On Monday 10 August 2015 14:02:20 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Mon, 10 Aug 2015 13:58:19 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > > I've been using ~amd64 GCC on my MythTV boxes, which run mainly > > > stable, for a long time. I would keep 4.8 installed too, just in case > > > the odd package still doesn't like 4.9. Ironically, on my MythTV > > > boxes, the only package that fails with 4.9 is MythTV :-O > > > > That's reassuring - thanks Neil. Will I also have to upgrade bin-utils > > and libtool to ~ versions? I think those two need recompiling with a > > new gcc version, before any of the rest of the system. > > I really can't remember, but I'm sure portage will tell you if they do.
Now upgraded to gcc-4.9.2. I reinstalled libtool, as instructed by the wiki, and now the virtual-box setup is complete. I can resume btrfs testing at last. -- Rgds Peter
