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From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] why does gcc-3.4.x depend on gcc-3.3.x / libstdc++?
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 13:54:09
Message-Id: 20050826134928.GA23434@toucan.gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] why does gcc-3.4.x depend on gcc-3.3.x / libstdc++? by Chris Bainbridge
1 On Fri, Aug 26, 2005 at 10:14:04AM +0100, Chris Bainbridge wrote:
2 > Subject says it all - is there any reason why 3.4.4 installs either
3 > gcc-3.3* or libstdc++-v3 built with gcc-3.3?
4
5 because i got tired of people complaining about broken systems when they
6 emerged gcc-3.4.4 and cleaned out all gcc-3.3.x versions from their system
7
8 > Is it possible to compile
9 > a native 3.4 system without the old gcc if I don't need binary
10 > compatibility?
11
12 i just add libstdc++-v3 to my package.provided in /etc/portage/profile/ and
13 call it a day
14
15 i dont really see there being a clean solution until we have portage support
16 to track ABI dependencies
17 -mike
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Re: [gentoo-dev] why does gcc-3.4.x depend on gcc-3.3.x / libstdc++? Bjarke Istrup Pedersen <gurligebis@g.o>