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Bug 328043 - sys-devel/gcc: mention gcc-upgrading guide in post install
Summary: sys-devel/gcc: mention gcc-upgrading guide in post install
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: [OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High normal
Assignee: Gentoo Toolchain Maintainers
URL: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gcc-upgr...
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Reported: 2010-07-13 03:51 UTC by Jacob Godserv
Modified: 2010-08-14 01:26 UTC (History)
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Description Jacob Godserv 2010-07-13 03:51:42 UTC 
Upgrading to 4.4 from 4.3 caused some breaks that I did not anticipate, because I didn't realize upgrading a compiler was such a big deal.

Please provide some kind of attention-grabbing notice to users so they are aware that upgrading gcc is not quite so painless.

Reproducible: Always

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Comment 1 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2010-07-19 15:46:18 UTC 
You should be familiar with [URL].
Comment 2 Jacob Godserv 2010-07-19 16:20:23 UTC 
Every other package actually mentions the upgrade guide. Why doesn't gcc mention it?
Comment 3 Jacob Godserv 2010-07-22 01:18:02 UTC 
This needs further discussion.
Comment 4 SpanKY gentoo-dev 2010-08-14 01:26:29 UTC 
the guide was already mentioned, but just for older versions.  ive changed it to mention it all the time.

http://sources.gentoo.org/eclass/toolchain.eclass?r1=1.437&r2=1.438