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Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: |
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> On Sonntag 28 Juni 2009, Alex Schuster wrote: |
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>> Roger Mason writes: |
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>>> I need gcc 4.3 to compile a specific application. I am hoping that I |
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>>> can install gcc 4.3 alongside 4.1.1 without suffering some awful |
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>>> catastrophe. This is the output of emerge on the machine in question: |
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>>> Can someone confirm that I'll be able to use gcc 4.3 for the specific |
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>>> application that needs it but then revert to 4.1.1 without having to |
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>>> re-compile all or most of my system? |
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>> I'm pretty sure you can. Emerge gcc 4.3, activate it with gcc-config, |
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>> compile your application, and use gcc-config again to revert back to 4.1 if |
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>> you like. |
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>> Or keep 4.3 as default, I don't think you could run into problems. |
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>> Wonko |
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> he will over time. If you switch default compiler emerge -s world has to be |
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> done. |
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> But seriously, why staying with 4.1? it's old... and 4.3 was a nice release... |
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Except for me and a couple others. I had programs that crashed, |
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couldn't get a kernel to work and other issues. I had to go back to |
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4.1on this rig. After going back, everything works fine. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |