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On Friday 05 May 2006 03:39, "Christian Aistleitner" <tmgisi@×××.at> wrote |
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about '[gentoo-amd64] gcc-config (gcc32) infos': |
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> I know that gcc-config is responsible for creating gcc32 and gcc64 and |
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> actually calling the correct gcc with -m32 or -m64. However someone |
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> using Fedora Core just told me gcc32 also exists on his system. However, |
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> he claims that there gcc32 refers to "a privious installed gcc" (Looks |
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> like a very strange naming scheme to me). |
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FC5 (and possibly previous versions) use gcc-4.x by default for most (all?) |
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packages. Also, gcc packages are only provided for 4.x. If you want to |
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compile something that doesn't work under 4.x (some versions of qemu or |
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kqemu, for example), you install compat-gcc-32 (IIRC), which is gcc-3.2 + |
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FC patches, installed as gcc32. |
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In older versions of redhat (and possibly FC) 3.2 was the default gcc. If |
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you upgraded from such a system compat-gcc-32 (and the gcc32 binary) would |
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indeed be a "previously installed gcc". |
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-- |
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"If there's one thing we've established over the years, |
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it's that the vast majority of our users don't have the slightest |
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clue what's best for them in terms of package stability." |
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-- Gentoo Developer Ciaran McCreesh |
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