Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Portage: missing pieces

[Jakub Moc]

Molle Bestefich wrote:
> Kevin F. Quinn wrote:
>> > > The expectation here is that when a new version of gcc is
>> > > stabilized, that users will upgrade to that in a reasonable amount
>> > > of time, and use that (by selecting it with gcc-config) for
>> > > compiling all new updates.  FYI, gcc-3.4.4-r1 was stabilized on
>> > > 2-Dec-2005, and the current stable is 3.4.6-r1 since May 29th.
>> >
>> > I don't see how that information is conveyed to the user.
>>
>> It's conveyed by the fact that when updating, you see a new compiler
>> version being installed.  If you have done a world update, you
>> already have the later compilers installed.
>
> No, that's not true.  It's not conveyed at all.
> It might install a new GCC, but it doesn't switch to it.

Sigh. Because it would break your system!

> It doesn't tell the user to switch to it, either.

You really need to research better if you insist on beating a dead horse
over and over again. Kindly read the toolchain.eclass:

<snip>
einfo "You should make sure to rebuild all your C++ packages when"
einfo "upgrading between different versions of gcc.  For example,"
einfo "when moving to gcc-3.4 from gcc-3.3, emerge gentoolkit and run:"
einfo "  # revdep-rebuild --library libstdc++.so.5"
echo
einfo "For more information on the steps to take when upgrading "
einfo "from gcc-3.3 please refer to: "
einfo "http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gcc-upgrading.xml"
echo
</snip>


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