Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Should I re-emerge after switching to new gcc profile?

[Helmut Jarausch]

On 06/21/2012 09:44:28 PM, walt wrote:
> On 06/21/2012 08:40 AM, Ezequiel Garcia wrote:
> > Now, the question is:
> > Do I need to re-emerge something due to having new gcc?
> > I'm pretty sure not, but just wanted to ask.
>
> Technically, you should re-emerge c++ apps because you are
> now using a newer version of libstc++.  IRL I suspect that
> nobody bothers to do that, but it's nice to know in case
> something c++ starts misbehaving right after updating gcc.

I have never had any problems with C++ applications.
What definitely doesn't work, is to compile a C++ application
with a newer compiler and try to run it on an old system, i.e. a system
where the newer libstdc++ is not installed.

Helmut.