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In linux.gentoo.user, you wrote: |
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> On Sonntag 28 Juni 2009, Alex Schuster wrote: |
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>> Roger Mason writes: |
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>> > I need gcc 4.3 to compile a specific application. I am hoping that I |
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>> > can install gcc 4.3 alongside 4.1.1 without suffering some awful |
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>> > catastrophe. This is the output of emerge on the machine in question: |
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>> [...] |
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>> > Can someone confirm that I'll be able to use gcc 4.3 for the specific |
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>> > application that needs it but then revert to 4.1.1 without having to |
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>> > re-compile all or most of my system? |
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>> I'm pretty sure you can. Emerge gcc 4.3, activate it with gcc-config, |
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>> compile your application, and use gcc-config again to revert back to 4.1 if |
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>> you like. |
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>> Or keep 4.3 as default, I don't think you could run into problems. |
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>> Wonko |
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> he will over time. If you switch default compiler emerge -s world has to be |
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> done. |
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> But seriously, why staying with 4.1? it's old... and 4.3 was a nice release... |
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Well, for me, media-plugins/mytharchive won't compile with gcc 4.3. |
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Hopefully things will change with the next mythtv release. |
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Regards, |
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Gregory. |
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