Frank Peters <frank.pet...@comcast.net> skribis: > On Sat, 23 May 2015 15:47:04 +0000 (UTC) > Martin Vaeth <mar...@mvath.de> wrote: > > > > > My experience is quite the opposite: With graphite, I had > > many random crashes (and seldom also unexplainable compiler > > errors which vanish without graphite). > > > > My whole system has been compiled with graphite since its introduction > and I've never seen any problems.
Well, to my mind, the biggest problem with graphite is how it is dependent on libraries with funny names. Thus one should always, I think, at least keep a compiler of _some_ reliable version around compiled without it, and capable of building other gcc versions. I tend to keep quite a few gcc versions around, but then I like to program and occasionally to test on different versions. Also, being conservative, I generally use a newer version for development than for building my system. I do not move my system compiler to a new version just because I installed that version. One can always set the compiler per-package via /etc/portage files.
