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From: Paul de Vrieze <pauldv@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Multiple concurrent GCC's
Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 08:50:17
Message-Id: 200405281050.13892.pauldv@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Multiple concurrent GCC's by Chris Frey
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4 On Friday 28 May 2004 03:58, Chris Frey wrote:
5 > Hi folks,
6 >
7 > How flexible is the multiple-version gcc feature in gentoo? I see
8 > that portage will support concurrent installs of 2.95, 3.0, and
9 > 3.[23].x. This is great, but I was hoping for more flexibility in the
10 > "x" range.
11 >
12 > For example, I would like to have 3.3.1, 3.3.2, and 3.3.3 installed at
13 > the same time, configurable by gcc-config. This doesn't appear easily
14 > doable with the current portage.
15 >
16 > Is there something I'm missing?
17
18 The person who was supposed to implement this left at the time of the
19 zynot split. No-one has really taken it up. However, you could probably
20 install those versions in paralel. The only problem is that they are in
21 the same slot. The easiest way would be to manually edit the ebuilds and
22 set the slot's differently.
23
24 Paul
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