Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:02:50 +0100, Anthony Metcalf wrote:
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> If you have the time before the transition, you could set CFLAGS to
> something really generic, like -mcpu=i586 and emerge -e system, as well
> as recompiling the kernel. Then move the disks over. That way, you'll
> know that your toolchain and portage will work, which is all you need to
> get everything else going.
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May be a good idea...

Only problem with that is that his ageing system doesn't like to compile
gcc any more. I get segfaults on anything that takes more than about 40
minutes to compile.

One of the reasons for moving it. :)