On Sonntag 28 Juni 2009, Roger Mason wrote: > Hello, > > I need gcc 4.3 to compile a specific application. I am hoping that I > can install gcc 4.3 alongside 4.1.1 without suffering some awful > catastrophe. This is the output of emerge on the machine in question: > > emerge -pv gcc > > These are the packages that would be merged, in order: > > Calculating dependencies... done! > [ebuild U ] sys-devel/gcc-config-1.4.0-r4 [1.3.14] 0 kB [?=>0] > [ebuild N ] app-arch/lzma-utils-4.32.7 USE="-nocxx" 469 kB [0] > [ebuild U ] dev-libs/mpfr-2.4.1_p1 [2.2.0_p10] 883 kB [?=>0] > [ebuild U ] sys-libs/glibc-2.8_p20080602-r1 [2.4-r4] USE="gd%* > -debug% -glibc-omitfp (-hardened) (-multilib) -nls -profile (-selinux) > -vanilla% (-build%) (-glibc-compat20%) (-nptl%*) (-nptlonly%*)" 16,415 > kB [?=>0] > [ebuild NS ] sys-devel/gcc-4.3.2-r3 [4.1.1-r3] USE="doc fortran gcj > gtk mudflap openmp (-altivec) -bootstrap -build (-fixed-point) > (-hardened) -ip28 -ip32r10k -libffi (-multilib) -multislot (-n32) (-n64) > -nls -nocxx -nopie -objc -objc++ -objc-gc -test -vanilla" 58,990 kB [0] > > Can someone confirm that I'll be able to use gcc 4.3 for the specific > application that needs it but then revert to 4.1.1 without having to > re-compile all or most of my system?
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