On Sunday 28 May 2006 07:55, Alexander Skwar wrote: > Richard Fish wrote: > > On 5/27/06, Alexander Skwar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> And also pardon me, when I'm annoyed because of too bold statements > >> which turn out to be wrong. If it says "no problems expected", then > >> that's what I expect. I don't expect to run into deep problems. And > >> the GWN and upgrade doc clearly stated, that there were no problems > >> to be expected. > > > > If you want to point out false and misleading statements, here is > > > > something you said earlier in this thread: > >> Of course. You don't need to have gcc installed to be able to > > > > run a *compiled* program. > > > > This is false. C++ programs are usually linked against libstdc++ that > > is in the gcc directory. So removing gcc will break these programs. > > Yes, you're right. In the case of Gentoo, removing gcc will break > systems. But, as you know, there are other distributions (like > SuSE) where you can perfectly fine remove the compiler. >
because SuSE&co install the gcc-lib apart from gcc. Try removing gcc-lib and see, what apps are still running. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
