On Saturday 08 November 2014 18:17:02 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 07/11/14 19:46, James wrote: > > Ok > > > > so I'm still on 4.7.3; but if I set 4.8.3 > > as the default, should I rebuild @system ? > > > > # gcc-config -l > > [1] x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-4.7.3 * > > [2] x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-4.8.3 > > > > I saw the news item about 4.8.3-SSP, which I think is a good idea, but > > how deeply, if at all, do I need to rebuild packages ? > > You don't need to rebuild, although there are known problems with having > both 4.7 and 4.8 installed, and having 4.7 be the active one (or any > case where an older version is the active one.) > > You should be able to just switch to 4.8 without rebuilding anything. > That's what I did. Of course it can't hurt to rebuild everything, but > you can schedule that for later (like an overnight rebuild of @world > with --keep-going). It's not critical to do it immediately.
I'd have thought you needed to emerge -e world if you really want to be protected. -- Rgds Peter.
