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>> I've been stuck on gcc-3.4.6 on my hardened profile system (currently: |
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>> hardened/linux/amd64/10.0) for a very long time. Now it looks like |
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>> gcc-4.3.4 has been stabilized for hardened profiles. Has anyone |
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>> tested it? This system is critical for me, so I've got to be careful. |
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>> - Grant |
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> A lot of us have been testing the new GCC for a while now using the |
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> hardened-development overlay. It's as stable as 3.4.x was in my experience. |
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> About a year and a half ago, I reformatted a laptop and started from scratch |
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> using gcc-4.x from the overlay, because what the hell. Many issues from the |
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> gcc-3.x era actually cleared up with the new toolchain. Once I convinced |
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> myself that things were working correctly, I began to migrate "real" systems |
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> to the development GCC one at a time. |
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> All of my personal machines are using gcc-4.x, and things work much better |
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> on the desktop than they did with gcc-3.x. Many of our servers have also |
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> been migrated: web, database, dns, mail, monitoring, firewall, etc. all work |
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> fine. I have noticed absolutely no difference (either positive or negative) |
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> on those machines. |
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> In short, switching your default compiler with gcc-config isn't going to |
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> change anything. Test any new packages/upgrades just as you would have with |
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> gcc-3.x. |
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That's great. I'm up against a mysql upgrade that doesn't want to go |
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through without the new gcc, so I'm going for it now. |
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I have 4 desktops on a non-hardened profile and 1 server on a hardened |
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profile. I'd love to put the desktops on a hardened profile with this |
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new gcc. Can I switch from non-hardened to hardened? |
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- Grant |