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From: "Bo Ørsted Andresen" <bo.andresen@××××.dk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How to properly change CFLAGS ?
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 21:59:06
Message-Id: 200608222354.19876.bo.andresen@zlin.dk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] How to properly change CFLAGS ? by Richard Fish
1 On Tuesday 22 August 2006 23:50, Richard Fish wrote:
2 > > Now I'm confused.. ;) Would pruning the old gcc before running emerge -e
3 > > world break anything that's isn't a C++ app?
4 >
5 > Well, technically, no.  But considering that some python modules are
6 > implemented in C++ and link against libstdc++ (which is provided by
7 > gcc), pruning old versions of gcc without rebuilding python against
8 > the new version first risks breaking python, and thus portage, and
9 > thus "would be bad....very bad." ;-)
10
11 I see. Thanks for clarifying. :)
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14 Bo Andresen