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From: Adam James <atj@××××××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-hardened@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-hardened] First time hardened install: GCC version
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 18:06:25
Message-Id: 20070326190341.3b36035f@rhubarb.lan.pulsewidth.org.uk
In Reply to: [gentoo-hardened] First time hardened install: GCC version by Vieri
1 On Mon, 26 Mar 2007 10:33:56 -0700 (PDT) Vieri <rentorbuy@×××××.com>
2 wrote:
3
4 > Is it really impossible to downgrade to 3.4.6?
5
6 I think you've confused gcc with glibc. gcc is a slotted package, so
7 you can run 3.x and 4.x concurrently without any problems. You must
8 use `gcc-config' to select which compiler the system will use by
9 default.
10
11 glibc on the other hand is not slotted, and _cannot_ be downgraded
12 (unless you really know what you're doing).
13
14 You will encounter problems if you try to set your profile to hardened
15 when you have installed the system with a release >2006.0, as these
16 include a version of glibc that is hard masked in the hardened profiles.
17
18 --atj.
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