A. R. wrote:
Hello,
I am currently using GCC 3.3.5-20050130, but I would like to give
GCC 3.4.3.20050110-r2 a try, it is currently masked by keyword "~x86".
Is it enough to add gcc to the /etc/portage/package.keywords file
and then emerge it?
Is there a Gentoo-related guide to this somewhere?
Thanks in advance.
-AR
I think it is enough to add gcc to /etc/portage/package.keywords and
emerge it. It will co-exist with your current version of gcc and you
will be able to switch between them with gcc-config. At the end of the
emerge it might or might not automatically switch to the new version, I
do not know. I have one machine which has been fully compiled with gcc
3.4 series and I haven't had any problems (although I do not use it all
that much). It's been out for quite a while since 3.4 series has been
out and my guess would be it is stable for most things.
Eugene.
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