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From: Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Downgrading gcc
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 05:03:57
Message-Id: jhsk4i$55k$1@dough.gmane.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Downgrading gcc by Pandu Poluan
1 On 20/02/12 06:38, Pandu Poluan wrote:
2 > Just re-emerge the older version e.g. emerge =...gcc-4.4.5 (... is the
3 > category). Then use eselect gcc or gcc-config to select the active gcc
4 > version.
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6 It's better to emerge it by using its slot:
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8 emerge gcc:4.4
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10 so you can get updates normally for that slot.
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15 > CMIIW
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17 > Rgds,
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19 > On Feb 20, 2012 11:24 AM, <meino.cramer@×××.de
20 > <mailto:meino.cramer@×××.de>> wrote:
21 >
22 > Hi,
23 >
24 > I want to downgrade gcc from 4.5.3-r1 to 4.4.5.
25 >
26 > The Gentoo gcc UPgrade guide tells me, that ABI are only upward
27 > compatible which implies problems when downgrading and not upgrading.
28 >
29 > Nonetheless a downgrade is needed here and I want to go
30 > to gcc-4.4.5.
31 >
32 > How can I acchieve this in a clean way?
33 >
34 > Best regards,
35 > mcc
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