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From: Richard Fish <bigfish@××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Upgrading to gcc 4.1: emerge -e world required?
Date: Sat, 27 May 2006 21:49:04
Message-Id: 7573e9640605271438s112bfa6fvae58e135df8bffa2@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Upgrading to gcc 4.1: emerge -e world required? by Alexander Skwar
1 On 5/27/06, Alexander Skwar <listen@×××××××××××××××.name> wrote:
2 > And also pardon me, when I'm annoyed because of too bold statements
3 > which turn out to be wrong. If it says "no problems expected", then
4 > that's what I expect. I don't expect to run into deep problems. And
5 > the GWN and upgrade doc clearly stated, that there were no problems
6 > to be expected.
7
8 If you want to point out false and misleading statements, here is
9 something you said earlier in this thread:
10
11 > Of course. You don't need to have gcc installed to be able to
12 run a *compiled* program.
13
14 This is false. C++ programs are usually linked against libstdc++ that
15 is in the gcc directory. So removing gcc will break these programs.
16 Go head, try it. emerge -C gcc, and see how well your system works.
17 (DANGER: for anybody else reading this, do *NOT* do this. You will
18 likely break python, and thus portage, and then you are really
19 screwed).
20
21 Maybe *you* should do a little QA and testing before *you* give
22 someone information that you believe to be true at the time.
23
24 -Richard
25
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Re: [gentoo-user] Upgrading to gcc 4.1: emerge -e world required? Alexander Skwar <listen@×××××××××××××××.name>