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From: Teresa and Dale <teendale@×××××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] gcc upgrade, should it upgrade?
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 16:41:32
Message-Id: 442AB4C0.105@vista-express.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] gcc upgrade, should it upgrade? by Nagatoro
1 Nagatoro wrote:
2
3 >Neil Bothwick wrote:
4 >
5 >
6 >>On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 20:41:14 -0800, Ryan Tandy wrote:
7 >>
8 >>
9 >>
10 >>>Assuming it's the gcc-3.4.5-r1 update you're considering postponing,
11 >>>you could just:
12 >>>
13 >>># echo '>sys-devel/gcc-3.4.5' >> /etc/portage/package.mask
14 >>>
15 >>>and just remove that line when you're ready to upgrade. It's a *far*
16 >>>better idea than trying to modify your profile.
17 >>>
18 >>>
19 >>echo '=sys-devel/gcc-3.4.5-r1' >> /etc/portage/package.mask is better if you only want to postpone this upgrade. Your suggestion blocks all future upgrades.
20 >>
21 >>
22 >>
23 >>
24 >
25 >Why don't upgrade? As far as I know upgrading gcc isn't a big deal. It
26 >was just the 3.3.x -> 3.4.x that was due to that the api for c++ had
27 >changed.
28 >
29 >
30
31 Oh, I thought it was a big deal. That's why I was wanting to wait.
32 Funny thing is, it don't want to upgrade now so maybe it had a bug and
33 they set it back again or something, or I just missed it and upgraded
34 anyway. ;-)
35
36 Dale
37 :-)
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Re: [gentoo-user] gcc upgrade, should it upgrade? Holly Bostick <motub@××××××.nl>