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On 2010-04-18 1:56 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> Understand what the gcc upgrade guide is: |
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> a quick simple guide for user who don't know tool chains inside out, that give |
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> the minimal sequence of commands that is GUARANTEED to NOT leave the user in |
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> the lurch. It's not the minimum possible sequence of commands to do the |
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> upgrade, because most users don't know how to tell the difference. Here's the |
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> logic: |
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> "If we imply that you should merge -e world with a gcc upgrade, my inbox will |
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> not fill with bugs from users who don't know the inner guts of the toolchain". |
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> The Guide is not the best possible guide that can be. It is the guide that |
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> causes the least support questions from users. |
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This is the second time that someone has said something like this with |
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respect to the official Gentoo Guides (the other was the kernel upgrade |
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guide, and its recommendation to use ''make menuconfig instead of 'make |
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oldconfig')... |
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It would be nice if there were a formal/official place to find 'Advanced |
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User Guides'... ;) |
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Charles |
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