Am 05.03.2010 20:20, schrieb Alan McKinnon: > On Friday 05 March 2010 21:09:33 Tanstaafl wrote:
>> Also - when you switch compilers, do you need to reboot right away >> (after rebuilding world (and thus the kernel)? > > What does rebooting have to do with the compiler? The compiler only builds > code then stops. Rebooting does nothing to it. As far as I read the post from Tanstaafl the question is not if he has to restart after the switch to the new compiler but if he has to restart after the rebuild of world with the new compiler, because he also rebuilds the kernel. My experience is that you don't need to restart right away after a kernel rebuild as long as you don't want to (re)load modules because that would not do 'cause kernel and modules must both be build with the same compiler to work. But to be sure it is possible to postpone the kernel rebuild to be near of a time where a restart can be done. Greetings Sebastian
