Rebuilding gcc and gcc-libs for i586

Question

Hi. A quick question, if you don't mind. I'm trying to rebuild (or should I say update?) just about everything on an i586, but I'm a little stuck between gcc and gcc-libs.
This is from the PKGBUILD for gcc-libs ...
makedepends=('binutils>=2.18-3' 'gcc>=4.2.2')
And this is from the PKGBUILD for gcc ...
depends=('binutils>=2.18-3' "gcc-libs>=${pkgver}")
where $(pkgver) is the same as the gcc version, or 4.2.2. So on the surface it appears I can't compile either one since each one seems to be a dependency for the other (and makepkg spits out an error to that effect, for both, when I try).
Is there a graceful or correct way to rebuild both packages? Is there another package I'm overlooking that will handle both of them?
As you can imagine, I'd like to do this correctly the first time, since the trial-and-error method involves hours off my life.
Cheers and thanks in advance.
Last edited by k.mandla (2007-12-18 00:21:50)

Answer 1

makepkg will halt without a -d flag, and the build process snags and stops with -d.
The gcc version is 4.1.1. I started with an installation of Lowarch, hoping that I could hopscotch my way up to a current system. It's gone well so far, but this part is turning prickly.
I compiled both packages for i586, plus glibc-2.7 and binutils-2.18, overnight on my "fast" machine (1Ghz ... ), so later today I'll see if copying them across and installing en masse helps at all. Judging from the wiki pages, it should help.
Thanks for the tips, by the way. Compiling is not my favorite thing, but I'm learning a lot.
Last edited by k.mandla (2007-12-19 23:31:17)