From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1G3CKT-0008GA-Ny for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 19 Jul 2006 13:43:10 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with SMTP id k6JDfsRV002832; Wed, 19 Jul 2006 13:41:54 GMT Received: from gateway4.delphi.com (gateway4.delphi.com [69.220.142.16]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k6JDZtH2011312 for ; Wed, 19 Jul 2006 13:35:56 GMT Received: from USINKOK-MX05.NorthAmerica.DelphiAuto.net ([144.250.174.205]) by gateway4.delphi.com (MOS 3.8.0-FCS) with ESMTP id EAJ08473; Wed, 19 Jul 2006 09:35:54 -0400 (EDT) Received: from USINKOK-MX01.NorthAmerica.DelphiAuto.net ([144.250.174.199]) by USINKOK-MX05.NorthAmerica.DelphiAuto.net with InterScan Messaging Security Suite; Wed, 19 Jul 2006 09:35:54 -0400 Received: from [10.233.7.145] ([10.233.7.145]) by USINKOK-MX01.NorthAmerica.DelphiAuto.net with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Wed, 19 Jul 2006 09:35:53 -0400 Message-ID: <44BE34D0.3050702@mid.message-center.info> Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 15:34:08 +0200 From: Alexander Skwar User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.12) Gecko/20060104 Thunderbird/1.0.7 Mnenhy/0.6.0.104 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 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Upgrading to gcc 4.1 , question on recompiling References: <20060719105701.59255.qmail@web61014.mail.yahoo.com> <44BE25EA.8080100@mid.message-center.info> <20060719130524.GC4804@sympatico.ca> In-Reply-To: <20060719130524.GC4804@sympatico.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 19 Jul 2006 13:35:53.0738 (UTC) FILETIME=[41D11EA0:01C6AB38] X-Archives-Salt: b672fae0-d38e-4b69-b5ea-a5bf09aeafca X-Archives-Hash: 8f072f0802daad9e3e7638e15b2b8c0d Philip Webb wrote: > 060719 Alexander Skwar wrote: >> Leonardo wrote: >>> different versions of gcc and glibc can coexist in the same system >>> and all other installed programs should have no problem >>> if I choose the new gcc with gcc-config. >> The problem is the gcc package not only delivers the gcc compiler package, >> but also some libraries. Further, gcc 4.1.x compiled programs are >> not quite compatible with gcc 3.x compiled programs - >> when you compile a lib with 4.x and still have 3.x compiled pgms around. >> You really should recompile everything >> when you update to gcc 4.1.x from 3.x. > > I upgraded to 4.1.1 a couple of weeks ago & haven't done a mass recompile > & I have yet to run into any problem: yes, there's always tomorrow (grin). > I upgraded to 4.1.1 and ran into massive problems. People might remember a "short" thread on this list... Because of the problems I had, I would *NEVER* encourage people to *NOT* recompile everything. Alexander Skwar -- The real value of KDE is that they inspired and push the development of GNOME :-) -- #Debian -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list