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On Sonntag 28 Juni 2009, Dale wrote: |
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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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> >> |
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> >> [...] |
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> >> |
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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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> >> |
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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 |
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> >> if you like. |
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> >> |
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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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> > |
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> > he will over time. If you switch default compiler emerge -s world has to |
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> > be done. |
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> > But seriously, why staying with 4.1? it's old... and 4.3 was a nice |
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> > 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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> :-) :-) |
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*shrug* especially the kernel should never have had problems with 4.3 - except |
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you were using strange patches... or very old kernels... |
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I am at gcc 4.4 right now. Good choice actually... |
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