On Mon, Nov 11, 2002 at 07:03:46AM -0700, Collins wrote:
> On Sun, 10 Nov 2002 08:53:38 -0500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > On Sat, Nov 09, 2002 at 11:00:01PM -0500, Brett I. Holcomb wrote:
> > > How do you upgrade from gcc 2.9x to 3.2? Can't that be a perilous
> > > path?
> >
> > You don't "upgrade," really. The default configuration is to install
> > 3.2 in /usr/local, alongside whatever you already have.
> >
>
> The upgrade path is to recompile everything that you have with the new
> compiler. The perilous part of the path is getting the sequence
> right, and anything that has mixed components (compiled with and
> without 3.2) will fail miserably.
Poppycock. I have a mixed system and no problems whatsoever.
Kurt
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