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iKevin

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From: Ann Arbor, MI

Registered: 2003-07-20

Posts: 132

gcc installation question

Hi All

I would like to be able to have both gcc 3.4 and gcc 3.3.3 installed.  This is easy, if I compile them from source.  After doing so,  I could use the -V option to specify the older version of the compiler, when needed.  However, I would like to be able to do this from with ABS.  So, is it possible to install both?

Thanks
Kevin

Zephirias

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From: Pennsylvania, USA

Registered: 2004-04-26

Posts: 179

Re: gcc installation question

I haven't gotten much, if really any, experience with ABS, though I'm not sure if you can, because if I remember correctly, ABS scripts will make a package that you can install with Pacman, which in turn might upgrade over an existing package.

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kpiche

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From: Ottawa, ON, Canada

Registered: 2004-03-30

Posts: 246

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Re: gcc installation question

You would have to have a different package name like gcc333 or similar.  There's a config option --program-suffix/prefix/whatever that allows mangling of the command names: like adding -333 to each bin.  Maybe another install path would help too.  I haven't tried it by the way...

iKevin

Member

From: Ann Arbor, MI

Registered: 2003-07-20

Posts: 132

Re: gcc installation question

Thanks for your comments.  I hadn't had a chance to mess around with it and tried to get comments first.  I'll start trying to instal both tonight and get back to the forum.