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From: Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] GCC-4.9?
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2015 07:52:03
Message-Id: 4150811.4GvUOBTc3j@wstn
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] GCC-4.9? by Neil Bothwick
1 On Monday 10 August 2015 14:02:20 Neil Bothwick wrote:
2 > On Mon, 10 Aug 2015 13:58:19 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote:
3 > > > I've been using ~amd64 GCC on my MythTV boxes, which run mainly
4 > > > stable, for a long time. I would keep 4.8 installed too, just in case
5 > > > the odd package still doesn't like 4.9. Ironically, on my MythTV
6 > > > boxes, the only package that fails with 4.9 is MythTV :-O
7 > >
8 > > That's reassuring - thanks Neil. Will I also have to upgrade bin-utils
9 > > and libtool to ~ versions? I think those two need recompiling with a
10 > > new gcc version, before any of the rest of the system.
11 >
12 > I really can't remember, but I'm sure portage will tell you if they do.
13
14 Now upgraded to gcc-4.9.2. I reinstalled libtool, as instructed by the wiki,
15 and now the virtual-box setup is complete. I can resume btrfs testing at last.
16
17 --
18 Rgds
19 Peter