On Sonntag 28 Juni 2009, Dale wrote: > Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > On Sonntag 28 Juni 2009, Alex Schuster wrote: > >> Roger Mason writes: > >>> 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: > >> > >> [...] > >> > >>> 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? > >> > >> I'm pretty sure you can. Emerge gcc 4.3, activate it with gcc-config, > >> compile your application, and use gcc-config again to revert back to 4.1 > >> if you like. > >> > >> Or keep 4.3 as default, I don't think you could run into problems. > >> > >> Wonko > > > > he will over time. If you switch default compiler emerge -s world has to > > be done. > > > > But seriously, why staying with 4.1? it's old... and 4.3 was a nice > > release... > > Except for me and a couple others. I had programs that crashed, > couldn't get a kernel to work and other issues. I had to go back to > 4.1on this rig. After going back, everything works fine. > > Dale > > :-) :-)
*shrug* especially the kernel should never have had problems with 4.3 - except you were using strange patches... or very old kernels... I am at gcc 4.4 right now. Good choice actually...
