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From: Pandu Poluan <pandu@××××××.info>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Which gcc unstable?
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 03:23:24
Message-Id: CAA2qdGWXLFWTxb9Xvt-ZbEF+F+MySvBjzDJfnQtb4mEfhxBywA@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Which gcc unstable? by Dale
1 On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 08:14, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote:
2 > Pandu Poluan wrote:
3 >>
4 >> I noticed Dale's email (hi Dale!) [1] asking about which gcc / glibc
5 >> unstable to use.
6 >>
7 >> Is there any consensus yet as to which 'gcc'? I'm planning on doing an
8 >> `emerge -e @system` on two fresh installs, one x86 and the other
9 >> amd64.
10 >>
11 >> Should I go with 4.5.3? Or 4.5.2? Or play it safe and use 4.5.1-r1
12 >> (which, based on b.g.o search [2], seems to have less (serious) bugs
13 >> compared to 4.5.2)
14 >>
15 >
16 > Howdy,
17 >
18 > I'm using this:
19 >
20 > root@fireball / # equery list gcc glibc
21 >  * Searching for gcc ...
22 > [IP-] [  ] sys-devel/gcc-4.4.5:4.4
23 > [IP-] [  ] sys-devel/gcc-4.5.3:4.5
24 >
25
26 So, 4.5.3 is quite safe for day-to-day usage eh?
27
28 Okay, keywording it. Thanks!
29
30 >  * Searching for glibc ...
31 > [IP-] [  ] sys-libs/glibc-2.13-r4:2.2
32 > root@fireball / #
33 >
34 > The higher gcc is the one in use.  Everything compiles fine.  One thing tho,
35 > I started a download and went to town.  When I got back, I was sitting at my
36 > grub menu.  Most likely not related but wanted to mention juuuuuuuuust in
37 > case.  ;-)  Yea, my reboot issues is happening again.  :-@
38 >
39
40 Hmmm, just a hunch: Have you tried updating the motherboard's firmware?
41
42 Rgds,
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