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From: Andrew Muraco <tuxp3@×××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Moving GCC-3.4 to stable on x86
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 20:20:10
Message-Id: 438E08A3.7080001@leetworks.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Moving GCC-3.4 to stable on x86 by Mark Loeser
1 Mark Loeser wrote:
2
3 >Andrew Muraco <tuxp3@×××××××××.com> said:
4 >
5 >
6 >>is a minimum. A full out doc with all the FAQ and important notes about
7 >>what needs to be recompiled (in my opinion) would be a much more through
8 >>upgrade path, ofcourse still include the einfo quick instructions. But I
9 >>think the masses of users will not be happy when they realize that
10 >>emerge -e world && emerge -e world means that they will be compiling for
11 >>the next day (or 2 or 3), so a way to block the upgrade from messing up
12 >>people that wish to keep 3.3.x as default would be a good idea.
13 >>
14 >>
15 >
16 >gcc-3.4.* will not be selected as your system compiler after merging it. The
17 >old gcc profile is still valid, therefore it is kept. Users have to
18 >consciously go and change their profile to change their gcc, so nothing is
19 >going to just magically break.
20 >
21 That makes me feel a bit more comfortable. I still think that something
22 more then an einfo warning should be provided, as its easy to overlook
23 those.
24
25 Tux
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Replies

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Moving GCC-3.4 to stable on x86 Georgi Georgiev <chutz@×××.net>
[gentoo-dev] Re: Moving GCC-3.4 to stable on x86 R Hill <dirtyepic.sk@×××××.com>