process of upgrading from gcc 3.3.5 to 3.4.3, I issued the command gcc-config 5 to switch to the the newly installed i586 gcc 3.4.3 profile (which gcc-config -l listed as profile [5]). However, despite all my attempts it would not budge. I ended up having to recompile gcc-3.4.3 in order to get gcc-config to finally switch to the gcc 3.4.3 profile." i performed "emerge -e system && emerge -e system" and this still did not fix the gcc-config problem. the only way i was able to solve the problem was to prune the earlier version of gcc-config.
Prune the earlier version of gcc or gcc-config? I didn't think gcc-config was slotted.
oops. error on my part. the command that fixes the problem is "emerge -P gcc", not "emerge -P gcc-config". removing the slotted GCC 3.3.4 or 3.3.5 compiler is what allows gcc-config to work properly. if you change all of my references to "removing the slotted version of gcc-config", and replace them with "removing the slotted version of gcc", then the posts will be correct. sorry about that. :o
so as long as you upgrade to the proper version of gcc-config ...
i'm somewhat lost by your reference to a "proper" version of gcc-config. what is the "proper" version of gcc-config? none of the most 3 recent versions in portage work properly with gcc 3.3.x and gcc 3.4.3 installed on the system. in order to get gcc-config to work at all, the user has to prune gcc 3.4.x from the system. forcing the user to delete an entire compiler branch to get the configuration tool to function is obviously not how the system is supposed to work. this is a bug that really needs to be addressed. more info: cat /etc/portage/package.keywords sys-devel/gcc ~x86 sys-devel/gcc-config ~x86 sys-libs/libstdc++-v3 ~x86 sys-libs/glibc ~x86
well, i guess that i now understand what you meant by "so as long as you upgrade to the proper version of gcc-config ..." CVS reports that in response to this bug report, vapier updated gcc-config-1.3.10-r2 to version 1.3 on 04-05-2005 at 01:18:45 +0000. now that the ebuild has been fixed, i'm happy to agree with you and say WORKSFORME. thanks for fixing the problem. :)
