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From: Markos Chandras <hwoarang@g.o>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] GCC upgrade from 4.5.3 to 4.5.4 automatically removes 4.5.3???? Wtf???
Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2012 13:14:14
Message-Id: CAG2jQ8j_36npm+UkONL+cM4oTO0wM_OzqEKgP4PEwCXUfqrMvQ@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] GCC upgrade from 4.5.3 to 4.5.4 automatically removes 4.5.3???? Wtf??? by Tanstaafl
1 On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 1:53 PM, Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@×××××××××××.org> wrote:
2 > On 2012-09-07 7:44 AM, Markos Chandras <hwoarang@g.o> wrote:
3 >>
4 >> On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 12:24 PM, Tanstaafl<tanstaafl@×××××××××××.org>
5 >> wrote:
6 >>>
7 >>> This has never happened to me before...
8 >>>
9 >>> Since when did a simple GCC upgrade *automatically* REMOVE my prior GCC
10 >>> install???
11 >>>
12 >>> I have *always* kept my prior GCC around for a while, if not until the
13 >>> next
14 >>> upgrade, just as something to fall back on if the current one breaks.
15 >>>
16 >>> I am NOT a happy camper.
17 >
18 >
19 >> This always happens if the gcc your are upgrading to is in the same
20 >> slot as the previous one.
21 >
22 >
23 > Well, I've been managing this gentoo server since I installed it over 8
24 > years ago, and I don't *ever* recall a GCC upgrade removing my prior
25 > version.
26 >
27 All of us told you that you are wrong. Since you insist that Gentoo
28 always keep multiple gcc versions of the same slot around, then ok , I
29 guess you know better.

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Re: [gentoo-user] GCC upgrade from 4.5.3 to 4.5.4 automatically removes 4.5.3???? Wtf??? Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@×××××××××××.org>