Re: [gentoo-user] Which gcc unstable?

[Pandu Poluan <pandu@poluan.info>]

On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 08:14, Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
> Pandu Poluan wrote:
>>
>> I noticed Dale's email (hi Dale!) [1] asking about which gcc / glibc
>> unstable to use.
>>
>> Is there any consensus yet as to which 'gcc'? I'm planning on doing an
>> `emerge -e @system` on two fresh installs, one x86 and the other
>> amd64.
>>
>> Should I go with 4.5.3? Or 4.5.2? Or play it safe and use 4.5.1-r1
>> (which, based on b.g.o search [2], seems to have less (serious) bugs
>> compared to 4.5.2)
>>
>
> Howdy,
>
> I'm using this:
>
> root@fireball / # equery list gcc glibc
>  * Searching for gcc ...
> [IP-] [  ] sys-devel/gcc-4.4.5:4.4
> [IP-] [  ] sys-devel/gcc-4.5.3:4.5
>

So, 4.5.3 is quite safe for day-to-day usage eh?

Okay, keywording it. Thanks!

>  * Searching for glibc ...
> [IP-] [  ] sys-libs/glibc-2.13-r4:2.2
> root@fireball / #
>
> The higher gcc is the one in use.  Everything compiles fine.  One thing tho,
> I started a download and went to town.  When I got back, I was sitting at my
> grub menu.  Most likely not related but wanted to mention juuuuuuuuust in
> case.  ;-)  Yea, my reboot issues is happening again.  :-@
>

Hmmm, just a hunch: Have you tried updating the motherboard's firmware?

Rgds,
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