Re: [gentoo-user] gcc 4.1 with gentoo 2006.1

[Dale <teendale@vista-express.com>]

Philip Webb wrote:
> 060831 Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:
>   
>> I got in via eix-sync that there was a stable gcc-4.1.1.
>> Is it recommended/worth it/useful to recompile my stuff now?
>> Remembering recent threads I assume this leads
>> to some "emerge -e system; emerge -e world" to get the full BANG out of it.
>>     
>
> I updated to 4.1.1 some time ago & have been recompiling packages
> only when there's a newer version; others remain compiled by 3.4.5 or 3.3.6 .
> It doesn't seem to break anything.  I never do 'emerge world' anyway.
>
> HTH FWIW ...
>
>   

But according to the guide and to some threads here, it is highly
advised to do the emerge -e system and a emerge -e world as in the
guide.  It !currently! says this:

> Generally speaking, upgrades to bug fix releases, like from 3.3.5 to
> 3.3.6, should be quite safe -- just emerge new version, switch your
> system to use it and rebuild the only affected package, libtool.
> However, some GCC upgrades break binary compatibility; in such cases a
> rebuild of the affected packages (or even whole toolchain and system)
> might be required.


Since this is a major upgrade you may want to reconsider.  So I guess it
depends on how much risk you want to take with it.  If anything, at
least do a emerge -e system.  That should get you booted even if the GUI
fails for some reason.

Dale
:-)  :-)
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