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On Sonntag 28 Juni 2009, Alex Schuster wrote: |
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> Roger Mason writes: |
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> > I need gcc 4.3 to compile a specific application. I am hoping that I |
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> > can install gcc 4.3 alongside 4.1.1 without suffering some awful |
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> > catastrophe. This is the output of emerge on the machine in question: |
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> > Can someone confirm that I'll be able to use gcc 4.3 for the specific |
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> > application that needs it but then revert to 4.1.1 without having to |
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> > re-compile all or most of my system? |
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> I'm pretty sure you can. Emerge gcc 4.3, activate it with gcc-config, |
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> compile your application, and use gcc-config again to revert back to 4.1 if |
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> you like. |
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> Or keep 4.3 as default, I don't think you could run into problems. |
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> Wonko |
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he will over time. If you switch default compiler emerge -s world has to be |
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done. |
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But seriously, why staying with 4.1? it's old... and 4.3 was a nice release... |