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From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] using specific gcc-version in ebuild
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 19:32:29
Message-Id: 200606161530.06338.vapier@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] using specific gcc-version in ebuild by "Sven Köhler"
1 On Friday 16 June 2006 15:10, Sven Köhler wrote:
2 > i just wanted to ask, if the is an eclass or something else, that
3 > enables me to temporarly select a certain gcc-version? or perhaps just
4 > finding the path to the gcc and g++ executables of a specific
5 > gcc-versions (like gcc-3.*)?
6
7 no, there isnt ... while you may want to do this in your own ebuilds to work
8 around problems, the answer is "not a chance" for anything going into the
9 tree
10
11 > some software, like qemu and others, are simply not compatible with gcc
12 > 4.x and they will not become compatible due to severe conceptional issues.
13
14 then they stay broken ... add a warning to the ebuild if `gcc-major-version`
15 is "4" (see toolchain-funcs.eclass)
16 -mike

Replies

Subject Author
[gentoo-dev] Re: using specific gcc-version in ebuild "Sven Köhler" <skoehler@×××.de>
Re: [gentoo-dev] using specific gcc-version in ebuild "Kevin F. Quinn" <kevquinn@g.o>