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On Thursday 26 January 2006 23:07, MIkey wrote: |
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> Jan Kundrát wrote: |
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> > Great, there was a bug. Yeah, there was. Please notice the word "was". |
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> > It means that it has been fixed and it isn't there anymore. So the |
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> > problem got fixed. It's over. Finito. Period. Why are you still talking |
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> > about it? |
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> Because Becker needed to be informed about it. I know it was fixed, I am |
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> not bitching about it. I am merely pointing out that a stage3 installation |
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> isn't quite so simple to support and is just as prone (more prone in my |
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> opinion) to problems as a stage1 installation method. The main crux of |
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> what I am saying is that it is, in fact, more error prone and takes longer. |
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Is it? There is no reason to perform a gcc update. While there are arguments |
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for doing so, it is not needed. As such an unsuspecting user is less likely |
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to break his system. Incorrect manual reading/following is however a big |
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problem with stage 1 installs. They work, but they require you to either |
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follow the instructions to the letter, or to really know what you're doing. |
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With stage1 it's even more so that if it breaks, you get to keep the pieces. |
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> > Do you have some problems with understanding an English text? It was |
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> > already stated several times that upgrading GCC from fresh stage3 is |
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> > *not* the same as in the live system. |
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> Where are they then? How are they different? You might want to let |
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> someone else know. |
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This is only a temporary issue. As upgrading a stage3 is just a special case |
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of upgrading a fully live system the instructions still apply. Having |
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separate instructions is probably more confusing and a waste of developer |
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effort. |
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Paul |
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Paul de Vrieze |
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Gentoo Developer |
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Mail: pauldv@g.o |
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Homepage: http://www.devrieze.net |