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#1 2007-05-19 08:20:52
- geek.arnuld
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how pacman handles GCC upgrade
i want to know how pacman handles a typical GCC upgrade. any pointers of information ?
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#2 2007-05-19 08:52:16
- Pierre
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Re: how pacman handles GCC upgrade
just like any other update: remove the old and install the new one.
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#3 2007-05-19 09:52:18
- geek.arnuld
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Re: how pacman handles GCC upgrade
just like any other update: remove the old and install the new one.
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i know that, i mean how it handles config files to give an example ?
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#4 2007-05-19 10:01:51
- lucke
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Re: how pacman handles GCC upgrade
It doesn't have any config files per se.
All the compilation options are in /etc/makepkg.conf, part of pacman package.
Read "man pacman" to learn how pacman handles config files.
Just sit down and use Arch for a while.
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#5 2007-05-19 12:02:34
- JGC
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Re: how pacman handles GCC upgrade
Guess he's used to gentoo where the whole system needs a recompile on every upgrade of any basic package.
gcc 4.2 is backwards compatible with 3.4, 4.0 and 4.1, so there's no need to recompile anything special. I think a binutils and glibc recompile will happen though, as those are two packages that adapt to the features of your compiler.
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