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From: Jakub Moc <jakub@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Portage: missing pieces
Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2006 20:14:37
Message-Id: 44B162C8.2050007@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Portage: missing pieces by Ciaran McCreesh
1 Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
2 > On Sun, 09 Jul 2006 21:37:47 +0200 Jakub Moc <jakub@g.o> wrote:
3 > | Molle Bestefich wrote:
4 > | > I noticed that several users have commented with a relevant
5 > | > complaint: GCC-4.x is required by the ebuild, but no information is
6 > | > ever conveyed to the end user about this fact. The ebuild does not
7 > | > have a dependency on GCC-4.x.
8 > |
9 > | No, it's not. gcc-3.4.x *is* required. That versions (or later) is
10 > | *stable* everywhere where xine-lib is stable.
11 >
12 > Not true. According to the 2006.0 x86 profile, for example, you're
13 > required to have ">=sys-devel/gcc-3.3.4-r1". There is no requirement
14 > that 3.4 be installed.
15 >
16
17 Yeah, that's not what I've been talking about at all, what's your point?
18 I was saying that gcc-3.4 and better is stable everywhere where it's
19 needed. How does it change that 3.3 is dead as a nail in a lamproom door
20 and users should switch to something that we actually can support?
21
22
23 --
24 Best regards,
25
26 Jakub Moc
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Portage: missing pieces Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@×××××××××××××.uk>