[PLUG] Something noticed on upgrading to GNU gcc v4.9.0

2014-07-05 Thread website reader
Is there someway to insure that linux programs can stand-alone? I am running an openSuse v13.1 OS on a 64-bit Intel corei7 machine. I upgraded to the gcc v4.9.0 compiler, but when I attempted to remove the older gcc v4.8.1 compiler, lots of programs broke. Examples: xrdb, xinit, xdm,

Re: [PLUG] Something noticed on upgrading to GNU gcc v4.9.0

2014-07-05 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 5 Jul 2014, website reader wrote: Is there someway to insure that linux programs can stand-alone? Randall, Yes. Build all libraries into the executable instead of using shared libraries. I upgraded to the gcc v4.9.0 compiler, but when I attempted to remove the older gcc v4.8.1

Re: [PLUG] Something noticed on upgrading to GNU gcc v4.9.0

2014-07-05 Thread Steve Dum
Gnu c++ is that way. Almost every release they make requires a different version of the std library. This is mostly because they have to make, ehh perhaps that's desire to make lib changes to support new features of the language. Usually, you can delete the compiler, but not the libraries which