Re: [gentoo-user] gcc question

2006-04-03 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 2 Apr 2006 21:00:39 -0700, Lord Sauron wrote: From what I read, if you have half a package using gcc3.3 and the other half 3.4 or something, that won't work. If that were true, how would the system function while recompiling the other half of the packages? There may be some issues

Re: [gentoo-user] gcc question

2006-04-03 Thread Leigh Stewart
yeah no what im really asking is am i going to run into problems if i 'upgrade' to gcc3.4 and do not, as recommended in the notes that are displayed after emerging gcc3.4, recompile all my c++ packages with gcc3.4. is the version of libstdc++.so which is linked to determined by the compiler

Re: [gentoo-user] gcc question

2006-04-03 Thread Richard Fish
On 4/2/06, Leigh Stewart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: thanks richard. is it safe to have compiled half a system with gcc 3.3 ubt to be compiling new packages with 3.4? No, that's a very bad idea. It should not be necessary to rebuild the whole system with the new compiler, but you should at

Re: [gentoo-user] gcc question

2006-04-03 Thread Richard Fish
On 4/3/06, Leigh Stewart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: is the version of libstdc++.so which is linked to determined by the compiler currently in use as determined by gcc-config? Yes. is it not possible to have different programs run against different versions of c++ shared libraries? Different

Re: [gentoo-user] gcc question

2006-04-03 Thread Graham Murray
Richard Fish [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The problem is the libstdc++ library. If you don't at least do the revdep-rebuild, you could end up with some things that are linked against both libstdc++.so.6 and libstdc++.so.5, and they will crash miserably. On a system with gcc = 3.4, opera is

Re: [gentoo-user] gcc question

2006-04-03 Thread Leigh Stewart
skype seems to be linked to libstdc++.so.6. (its a binary) would it hurt to switch to gcc3.4 just to compile libstdc++.so.6 so that skype has something to link to, and then switch back? On 4/3/06, Graham Murray [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Richard Fish [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The problem is the

Re: [gentoo-user] gcc question

2006-04-03 Thread Richard Fish
On 4/3/06, Leigh Stewart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: skype seems to be linked to libstdc++.so.6. (its a binary) would it hurt to switch to gcc3.4 just to compile libstdc++.so.6 so that skype has something to link to, and then switch back? You can definitely do this. You can install gcc 3.4

Re: [gentoo-user] gcc question

2006-04-03 Thread Richard Fish
On 4/3/06, Graham Murray [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On a system with gcc = 3.4, opera is linked against both libstdc++.so.5 (from the distributed binary) and libstdc++.so.6 (from natively compiled libraries) but this does not seem to prevent it from running. You've gotten very lucky. There is

Re: [gentoo-user] gcc question

2006-04-03 Thread Leigh Stewart
no, thanks you've been a great help :) --another happy gentoo userOn 4/3/06, Richard Fish [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 4/3/06, Leigh Stewart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: skype seems to be linked to libstdc++.so.6.(its a binary) would it hurt to switch to gcc3.4 just to compile libstdc++.so.6 so that

Re: [gentoo-user] gcc question

2006-04-03 Thread Graham Murray
Richard Fish [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: You've gotten very lucky. There is a reason that opera provides separate downloads for systems with libstdc++.so.5 and .6. Try searching their forums. So would it not be a good idea for portage to install the appropriate version depending on whether

Re: [gentoo-user] gcc question

2006-04-03 Thread Richard Fish
On 4/3/06, Graham Murray [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Richard Fish [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: You've gotten very lucky. There is a reason that opera provides separate downloads for systems with libstdc++.so.5 and .6. Try searching their forums. So would it not be a good idea for portage to

Re: [gentoo-user] gcc question

2006-04-02 Thread Leigh Stewart
thanks richard. is it safe to have compiled half a system with gcc 3.3 ubt to be compiling new packages with 3.4?On 4/2/06, Richard Fish [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:On 4/1/06, Leigh Stewart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just tried to install skype, it wont start, and in the logs it tells me it cant

Re: [gentoo-user] gcc question

2006-04-02 Thread Lord Sauron
On 4/2/06, Leigh Stewart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: thanks richard. is it safe to have compiled half a system with gcc 3.3 ubt to be compiling new packages with 3.4? From what I read, if you have half a package using gcc3.3 and the other half 3.4 or something, that won't work. However, I

[gentoo-user] gcc question

2006-04-01 Thread Leigh Stewart
I just tried to install skype, it wont start, and in the logs it tells me it cant find libstdc++.so.6, which doesnt surprise me because it doesnt exist on my system. im using gcc 3.3.5 and im guessing that libstdc++.so.6 is libstdc++.so compiled with gcc 3.4.5. how can i solve this problem? i

Re: [gentoo-user] gcc question

2006-04-01 Thread Richard Fish
On 4/1/06, Leigh Stewart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just tried to install skype, it wont start, and in the logs it tells me it cant find libstdc++.so.6, which doesnt surprise me because it doesnt exist on my system. im using gcc 3.3.5 and im guessing that libstdc++.so.6 is libstdc++.so