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 1GLhV8-0000eZ-Bo for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 08 Sep 2006 14:38:38 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with SMTP id k88EbiWP003217; Fri, 8 Sep 2006 14:37:44 GMT Received: from nz-out-0102.google.com (nz-out-0102.google.com [64.233.162.206]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k88EXgsw010026 for ; Fri, 8 Sep 2006 14:33:43 GMT Received: by nz-out-0102.google.com with SMTP id n1so307314nzf for ; Fri, 08 Sep 2006 07:33:42 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=LPXWHnXx6M3su7QG+m8tKw9armEBm0bbH/Nki9wo73kj3rDkfltc3Qlw8cmvA1dtxX9C4LY1/wJhn+Od8Xw10B4ETGgw9Ia63368p1VnRrUQhLaYMjSEJ2C46ExGacp0YAzI7KEC9g5958YlMpW/+PtjjukYgvTRRAqXF/0M+qQ= Received: by 10.65.151.6 with SMTP id d6mr1891498qbo; Fri, 08 Sep 2006 07:33:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.65.158.15 with HTTP; Fri, 8 Sep 2006 07:33:42 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <558b73fb0609080733w7374b17dv681cf0a95671f33f@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2006 10:33:42 -0400 From: "Michael Crute" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Remerge the system with gcc-4.1? In-Reply-To: <49bf44f10609080724m2678c3dbw1f08d6bf265b9ce8@mail.gmail.com> 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: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20060908070933.59450@gmx.net> <17CD9CE4C0FA574A8B29EF02D49B385D2A9249@srvexch-01.mcaschool.local> <49bf44f10609080724m2678c3dbw1f08d6bf265b9ce8@mail.gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: 97ce1fdd-1cb1-4bf9-976f-418cad995c9c X-Archives-Hash: 27cd6e8a96178782268aaf8f38a05238 On 9/8/06, Grant wrote: > > I am leaving my office in a moment to put the 2006.1 disk in a server to > > start a fresh build (it's a standby server and I can afford to have it > > off line for a day or 2) specifically to avoid having to do the gcc4 > > upgrade. Ive done one so far and it took me 5 days and nearly cost me > > my laptop -- and I followed the gentoo guide specifically. There has > > GOT to be a better way. Sadly I cant take each of my servers offline to > > do upgrade them this way -- some I will have to risk on the GCC upgrade, > > but for now im avoiding it like the plague. > > > > Tim > > I've followed the GCC upgrade guide before without problems, but now > I'm scared. Is all the trouble because of how Gentoo works or how GCC > works? What is the trouble like? Packages that won't compile, or > different things breaking in the system? Methinks there is just a bit of FUD swirling around. I can't speak to GCC 4.1 (may do it this afternoon) but the last time I did a GCC upgrade (following the documentation) I had absolutely no problems whatsoever. If you are really worried tar up your system as a backup before you start. -Mike -- ________________________________ Michael E. Crute http://mike.crute.org I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be. --Douglas Adams -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list