Am Mittwoch 15 Februar 2006 02:36 schrieb Kerin Millar: > On 15/02/06, Kerin Millar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > <snip> > > > then they'll break. This library is provided by *either* gcc-3.3 (and > > lower) OR the sys-libs/libstdc++-v3 package. That's why the HOWTO > > tells you to install libstdc++-v3 early. It makes the following kind > > of operation safe for example: > > > > # emerge libstdc++-v3 && emerge -C =gcc-3.3* > > I'd just like to say here that you can opt not to install libstdc++-v3 > and just keep a copy of gcc-3.3 if you want. I do because I sometimes > need to compare the two versions when looking at certain packages with > a view to SSP (-fstack-protector) compatibility. On the other hand, I > spoke to one guy very recently who could not get one or two gnome > packages on his desktop system to link to libstdc++.so.6 when > upgrading although he swore that he had gcc-3.4.4 selected as the > active compiler and everything seemed to check out. So I just told him > to ensure that he was covered by libstdc++-v3 and remove gcc-3.3 then, > lo and behold, the two packages built as expected thereafter. > > Therefore I would suggest following due procedure here and then > building gcc-3.3 again *after* if you want to keep it around for some > reason ;) > > Cheers, > > --Kerin
Kerin, thank you for your very detailed answer. I will definitely consider it, when I do the upgrade. But I think the other aspect of the problem (see my other post in this thread) is more important for gentoo users. I am still interested in any problem reports though. Thanks and regards, Timo -- [email protected] mailing list
