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I've held off on doing this gcc update as I'm on an old P4 2Ghz notebook |
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with 1G RAM (Dell i8200). Things are generally working okay (as well as |
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any linux/gentoo system can be I guess). |
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What is the compelling reason to update if any? I've masked out this new |
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GCC for many months and have had no "issues" thus far that I know of. |
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I absolutely dread dicking with this for days and days, fixing things |
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that currently work, merging all the /etc/ files with the "new" ones for |
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the same packages that will be simply re-compiled with the new GCC. |
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So my questions are: |
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[a] what compelling reason is there to upgrade (other than "you should |
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b/c it's stable") |
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[b] is it just better to d/l a new Gentoo .iso install that has all this |
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crap already, copy over my world file or whatever and have it install |
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the missing packages (apache, php, mysql, kde, gnome, etc) |
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[c] if I do that method, I would save the hassle of KDE and Gnome right? |
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As they come as binaries already? |
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[d] can I just "not fix if it aint broke" and keep with what I have? Or |
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is this just a question of time before I start hitting walls of new |
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packages I can't use. |
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> -----Original Message----- |
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> From: richard.j.fish@×××××.com |
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> [mailto:richard.j.fish@×××××.com] On Behalf Of Richard Fish |
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> Sent: Friday, September 08, 2006 3:13 PM |
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> To: gentoo-user@l.g.o |
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> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Remerge the system with gcc-4.1? |
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> |
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> On 9/8/06, Peter <sw98234@×××××××.com> wrote: |
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> > I could be entirely wrong on this, but I upgraded from |
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> 3.4.6 to 4.1.1 and |
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> > did not re-emerge system or world. |
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> > |
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> > Actually, with all due respect, it is unnecessary to |
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> recompile anything |
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> > other than the programs which depend on libstdc++. |
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> |
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> Yeah, I thought this too. And in fact, I also did a revdep-rebuild |
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> for the 4.1 upgrade and did not experience any problems between then |
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> and the time I eventually did an emerge -e world. But check the |
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> archives of this list from around the time when gcc-4.1 hit ~arch, and |
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> you will see that that did *not* work for everybody. We learned the |
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> hard way that the safe route is emerge -e world. |
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> And it isn't just my say-so...the gentoo devs insist ([1] & [2]) that |
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> the emerge -e world is the only safe option. They don't say these |
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> things because they want users to waste a bunch of time... |
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> |
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> [1] http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-493662.html |
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> [2] http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-3541436.html#3541436 |
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> |
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> -Richard |
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> -- |
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