On Mon, 11 Nov 2002 07:03:46 -0700 Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sun, 10 Nov 2002 08:53:38 -0500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Sat, Nov 09, 2002 at 11:00:01PM -0500, Brett I. Holcomb wrote: > > > How do you upgrade from gcc 2.9x to 3.2? Can't that be a perilous > > > path? > > > > You don't "upgrade," really. The default configuration is to install > > 3.2 in /usr/local, alongside whatever you already have. > > > > The upgrade path is to recompile everything that you have with the new > compiler. The perilous part of the path is getting the sequence > right, and anything that has mixed components (compiled with and > without 3.2) will fail miserably. > > If you are a typical user of RPMs, you'll need to find a lot of RPMs, > or use SRPMa ro rebuild everything. Most distros are beginning to > provide 3.2 based installs, but these are a mixed bag at present, > since they always drag in something poisonous (i.e. untested) in > addition to 3.2. > > I've used a 3.2 based distro (gentoo), and it's totally innocuous, if > done properly. OTOH, it's no fantastic improvement, so you're > probably better off (TM) waiting for everything (binary plugins, > especially) to catch up. > > -- > Collins Richey - Denver Area > Redhat 7.3 system > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> > http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users I think I will wait a while, this is going to be too much trouble. Thanks for your reply. cheers -- Rick Sivernell Dallas, Texas 75287 972 306-2296 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Caldera Open Linux eWorkStation 3.1.1 Registered Linux User .~. / v \ /( _ )\ ^ ^ In Linux we trust! _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
