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From: Michael Hampicke <gentoo-user@××××.biz>
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 17:33:47
Message-Id: 504A2E50.8000800@hadt.biz
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 Am 07.09.2012 14:53, schrieb Tanstaafl:
2 > On 2012-09-07 7:44 AM, Markos Chandras <hwoarang@g.o> wrote:
3 >> On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 12:24 PM, Tanstaafl<tanstaafl@×××××××××××.org>
4 >> wrote:
5 >>> This has never happened to me before...
6 >>>
7 >>> Since when did a simple GCC upgrade *automatically* REMOVE my prior GCC
8 >>> install???
9 >>>
10 >>> I have *always* kept my prior GCC around for a while, if not until
11 >>> the next
12 >>> upgrade, just as something to fall back on if the current one breaks.
13 >>>
14 >>> I am NOT a happy camper.
15 >
16 >> This always happens if the gcc your are upgrading to is in the same
17 >> slot as the previous one.
18 >
19 > Well, I've been managing this gentoo server since I installed it over 8
20 > years ago, and I don't *ever* recall a GCC upgrade removing my prior
21 > version.
22 >
23
24 Well, then this simple little command should help you refresh your
25 memory. It shows every install and uninstall of gcc on your system.
26
27 With 8 years of emerge.log you are good to go
28
29 genlop -ul | grep 'sys-devel/gcc-[0-9]'

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Re: [gentoo-user] GCC upgrade from 4.5.3 to 4.5.4 automatically removes 4.5.3???? Wtf??? Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>