From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IfkOJ-0003eV-Ls for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 10 Oct 2007 22:51:00 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.1/8.14.0) with SMTP id l9AMdxCD018401; Wed, 10 Oct 2007 22:39:59 GMT Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.187]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.1/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l9AMXirv010486 for ; Wed, 10 Oct 2007 22:33:44 GMT Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id f5so319386nfh for ; Wed, 10 Oct 2007 15:33:44 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:reply-to:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id; bh=gTeiozv2oPei/2SBs3IkIOOrJ+mrDQhOkvaDuHVGQi4=; b=XWvUtfp9geqOCR3gi6dcAu/Pa3piUWTv7TJ1abphWclycbtiQyVqyWhuia63RPTr3i2AVsFaISKjk3eKP3Ox6BzUKQT5h0HXuW/2Y+A0A0zBmFAHaoorStA3gKjdU+HqSogxF9XeWxxMd+/gJxd37FROVrxMNVic8kh5as5Cks4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:from:reply-to:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id; b=VMiVK/yLUVKbbQavQdRuNE1lbBK0mGOdKFVwI0V6x7sDbt+jSHdFRPeEx+4KV2KUqbivOpyxAQtl5NcNmGRdIRR+W2ywFnPO8cmaJO6XS3Box3sL+6Y4QLgRXPVD3f1WGgUcuWzOPk2ZmR51eXcv2tkXuRAK1Hmfvr8q90V4+xA= Received: by 10.82.175.17 with SMTP id x17mr2593166bue.1192055623474; Wed, 10 Oct 2007 15:33:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lappy.study ( [213.162.120.196]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id c4sm461569nfi.2007.10.10.15.33.41 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 10 Oct 2007 15:33:42 -0700 (PDT) From: Mick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Remerge the system with gcc-4.1? Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 23:32:55 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <49bf44f10609072007w4c110d77je1152ea578c7e708@mail.gmail.com> <7573e9640609081512o72b88fc8k54d7fb716d245813@mail.gmail.com> <000f01c80b00$05691f20$450a0a0a@locutus> In-Reply-To: <000f01c80b00$05691f20$450a0a0a@locutus> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart2348667.Px8K5bpTZg"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200710102332.57481.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: b0b78947-d922-43e7-930f-bdf1f60f5545 X-Archives-Hash: 768dba48484881271e322d81e2409607 --nextPart2348667.Px8K5bpTZg Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Wednesday 10 October 2007, Daevid Vincent wrote: > What is the compelling reason to update if any? I've masked out this new > GCC for many months and have had no "issues" thus far that I know of. As I understand it, your future compiles will faster, safer, more stable an= d=20 what have you, as the newer compiler is meant to produce 'better' code. > I absolutely dread dicking with this for days and days, fixing things > that currently work, merging all the /etc/ files with the "new" ones for > the same packages that will be simply re-compiled with the new GCC. If you follow the relevant upgrade guide to the letter, it *shouldn't* be a= s=20 dramatic as this. Nevertheless, your mileage may vary and all the caveat=20 emptors that go with it means that you better leave this upgrade for a rain= y=20 day, rather than when you want to use the machine for production purposes. > So my questions are: > > [a] what compelling reason is there to upgrade (other than "you should > b/c it's stable") As per my understanding above. > [b] is it just better to d/l a new Gentoo .iso install that has all this > crap already, copy over my world file or whatever and have it install > the missing packages (apache, php, mysql, kde, gnome, etc) Well, you'll still need to rebuild all/most of your world. > [c] if I do that method, I would save the hassle of KDE and Gnome right? > As they come as binaries already? They do? Have I missed something? > [d] can I just "not fix if it aint broke" and keep with what I have? Or > is this just a question of time before I start hitting walls of new > packages I can't use. I guess you could get away with it for quite some time. Someone more=20 knowledgeable on system development ought to advise better here. Good luck. :) =2D-=20 Regards, Mick --nextPart2348667.Px8K5bpTZg Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBHDVMY5Fp0QerLYPcRAgeeAKCoZDu6Bh0t8MdEspWCqCEriumP6ACgx6Yi B169yCZ14hW+BxKXlDv8JhQ= =x6Sx -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart2348667.Px8K5bpTZg-- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list