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From: Kumba <kumba@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] How to install two differents versions of gcc ?
Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2003 19:30:26
Message-Id: 3F8465DC.7040209@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] How to install two differents versions of gcc ? by Mike Frysinger
1 Mike Frysinger wrote:
2 > currently only 2.x and 3.x are SLOT-able out-of-the-box ... if you want to do
3 > some hacking of your own to see if you can get 3.2.3 and 3.3.1 together
4 > g'luck but Gentoo wont be adding it to the tree (this question came up and
5 > the request was closed as WONTFIX) ...
6 > also, afaik, it seems 3.2.3 and 3.3.1 wont work very well together ... i have
7 > a mostly 3.3.1 system and when i tried using 3.2.3 again (to test a bug in
8 > bugzilla) it borked on me ... then again it could be my own stupid fault ...
9 >
10 > also, if your reason is 'some things break with 3.3.1' then could you make
11 > sure said breakages are in bugzilla ?
12 > -mike
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14 I believe this is going to be solved when the long-sought multi-slot
15 support gets added to portage necessary for portage support of
16 cross-compilers. Not sure though. gcc-config would also needed to be
17 updated a little bit I imagine.
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20 --Kumba
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23 "Such is oft the course of deeds that move the wheels of the world:
24 small hands do them because they must, while the eyes of the great are
25 elsewhere." --Elrond
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