Well, actually Im almost desperate for the pentium-m flag...then, the emerge system was OK. Actually Im using a mix of 3.3 in world, and 3.4 in system!..wacko!.. :)
But, its working now, without problems. And you can go back to 3.3.4...if you switch the compiler properly, and start the emerge update again. Andres On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 11:00:18 -0500, Jerry McBride <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Monday 10 January 2005 10:19 am, Dave Nebinger wrote: > > Hey, all. I've got two working gentoo systems built from the 2004.02 live > > cd. Following the instructions in the handbook, the systems were > > constructed with gcc 3.3.4 as the base. > > > > The 3.4.x chain of gcc is out there in portage, and I am now curious as to > > whether to upgrade gcc and what steps to take to complete it... > > > > For the most part I'm guessing it would be a matter of: > > > > 1. Use emerge to update gcc to a 3.4 version. > > 2. Use gcc-config to target the new version as the default. > > 3. Use emerge to update glibc and binutils. > > 4. Use emerge to rebuild the world. > > > > I remember from the handbook I had to create a new link for > > /etc/make.profile; do I need to do that again for a 3.4 chain, and what one > > would I use? > > > > Are there valid reasons to or not to do this upgrade? > > > > I found a few programs that failed to build with the 3.4.x tree... maybe > differnet NOW, but I'll wait to hear back from you. > > Also, once you upgrade to gcc 3.4.x and compile a few critical things, you > maynot be able to go back to gcc 3.3.x without a load of hassle.... > > Personally, I'll wait till the gcc 3.4.x tree gets an official blessing from > the gentoo defv group, before I jump into those waters... > > -- > > ****************************************************************************** > Registered Linux User Number 185956 > FSF Associate Member number 2340 since 05/20/2004 > Join me in chat at #linux-users on irc.freenode.net > Buy an Xbox for $149.00, run linux on it and Microsoft loses $150.00! > 10:48am up 92 days, 18:34, 8 users, load average: 0.10, 0.15, 0.10 > > -- > [email protected] mailing list > > -- [email protected] mailing list
