From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1RQU00-0004S1-BE for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 16 Nov 2011 01:09:12 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A014521C0DC; Wed, 16 Nov 2011 01:08:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svr-us4.tirtonadi.com (svr-us4.tirtonadi.com [69.65.43.212]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C92C321C0C9 for ; Wed, 16 Nov 2011 01:07:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-bw0-f53.google.com ([209.85.214.53]) by svr-us4.tirtonadi.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RQTy8-003SPs-Tp for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Wed, 16 Nov 2011 08:07:17 +0700 Received: by bkaq10 with SMTP id q10so9900394bka.40 for ; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:07:12 -0800 (PST) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.145.130 with SMTP id d2mr26597248bkv.78.1321405632754; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:07:12 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.223.74.16 with HTTP; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:07:12 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.223.74.16 with HTTP; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:07:12 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <4EC2B642.3010500@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 08:07:12 +0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Upgrading gcc: both 4.4 and 4.5 needed? From: Pandu Poluan To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0015175cabc65833ef04b1cfb9a7 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - svr-us4.tirtonadi.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lists.gentoo.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - poluan.info X-Archives-Salt: bd37996a-2adc-4c80-bf03-c5e8a9f2b230 X-Archives-Hash: 41413888f587df6b6dd26c14b94c0ed2 --0015175cabc65833ef04b1cfb9a7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Nov 16, 2011 8:00 AM, "Nikos Chantziaras" wrote: > > On 11/15/2011 08:58 PM, Jarry wrote: >> >> Hi, >> today I upgraded gcc from 4.4.5 to the last stable version >> 4.5.3-r1. >> [...] >> >> But at the and I noticed gcc 4.4 has not been unmerged >> and my "world" file is somehow larger. To my surprise, >> it contains these lines: >> >> sys-devel/gcc >> sys-devel/gcc:4.4 >> >> I did full backup before, so I compared world-file before >> and after gcc-upgrade just to find out, these two lines >> have been really inserted now, during gcc-upgrade. And my >> question is: what does it mean? Does my system need now >> both gcc 4.4 and 4.5? Why is actually gcc in world-file, >> when it is part of system? > > > The old GCC version does not get removed. This is a good thing just in case the new one doesn't work for some reason. > > If it works OK, you can manually unmerge the old version: > > emerge -aC gcc:4.4 > > Before doing that, however, make sure the new one has been activated with gcc-config and verify that it works by building some random package. > And if you're adventurous, add USE "graphite", reemerge gcc, and reemerge world :) Rgds, --0015175cabc65833ef04b1cfb9a7 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


On Nov 16, 2011 8:00 AM, "Nikos Chantziaras" <realnc@arcor.de> wrote:
>
> On 11/15/2011 08:58 PM, Jarry wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>> today I upgraded gcc from 4.4.5 to the last stable version
>> 4.5.3-r1.
>> [...]
>>
>> But at the and I noticed gcc 4.4 has not been unmerged
>> and my "world" file is somehow larger. To my surprise, >> it contains these lines:
>>
>> sys-devel/gcc
>> sys-devel/gcc:4.4
>>
>> I did full backup before, so I compared world-file before
>> and after gcc-upgrade just to find out, these two lines
>> have been really inserted now, during gcc-upgrade. And my
>> question is: what does it mean? Does my system need now
>> both gcc 4.4 and 4.5? Why is actually gcc in world-file,
>> when it is part of system?
>
>
> The old GCC version does not get removed. =C2=A0This is a good thing j= ust in case the new one doesn't work for some reason.
>
> If it works OK, you can manually unmerge the old version:
>
> =C2=A0emerge -aC gcc:4.4
>
> Before doing that, however, make sure the new one has been activated w= ith gcc-config and verify that it works by building some random package. >

And if you're adventurous, add USE "graphite", reemerge gc= c, and reemerge world :)

Rgds,

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