Re: [gentoo-user] gcc slots

2007-01-10 Thread Mick
On Wednesday 10 January 2007 01:40, Bo Ørsted Andresen wrote: On Wednesday 10 January 2007 00:29, Mick wrote: # gcc-config -l  [1] i686-pc-linux-gnu-3.4.5 [SNIP] --- Couldn't find 'gcc-3.4.5' to unmerge. [SNIP] If it doesn't exist, why is it listed?  There's most likely a good

Re: [gentoo-user] gcc slots

2007-01-10 Thread Bo Ørsted Andresen
On Wednesday 10 January 2007 09:12, Mick wrote: # equery list -e gcc [SNIP] [I--] [ -] sys-devel/gcc-4.1.1-r3 (4.1) Under /etc/env.d/gcc I see the same that gcc-config -l shows: [SNIP] -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 292 Mar 30 2006 i686-pc-linux-gnu-3.4.5

[gentoo-user] gcc slots

2007-01-09 Thread Mick
Hi All, I just upgraded to gcc-4.1.1. gcc-config -l shows that gcc-3.4.5 is still there: # gcc-config -l [1] i686-pc-linux-gnu-3.4.5 [2] i686-pc-linux-gnu-3.4.5-hardened [3] i686-pc-linux-gnu-3.4.5-hardenednopie [4] i686-pc-linux-gnu-3.4.5-hardenednopiessp [5]

Re: [gentoo-user] gcc slots

2007-01-09 Thread Dan
On Tue, 9 Jan 2007 23:29:15 + Mick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: first of all, let me mention there's a short defense of top posting ... at the bottom ;) have you tried emerge --unmerge =gcc-3.4.5 ? note that equal sign, it's usually necessary to include that when specifying a version. I also

Re: [gentoo-user] gcc slots

2007-01-09 Thread Bruno Espinoza
Acording to Gentoo Documentation, Portage and Emerge never delete an existing version of gcc. If you want to do so, simply unemerge it. But be care. You have to modifiy certain files to make emerge compile with the new version. See http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gcc-upgrading.xml (GCC Updating

Re: [gentoo-user] gcc slots

2007-01-09 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 9 Jan 2007 17:46:21 -0600, Dan wrote: Whether the reply text goes before or after the message to which it replies depends entirely on personal preferance. writer! the not reader, the of preference personal the on depends it but Yes, Top-post even Yoda wouldn't. -- Neil Bothwick I

Re: [gentoo-user] gcc slots

2007-01-09 Thread Bo Ørsted Andresen
On Wednesday 10 January 2007 00:29, Mick wrote: # gcc-config -l  [1] i686-pc-linux-gnu-3.4.5 [SNIP] --- Couldn't find 'gcc-3.4.5' to unmerge. [SNIP] If it doesn't exist, why is it listed?  There's most likely a good explanation for this, but it's getting late and I must be too tired to

Re: [gentoo-user] gcc slots

2007-01-09 Thread Mark Kirkwood
Neil Bothwick wrote: On Tue, 9 Jan 2007 17:46:21 -0600, Dan wrote: Whether the reply text goes before or after the message to which it replies depends entirely on personal preferance. writer! the not reader, the of preference personal the on depends it but Yes, Top-post even Yoda wouldn't.

Re: [gentoo-user] gcc slots

2007-01-09 Thread Bo Ørsted Andresen
On Wednesday 10 January 2007 00:46, Dan wrote: have you tried emerge --unmerge =gcc-3.4.5 ?  note that equal sign, it's usually necessary to include that when specifying a version. The equal sign isn't necessary for unmerges. Usually, if you're following a thread closely, you'll already know

Re: [gentoo-user] gcc slots

2007-01-09 Thread Luis Ortiz
Mick wrote: Hi All, I just upgraded to gcc-4.1.1. gcc-config -l shows that gcc-3.4.5 is still there: # gcc-config -l [1] i686-pc-linux-gnu-3.4.5 [2] i686-pc-linux-gnu-3.4.5-hardened [3] i686-pc-linux-gnu-3.4.5-hardenednopie [4] i686-pc-linux-gnu-3.4.5-hardenednopiessp [5]

Re: [gentoo-user] gcc slots

2007-01-09 Thread Richard Fish
On 1/9/07, Dan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: scrolltime is also wasted. Therefore, I conclude that although I respect the opinions of those who choose to bottom-post, and agree with the reasons it is nice, I also insist that there are also good reasons to top-post, and that I think the only real