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On Mon, 2009-03-30 at 19:56 +0200, Jarry wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> today after syncing I found new version of GCC being available, |
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> "emerge --pretend --update --deep --newuse world" shows: |
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> [ebuild NS ] sys-devel/gcc-4.3.2-r3 [4.1.2] USE="..." |
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> I found a "Gentoo GCC Upgrade Guide", but it deals with GCC 3.x, |
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> or 3.x->4.x. Should I follow that guide when upgrading 4.x version |
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> of GCC too? In a summary, the upgrade guide recommends this way: |
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> # emerge -uav gcc |
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> # gcc-config x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-4.3.2-r3 |
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> # env-update && source /etc/profile |
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> # emerge --oneshot -av libtool |
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> # emerge -eav system |
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> # emerge -eav world |
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> # emerge -aC =sys-devel/gcc-4.1.2 |
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> I'm asking just to be sure, because I have such a bad feeling, |
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> that screwing up gcc upgrade might render my system unusable... |
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You're going from a 4.x to a 4.x... it's a relatively minor upgrade, not |
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like going from 3.x to 4.x. If you're that paranoid, keep 4.1.2 around |
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or create a quickpkg until they drop. |
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