Re: [gentoo-user] GCC upgrade from 4.5.3 to 4.5.4 automatically removes 4.5.3???? Wtf???

[Markos Chandras]

On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 1:53 PM, Tanstaafl <tansta...@libertytrek.org> wrote:
> On 2012-09-07 7:44 AM, Markos Chandras <hwoar...@gentoo.org> wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 12:24 PM, Tanstaafl<tansta...@libertytrek.org>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> This has never happened to me before...
>>>
>>> Since when did a simple GCC upgrade *automatically* REMOVE my prior GCC
>>> install???
>>>
>>> I have *always* kept my prior GCC around for a while, if not until the
>>> next
>>> upgrade, just as something to fall back on if the current one breaks.
>>>
>>> I am NOT a happy camper.
>
>
>> This always happens if the gcc your are upgrading to is in the same
>> slot as the previous one.
>
>
> Well, I've been managing this gentoo server since I installed it over 8
> years ago, and I don't *ever* recall a GCC upgrade removing my prior
> version.
>
All of us told you that you are wrong. Since you insist that Gentoo
always keep multiple gcc versions of the same slot around, then ok , I
guess you know better.