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On Saturday 08 November 2014 18:17:02 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: |
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> On 07/11/14 19:46, James wrote: |
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> > Ok |
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> > |
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> > so I'm still on 4.7.3; but if I set 4.8.3 |
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> > as the default, should I rebuild @system ? |
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> > |
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> > # gcc-config -l |
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> > [1] x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-4.7.3 * |
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> > [2] x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-4.8.3 |
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> > |
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> > I saw the news item about 4.8.3-SSP, which I think is a good idea, but |
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> > how deeply, if at all, do I need to rebuild packages ? |
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> |
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> You don't need to rebuild, although there are known problems with having |
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> both 4.7 and 4.8 installed, and having 4.7 be the active one (or any |
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> case where an older version is the active one.) |
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> |
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> You should be able to just switch to 4.8 without rebuilding anything. |
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> That's what I did. Of course it can't hurt to rebuild everything, but |
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> you can schedule that for later (like an overnight rebuild of @world |
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> with --keep-going). It's not critical to do it immediately. |
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I'd have thought you needed to emerge -e world if you really want to be |
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protected. |
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Rgds |
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Peter. |
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