gcc 4.1 can't compile KDE because it needs gcc 3.4??

darkwingduck823 · n00b Joined: 13 Dec 2007 Posts: 4 Location: Iowa

hello, this is my first time posting and i am having some real trouble that i have never run into before.
i have compiled gentoo many times on this board, but i switched to a new one, chick busted on me, so i am back to my old intel p4. but this time around when i went to compile the ATI drivers i needed GCC 3.4 which wouldnt compile on account of a bootstrap-lean problem. so i popped the card out, re-compiled the kernel for my on board video and moved on to KDE (mind you, xorg is configured and working fine) and i got the same problem. it has gcc 3.4 for a dependency and that wont compile on account of a bootstrap-lean problem. i havent set bootstrap in the make.conf. does anyone know what is up?

i also checked gcc-config which of course said that i only have 4.1 installed on account of me using a brand me minimal disk anyways.
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didymos · Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 6:01 am Post subject:

Do an "emerge -pvt" to get a better idea of what's pulling in the dependency. I can tell you, it's actually not gcc-3.4 that's needed. Rather, it's virtual/libstdc++, and it's defaulting to gcc to satisfy that. If you just want to work around it for now, try doing this first:

darkwingduck823 · n00b Joined: 13 Dec 2007 Posts: 4 Location: Iowa

thank you very much. i had tried libstdc++ but i didnt know i needed the v3. its finally doing its thing, and i even was able to get my ati-drivers to compile!!!
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didymos · Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 4:15 pm Post subject:

Well, now it makes sense: ati-drivers is what needs libstdc++.
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desultory · Bodhisattva Joined: 04 Nov 2005 Posts: 9410

Moved from Desktop Environments to Duplicate Threads, refer to topic "Portage wants me to merge gcc 3?!".