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From: Qian Qiao <qian.qiao@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Any reason to keep older gcc?
Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2007 02:47:32
Message-Id: c3d5f3800712271841r6f691cc2g5737eb84fce2113a@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Any reason to keep older gcc? by Walter Dnes
1 On Dec 28, 2007 12:37 AM, Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> wrote:
2 > My current version of gcc appears to be 4.12
3 >
4 > [m3000][waltdnes][~] gcc --version
5 > gcc (GCC) 4.1.2 (Gentoo 4.1.2 p1.0.1)
6 > ...snip disclaimer...
7 >
8 > "emerge -p --depclean" lists the usual suspects, which I know not to
9 > unmerge. The following entry has me wondering...
10
11 The usual suspects? It should list nothing if the dependencies are
12 handled properly.
13
14 >
15 > sys-devel/gcc
16 > selected: 3.4.6-r2
17 > protected: none
18 > omitted: 4.1.2
19 >
20 > Would there be any reason to keep the older gcc 3.46? I'm not
21 > familiar enough with Gentoo "under-the-hood" to decide.
22
23 Try "equery depends =gcc-3*", without the quotes obviously.
24
25 If none of the packages you installed depends on gcc-3*, you should be
26 able to get rid of it safely.
27
28 HTH
29
30 -- Joe
31 --
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Re: [gentoo-user] Any reason to keep older gcc? Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
[gentoo-user] Re: Any reason to keep older gcc? Grant Edwards <grante@××××.com>