On Fri, 08 Sep 2006 15:12:44 -0700, Richard Fish wrote: > On 9/8/06, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I could be entirely wrong on this, but I upgraded from 3.4.6 to 4.1.1 and >> did not re-emerge system or world. >> >> Actually, with all due respect, it is unnecessary to recompile anything >> other than the programs which depend on libstdc++. > > Yeah, I thought this too. And in fact, I also did a revdep-rebuild > for the 4.1 upgrade and did not experience any problems between then > and the time I eventually did an emerge -e world. But check the > archives of this list from around the time when gcc-4.1 hit ~arch, and > you will see that that did *not* work for everybody. We learned the > hard way that the safe route is emerge -e world. > IIRC there were many problems before the stabilized 4.1.1 gcc. I followed some threads on devel, and it appeared they were very slow and careful wrt this upgrade. For ONCE, I did not complain to myself, Why TF don't they stabilize the darn thing! :)
> And it isn't just my say-so...the gentoo devs insist ([1] & [2]) that > the emerge -e world is the only safe option. They don't say these > things because they want users to waste a bunch of time... > > [1] http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-493662.html > [2] http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-3541436.html#3541436 > > -Richard Well, I read different docs and opinions. For my piddly little system, that's a waste of time. I realize that with a source-based distribution, upgrading a core component is a real question mark. Updating a binary distro is as simple as downloading a new set of rpms or tarballs matched to the current gcc and glibc. So, in a way, I can see this as gentoo's way of accomplishing the same. FWIW, I did recompile the kernel and all external modules :)! -- Peter +++++ Do not reply to this email, it is a spam trap and not monitored. I can be reached via this list, or via jabber: pete4abw at jabber.org ICQ: 73676357 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
