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From: Nagatoro <nagatoro@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] gcc upgrade, should it upgrade?
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 08:52:09
Message-Id: 442A499B.6030801@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] gcc upgrade, should it upgrade? by Neil Bothwick
1 Neil Bothwick wrote:
2 > On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 20:41:14 -0800, Ryan Tandy wrote:
3 >
4 >> Assuming it's the gcc-3.4.5-r1 update you're considering postponing,
5 >> you could just:
6 >>
7 >> # echo '>sys-devel/gcc-3.4.5' >> /etc/portage/package.mask
8 >>
9 >> and just remove that line when you're ready to upgrade. It's a *far*
10 >> better idea than trying to modify your profile.
11 >
12 > 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.
13 >
14 >
15
16 Why don't upgrade? As far as I know upgrading gcc isn't a big deal. It
17 was just the 3.3.x -> 3.4.x that was due to that the api for c++ had
18 changed.
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20 Naga
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