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From: Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: upgrading to gcc-5 (on x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2017 19:29:33
Message-Id: omd3e4$r8t$1@blaine.gmane.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] upgrading to gcc-5 (on x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) by allan gottlieb
1 On 08/08/17 18:13, allan gottlieb wrote:
2 > gcc-config -l reports
3 > [1] x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-4.9.3
4 > [2] x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-4.9.4 *
5 > [3] x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-5.4.0
6 >
7 > The news item from 2015-10-22 suggests (I have gentoolkit-0.3.3)
8 > # revdep-rebuild --library 'libstdc++.so.6' -- --exclude gcc
9 >
10 > Is that the entire procedure needed? In particular, ignoring
11 > performance, can I avoid emerge --emptytree and just execute?
12 >
13 > # gcc-config x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-5.4.0
14 > # revdep-rebuild --library 'libstdc++.so.6' -- --exclude gcc
15
16 That usually works. If you want to be 100% sure, you still need a full
17 @system followed by a @world rebuild. But usually just rebuilding
18 C++-linked packages will give you a stable system.
19
20 I still recommend a @system rebuild at least though, since it's fast.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: upgrading to gcc-5 (on x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) allan gottlieb <gottlieb@×××.edu>