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From: Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: gcc 4.7.3 --> 4.8.3
Date: Sat, 08 Nov 2014 16:17:49
Message-Id: m3lflv$1uf$1@ger.gmane.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] gcc 4.7.3 --> 4.8.3 by James
1 On 07/11/14 19:46, James wrote:
2 > Ok
3 >
4 > so I'm still on 4.7.3; but if I set 4.8.3
5 > as the default, should I rebuild @system ?
6 >
7 > # gcc-config -l
8 > [1] x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-4.7.3 *
9 > [2] x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-4.8.3
10 >
11 >
12 > I saw the news item about 4.8.3-SSP, which I think is a good idea, but
13 > how deeply, if at all, do I need to rebuild packages ?
14
15 You don't need to rebuild, although there are known problems with having
16 both 4.7 and 4.8 installed, and having 4.7 be the active one (or any
17 case where an older version is the active one.)
18
19 You should be able to just switch to 4.8 without rebuilding anything.
20 That's what I did. Of course it can't hurt to rebuild everything, but
21 you can schedule that for later (like an overnight rebuild of @world
22 with --keep-going). It's not critical to do it immediately.

Replies

Subject Author
[gentoo-user] Re: gcc 4.7.3 --> 4.8.3 James <wireless@×××××××××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gcc 4.7.3 --> 4.8.3 Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××.uk>