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On Monday 10 August 2015 14:02:20 Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> On Mon, 10 Aug 2015 13:58:19 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: |
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> > > I've been using ~amd64 GCC on my MythTV boxes, which run mainly |
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> > > stable, for a long time. I would keep 4.8 installed too, just in case |
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> > > the odd package still doesn't like 4.9. Ironically, on my MythTV |
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> > > boxes, the only package that fails with 4.9 is MythTV :-O |
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> > That's reassuring - thanks Neil. Will I also have to upgrade bin-utils |
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> > and libtool to ~ versions? I think those two need recompiling with a |
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> > new gcc version, before any of the rest of the system. |
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> I really can't remember, but I'm sure portage will tell you if they do. |
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Now upgraded to gcc-4.9.2. I reinstalled libtool, as instructed by the wiki, |
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and now the virtual-box setup is complete. I can resume btrfs testing at last. |
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Rgds |
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Peter |