On Wednesday 10 October 2007, Daevid Vincent wrote: > What is the compelling reason to update if any? I've masked out this new > GCC for many months and have had no "issues" thus far that I know of.
As I understand it, your future compiles will faster, safer, more stable and what have you, as the newer compiler is meant to produce 'better' code. > I absolutely dread dicking with this for days and days, fixing things > that currently work, merging all the /etc/ files with the "new" ones for > the same packages that will be simply re-compiled with the new GCC. If you follow the relevant upgrade guide to the letter, it *shouldn't* be as dramatic as this. Nevertheless, your mileage may vary and all the caveat emptors that go with it means that you better leave this upgrade for a rainy day, rather than when you want to use the machine for production purposes. > So my questions are: > > [a] what compelling reason is there to upgrade (other than "you should > b/c it's stable") As per my understanding above. > [b] is it just better to d/l a new Gentoo .iso install that has all this > crap already, copy over my world file or whatever and have it install > the missing packages (apache, php, mysql, kde, gnome, etc) Well, you'll still need to rebuild all/most of your world. > [c] if I do that method, I would save the hassle of KDE and Gnome right? > As they come as binaries already? They do? Have I missed something? > [d] can I just "not fix if it aint broke" and keep with what I have? Or > is this just a question of time before I start hitting walls of new > packages I can't use. I guess you could get away with it for quite some time. Someone more knowledgeable on system development ought to advise better here. Good luck. :) -- Regards, Mick
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