Re: [gentoo-user] gcc not downward compatible?

2008-08-11 Thread Andrew Gaydenko
Probably this sequence needs appropriate c-flags changing in make.conf file after each switching (if I use different ones for 4.3 and <4.3). Doesn't it? === On Monday 11 August 2008, Jan Schneiders wrote: === > You can put gcc 4.1 in a slot on your system and choose to compile > programs

Re: [gentoo-user] gcc not downward compatible?

2008-08-11 Thread Jan Schneiders
You can put gcc 4.1 in a slot on your system and choose to compile programs that don't work with the newest version, with the old version: # emerge -av sys-devel/gcc:4.1 (you may have to unmask: "echo "=sys- devel/gcc-4.1.2 ~x86" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords) # gcc-config -l # gcc-config

Re: [gentoo-user] gcc not downward compatible?

2008-08-11 Thread Daniel Pielmeier
2008/8/11, Peter Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I don't really mind using the ~x86 version of these packages, but wonder why > the old, stable packages won't compile with a newer gcc. Isn't gcc supposed > to be downward compatible? > No, take a look here: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198121

[gentoo-user] gcc not downward compatible?

2008-08-11 Thread Peter Wood
Hi list, A few days ago I upgraded gcc from 4.1.2 to 4.3.1-r1 (upgrading Eclipse-sdk to the latest ~x86 version made installing gcc 4.3.1-r1 necessary, so I thought I would stick with it on my test box). Now I am re-emerging world and have noticed that a number of packages which compiled fine