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On Sunday 28 May 2006 07:55, Alexander Skwar wrote: |
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> Richard Fish wrote: |
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> > On 5/27/06, Alexander Skwar <listen@×××××××××××××××.name> wrote: |
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> >> And also pardon me, when I'm annoyed because of too bold statements |
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> >> which turn out to be wrong. If it says "no problems expected", then |
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> >> that's what I expect. I don't expect to run into deep problems. And |
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> >> the GWN and upgrade doc clearly stated, that there were no problems |
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> >> to be expected. |
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> > |
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> > If you want to point out false and misleading statements, here is |
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> > |
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> > something you said earlier in this thread: |
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> >> Of course. You don't need to have gcc installed to be able to |
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> > |
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> > run a *compiled* program. |
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> > This is false. C++ programs are usually linked against libstdc++ that |
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> > is in the gcc directory. So removing gcc will break these programs. |
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> Yes, you're right. In the case of Gentoo, removing gcc will break |
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> systems. But, as you know, there are other distributions (like |
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> SuSE) where you can perfectly fine remove the compiler. |
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because SuSE&co install the gcc-lib apart from gcc. |
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Try removing gcc-lib and see, what apps are still running. |
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