Re: [gentoo-user] gcc 3.4.x -- 4.1.x : a couple of questions

2007-01-19 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Friday 19 January 2007 00:24, b.n. wrote: Hi, Quite late :), I'm going to do my homework, that is the lng upgrade to gcc 3.4.x -- 4.1.x The subject has been widely discussed, so I've just a couple of questions to be super-safe: - I'm going to follow [1] (of course) and [2] (looks

Re: [gentoo-user] gcc 3.4.x -- 4.1.x : a couple of questions

2007-01-19 Thread brullo nulla
Dunno about gcc-4.2, you'll have to look at the gnu roadmap to get a hint of when they think it'll move closer to a release OK. Not at all necessary. The kernel is a free standing block of C code and depends only on itself, so ABI issues with other apps simply don;t happen. As long as the

Re: [gentoo-user] gcc 3.4.x -- 4.1.x : a couple of questions

2007-01-19 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Friday 19 January 2007 17:10, brullo nulla wrote: Dunno about gcc-4.2, you'll have to look at the gnu roadmap to get a hint of when they think it'll move closer to a release OK. Not at all necessary. The kernel is a free standing block of C code and depends only on itself, so ABI

Re: [gentoo-user] gcc 3.4.x -- 4.1.x : a couple of questions

2007-01-19 Thread brullo nulla
On 1/19/07, Alan McKinnon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hmmm, yes that's correct. emerge -e world will recompile vmware-modules, which will cause problems as you spotted. Kernel recompile is thus warranted OK, now it's fully clear. Other apps might be different. Professional audio stuff comes to

[gentoo-user] gcc 3.4.x -- 4.1.x : a couple of questions

2007-01-18 Thread b.n.
Hi, Quite late :), I'm going to do my homework, that is the lng upgrade to gcc 3.4.x -- 4.1.x The subject has been widely discussed, so I've just a couple of questions to be super-safe: - I'm going to follow [1] (of course) and [2] (looks nice). Other useful guides? - Is there a new

Re: [gentoo-user] gcc 3.4.x -- 4.1.x : a couple of questions

2007-01-18 Thread Bo Ørsted Andresen
On Thursday 18 January 2007 23:24, b.n. wrote: - I'm going to follow [1] (of course) and [2] (looks nice). Other useful guides? [1] alone should be fine. Assuming your CHOST isn't i386. - Is there a new incompatible GCC upgrade going to be unmasked? I see 4.2 and 4.3 are hard masked, but if

Re: [gentoo-user] gcc 3.4.x -- 4.1.x : a couple of questions

2007-01-18 Thread b.n.
Bo Ørsted Andresen ha scritto: On Thursday 18 January 2007 23:24, b.n. wrote: - I'm going to follow [1] (of course) and [2] (looks nice). Other useful guides? [1] alone should be fine. Assuming your CHOST isn't i386. Sorry for lack of info. I'm running x86 stable, chost is i686-pc-linux-gnu

Re: [gentoo-user] gcc 3.4.x -- 4.1.x : a couple of questions

2007-01-18 Thread Dan Farrell
On Fri, 19 Jan 2007 00:20:57 + b.n. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bo Ørsted Andresen ha scritto: On Thursday 18 January 2007 23:24, b.n. wrote: - I'm going to follow [1] (of course) and [2] (looks nice). Other useful guides? [1] alone should be fine. Assuming your CHOST isn't i386.