Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gcc 4.3.4 ---> 4.4.1

[Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com>]

On Saturday 15 August 2009 19:37:05 Dirk Heinrichs wrote:
> Am Samstag 15 August 2009 19:24:09 schrieb Nikos Chantziaras:
> > system has to be rebuilt twice.  When you get a new toolchain
> > ("system"), you need to rebuilt it with itself.  The first time you do
> > that, it is rebuilt using the *old* toolchain.  The second time it is
> > rebuilt using the *new* toolchain that was just rebuilt.
>
> Why would I need to do that? If I install gcc 4.4.1 I have gcc 4.4.1. It
> will produce the same code no matter with what toolchain it has been built.
> So just rebuilding world should be sufficient.


I didn't say rebuild gcc.
I said rebuild the toolchain.

It's not about what you use to build gcc, it's about what gcc uses to build 
runnable code.

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