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From: Georgi Georgiev <chutz@×××.net>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] why does gcc-3.4.x depend on gcc-3.3.x / libstdc++?
Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 14:33:04
Message-Id: 20050827143033.GA8501@lion.gg3.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] why does gcc-3.4.x depend on gcc-3.3.x / libstdc++? by Bjarke Istrup Pedersen
1 maillog: 27/08/2005-02:46:03(+0200): Bjarke Istrup Pedersen types
2 > I must say I have been wondering about this for a while too.
3 > A solution might be add some sort of flag to packages that are binary,
4 > and then let portage install libstdc++ the first time you install this
5 > kind of package.
6
7 You mean, like have binary packages depend on
8 virtual/libstdc++-SOMEVERSION and have virtual/libstdc++ provided by gcc
9 or the split-out libstdc++ ebuild?
10
11 > Mike Frysinger skrev:
12 > > On Fri, Aug 26, 2005 at 10:14:04AM +0100, Chris Bainbridge wrote:
13 > >
14 > >>Subject says it all - is there any reason why 3.4.4 installs either
15 > >>gcc-3.3* or libstdc++-v3 built with gcc-3.3?
16 > >
17 > >
18 > > because i got tired of people complaining about broken systems when they
19 > > emerged gcc-3.4.4 and cleaned out all gcc-3.3.x versions from their system
20 > >
21 > >
22 > >>Is it possible to compile
23 > >>a native 3.4 system without the old gcc if I don't need binary
24 > >>compatibility?
25 > >
26 > >
27 > > i just add libstdc++-v3 to my package.provided in /etc/portage/profile/ and
28 > > call it a day
29 > >
30 > > i dont really see there being a clean solution until we have portage support
31 > > to track ABI dependencies
32 > > -mike
33 >
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[gentoo-dev] Re: why does gcc-3.4.x depend on gcc-3.3.x / libstdc++? "Sven Köhler" <skoehler@×××.de>