Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: Status of Gcc-5.1.0?

[Barry Schwartz <chemoelectric@chemoelectric.org>]

Frank Peters <frank.peters@comcast.net> skribis:
> On Sat, 23 May 2015 15:47:04 +0000 (UTC)
> Martin Vaeth <martin@mvath.de> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > My experience is quite the opposite: With graphite, I had
> > many random crashes (and seldom also unexplainable compiler
> > errors which vanish without graphite).
> >
> 
> My whole system has been compiled with graphite since its introduction
> and I've never seen any problems.

Well, to my mind, the biggest problem with graphite is how it is
dependent on libraries with funny names. Thus one should always, I
think, at least keep a compiler of _some_ reliable version around
compiled without it, and capable of building other gcc versions.

I tend to keep quite a few gcc versions around, but then I like to
program and occasionally to test on different versions. Also, being
conservative, I generally use a newer version for development than for
building my system. I do not move my system compiler to a new version
just because I installed that version. One can always set the compiler
per-package via /etc/portage files.