Re: [gentoo-user] gcc upgrade and Portage questions

["Daniel da Veiga" <danieldaveiga@gmail.com>]

On 6/14/06, Jesse Hannah <jesse.hannah@gmail.com> wrote:
> 1. Has anyone noticed if programs compiled with the latest gcc (4.1.1, I
> believe) are any faster than those compiled with 3.4.6-r1? Also, is there any
> difference in the required time to compile? Any other issues I should know
> about with upgrading from 3.4.6-r1 to 4.1.1? (I use a pre-Prescott P4
> 3000MHz, so it'd be nice if anyone had information for that or a comparable
> architecture.)
>

I didn't notice any speed change after recompiling.

> 2. If I want to upgrade and rebuild my entire system (using a new gcc), is:
>         emerge -u gcc
>         emerge -e world
> the right thing to do? Am I missing anything there?

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gcc-upgrading.xml
Has everything you need to know...

>
> (Note: if it makes any difference, I have ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" set in
> my /etc/make.conf. Any problems this could cause?)

So do I. So far, so good... Except that I use binary openoffice.

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