On Thursday 13 March 2008 08:12:14 pm Ben Abbott wrote:
> On Mar 13, 2008, at 9:17 AM, Alexander Hansen wrote:
> > Ben Abbott wrote:
> >> The current octave.info files still points to gcc4.2 library.
> >> Should this not be updated to respect gcc4.3?
> >>
> >> ConfigureParams: FLIBS=%p/lib/gcc4.2/lib/libgfortran.dylib F77=%p/
> >> bin/gfortran --infodir='${prefix}/share/info' --mandir='${prefix}/
> >> share/man' --libexecdir='${prefix}/lib' -enable-shared -enable-dl --
> >> disable-static --without-mpi --with-hdf5 --with-fftw
> >>
> >> I expect there are similar occurances in other packages as well.
> >>
> >> Ben
> >
> > It was updated without anybody informing me, but yes, that update
> > should be made.
>
> I notice gcc43 includes a conflict with gcc42
>
> Conflicts: gcc4, gcc42
>
> I've been using a local octave.info file to build a bleeding-edge
> version of octave. Recently, I've been having problems that may be
> related to gfortran 4.2, I so I thought I'd try 4.3.
>
> Unfortunately, modifying the .info files for packages that octave
> depends on wasn't so simple (atlas for example).
>
> So if I install gcc43, I'll not be able to build anything that depends
> upon gcc42, unless I modifiy each respective .info file:-(
>
> What is the usual procedure when upgrading between gccX.Y to gccX.Z?
>
> Ben
You're kind of on your own for local stuff. For most non-compiler things, any
dependency on gccX.Y is build-time, so it's not such a huge deal to swap back
and forth.
We're also thinking about ways to make them coexist.
--
Alexander K. Hansen
akh AT finkproject DOT org
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