begin quote On Mon, 9 Feb 2004 15:29:11 -0800 Alan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I noticed that gcc 3.3 snuck into stable for x86 a few days ago with > no > fanfare... > > [ebuild U ] sys-devel/gcc-3.3.2-r5 [3.2.3-r3] > > Can I assume that upgrading is painless? The move from 3.1 to 3.2 was > pretty bad IIRC due to binary incompatibility or something, but I'd > like to know if it's safe to upgrade without b0rking my server. > Binary compability is fine I've found, However there are issues when libstdc++.so.5 is removed in the mid-install, the new package is copied over perfectly, but the subsequent spawning of env-update fails because libstdc++.so.5 is gone until env-update is run.... (oops) solution is to run ldconfig on the system if env-update fails. I -HOPE- this is getting dealt with by the responsible persons... *cough* (and, this only seems to be the case on -some- installs, which is annoying in the extreme) //Spider -- begin .signature This is a .signature virus! Please copy me into your .signature! See Microsoft KB Article Q265230 for more information. end
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