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From: Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Which gcc unstable?
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 17:58:18
Message-Id: 4E42C67B.1050909@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Which gcc unstable? by Pandu Poluan
1 Pandu Poluan wrote:
2 > On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 08:14, Dale<rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote:
3 >
4 >> Pandu Poluan wrote:
5 >>
6 >>> I noticed Dale's email (hi Dale!) [1] asking about which gcc / glibc
7 >>> unstable to use.
8 >>>
9 >>> Is there any consensus yet as to which 'gcc'? I'm planning on doing an
10 >>> `emerge -e @system` on two fresh installs, one x86 and the other
11 >>> amd64.
12 >>>
13 >>> Should I go with 4.5.3? Or 4.5.2? Or play it safe and use 4.5.1-r1
14 >>> (which, based on b.g.o search [2], seems to have less (serious) bugs
15 >>> compared to 4.5.2)
16 >>>
17 >>>
18 >> Howdy,
19 >>
20 >> I'm using this:
21 >>
22 >> root@fireball / # equery list gcc glibc
23 >> * Searching for gcc ...
24 >> [IP-] [ ] sys-devel/gcc-4.4.5:4.4
25 >> [IP-] [ ] sys-devel/gcc-4.5.3:4.5
26 >>
27 >>
28 > So, 4.5.3 is quite safe for day-to-day usage eh?
29 >
30 > Okay, keywording it. Thanks!
31 >
32 >
33 >> * Searching for glibc ...
34 >> [IP-] [ ] sys-libs/glibc-2.13-r4:2.2
35 >> root@fireball / #
36 >>
37 >> The higher gcc is the one in use. Everything compiles fine. One thing tho,
38 >> I started a download and went to town. When I got back, I was sitting at my
39 >> grub menu. Most likely not related but wanted to mention juuuuuuuuust in
40 >> case. ;-) Yea, my reboot issues is happening again. :-@
41 >>
42 >>
43 > Hmmm, just a hunch: Have you tried updating the motherboard's firmware?
44 >
45 > Rgds,
46 >
47
48 I did upgrade it a while back. I'll check and see if there is a new one
49 now. I hadn't thought of that before. We all know that a update fixes
50 some bugs but introduces several new ones. lol Reminds me of Raid.
51 Kill some but new babies come out a few days later. New bugs but still
52 problems. :/
53
54 Thanks much. Great hunch.
55
56 Dale
57
58 :-) :-)

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Re: [gentoo-user] Which gcc unstable? Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>
[gentoo-user] Re: Which gcc unstable? walt <w41ter@×××××.com>