Molle Bestefich wrote: > Kevin F. Quinn wrote: >> > > The expectation here is that when a new version of gcc is >> > > stabilized, that users will upgrade to that in a reasonable amount >> > > of time, and use that (by selecting it with gcc-config) for >> > > compiling all new updates. FYI, gcc-3.4.4-r1 was stabilized on >> > > 2-Dec-2005, and the current stable is 3.4.6-r1 since May 29th. >> > >> > I don't see how that information is conveyed to the user. >> >> It's conveyed by the fact that when updating, you see a new compiler >> version being installed. If you have done a world update, you >> already have the later compilers installed. > > No, that's not true. It's not conveyed at all. > It might install a new GCC, but it doesn't switch to it.
Sigh. Because it would break your system! > It doesn't tell the user to switch to it, either. You really need to research better if you insist on beating a dead horse over and over again. Kindly read the toolchain.eclass: <snip> einfo "You should make sure to rebuild all your C++ packages when" einfo "upgrading between different versions of gcc. For example," einfo "when moving to gcc-3.4 from gcc-3.3, emerge gentoolkit and run:" einfo " # revdep-rebuild --library libstdc++.so.5" echo einfo "For more information on the steps to take when upgrading " einfo "from gcc-3.3 please refer to: " einfo "http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gcc-upgrading.xml"; echo </snip> -- Best regards, Jakub Moc mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG signature: http://subkeys.pgp.net:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xCEBA3D9E Primary key fingerprint: D2D7 933C 9BA1 C95B 2C95 B30F 8717 D5FD CEBA 3D9E ... still no signature ;)
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