Re: [gentoo-user] gcc slots

[Dan]

On Tue, 9 Jan 2007 23:29:15 +0000
Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> wrote:

first of all, let me mention there's a short defense of top posting ...
at the bottom ;)

have you tried emerge --unmerge =gcc-3.4.5 ?  note that equal sign,
it's usually necessary to include that when specifying a version.

I also wanted to make sure you're following the gcc 3.x -> 4.x  upgrade
guide online, because you'll need to, if you don't want a borked
system.  

best of luck, 

   --dan.

> Hi All,
>
> I just upgraded to gcc-4.1.1.  gcc-config -l shows that gcc-3.4.5 is
> still there:
>
> # gcc-config -l
>  [1] i686-pc-linux-gnu-3.4.5
>  [2] i686-pc-linux-gnu-3.4.5-hardened
>  [3] i686-pc-linux-gnu-3.4.5-hardenednopie
>  [4] i686-pc-linux-gnu-3.4.5-hardenednopiessp
>  [5] i686-pc-linux-gnu-3.4.5-hardenednossp
>  [6] i686-pc-linux-gnu-4.1.1 *
>
> When I try to remove gcc-3.4.5, it doesn't exist:
>
> # emerge -C -p -v gcc-3.4.5
>
> >>> These are the packages that would be unmerged:
>
> --- Couldn't find 'gcc-3.4.5' to unmerge.
>
> >>> No packages selected for removal by unmerge.
>
> If it doesn't exist, why is it listed?  There's most likely a good
> explanation for this, but it's getting late and I must be too tired
> to understand it. Could you please care to explain?

A defense of 'top posting' -- Caution, off topic!!!

Whether the reply text goes before or after the message to which it
replies depends entirely on personal preferance.  Some people choose to
run their email clients at full screen and/or on a large display, and
perhaps can see the top of the email and the bottom at the same time;
thus they can look over the original post and then read the response.
However, if one hasn't a big display or a fullscreen mail client (hey,
I have lots of windows up that I want to see/switch between!) having
responses at the end means you need to scroll way down to the bottom of
each message to see the responses.  Usually, if you're following a
thread closely, you'll already know the train of conversation, so all
the response-to quotations are just in the way.  Even if you don't have
to scroll the text at all, you still have to wade through the question
to get to the answer.  In time, as the response-to quotations get
longer and longer, much space is wasted by this section, and much
scrolltime is also wasted.  Therefore, I conclude that although I
respect the opinions of those who choose to bottom-post, and agree with
the reasons it is nice, I also insist that there are also good reasons
to top-post, and that I think the only real solution is for us all to
live with each others preferences when we can't honor our own.  

Friendily, 
	Dan.
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