> Now do an emerge sync, emerge portage, emerge -u gcc, emerge -u glibc (just
> in case) run etc-update after any updates. emerge -ep world to check for
> blocking packages - note any down then remove them.

The version of glibc that it wants to install is the one that broke
arts, so I'm not going to. Going back to the old version of glibc
(2.3.2-r2) fixed it, so I'm not going to update to the same version that
broke it.

> Now for the fun part: emerge -e world.
> This will recompile everything with the gcc, glibc that you just got. This
> should take all night.

wait-- wouldn't I want to recompile gcc with the new copy of glibc
already there?

I'm on the most current gcc anyway...