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From: Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Which gcc unstable?
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 01:16:12
Message-Id: 4E41DB8C.3010007@gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Which gcc unstable? by Pandu Poluan
1 Pandu Poluan wrote:
2 > I noticed Dale's email (hi Dale!) [1] asking about which gcc / glibc
3 > unstable to use.
4 >
5 > Is there any consensus yet as to which 'gcc'? I'm planning on doing an
6 > `emerge -e @system` on two fresh installs, one x86 and the other
7 > amd64.
8 >
9 > Should I go with 4.5.3? Or 4.5.2? Or play it safe and use 4.5.1-r1
10 > (which, based on b.g.o search [2], seems to have less (serious) bugs
11 > compared to 4.5.2)
12 >
13 > [1] http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/gentoo/user/234240
14 > [2] https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?order=Importance&short_desc=gcc&resolution=---&query_format=advanced&bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&bug_status=CONFIRMED&bug_status=IN_PROGRESS&bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=VERIFIED&short_desc_type=allwordssubstr
15 >
16 > Rgds,
17 >
18 >
19 >
20
21 Howdy,
22
23 I'm using this:
24
25 root@fireball / # equery list gcc glibc
26 * Searching for gcc ...
27 [IP-] [ ] sys-devel/gcc-4.4.5:4.4
28 [IP-] [ ] sys-devel/gcc-4.5.3:4.5
29
30 * Searching for glibc ...
31 [IP-] [ ] sys-libs/glibc-2.13-r4:2.2
32 root@fireball / #
33
34 The higher gcc is the one in use. Everything compiles fine. One thing
35 tho, I started a download and went to town. When I got back, I was
36 sitting at my grub menu. Most likely not related but wanted to mention
37 juuuuuuuuust in case. ;-) Yea, my reboot issues is happening again. :-@
38
39 Dale
40
41 :-) :-)

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Re: [gentoo-user] Which gcc unstable? Pandu Poluan <pandu@××××××.info>