Philip Webb wrote: > 060831 Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > >> I got in via eix-sync that there was a stable gcc-4.1.1. >> Is it recommended/worth it/useful to recompile my stuff now? >> Remembering recent threads I assume this leads >> to some "emerge -e system; emerge -e world" to get the full BANG out of it. >> > > I updated to 4.1.1 some time ago & have been recompiling packages > only when there's a newer version; others remain compiled by 3.4.5 or 3.3.6 . > It doesn't seem to break anything. I never do 'emerge world' anyway. > > HTH FWIW ... > >
But according to the guide and to some threads here, it is highly advised to do the emerge -e system and a emerge -e world as in the guide. It !currently! says this: > Generally speaking, upgrades to bug fix releases, like from 3.3.5 to > 3.3.6, should be quite safe -- just emerge new version, switch your > system to use it and rebuild the only affected package, libtool. > However, some GCC upgrades break binary compatibility; in such cases a > rebuild of the affected packages (or even whole toolchain and system) > might be required. Since this is a major upgrade you may want to reconsider. So I guess it depends on how much risk you want to take with it. If anything, at least do a emerge -e system. That should get you booted even if the GUI fails for some reason. Dale :-) :-) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
