If a gcc prefernce varible could be added to /etc/make,conf. It could be used to specify behavior of gcc-config. EX:1 highest >4.1.1 always over any versions of 3.4.6 2 current > I always want my current version, I'll change when I want to) 3 hardened, hardenednopie, hardenednopiessp, hardenednossp. Actually it could be a 2 part variable GCC_PREFERNCE="higest-hardened" which in my case would be plain gcc-4.1.1 since there is no hardened options. If it was "hardened-highest" it would mean highest gcc with a hardened profile. The order of the flags or just a single flag such as "hardened" could indicate over all prefernce. Right now portage has a sneaky way of of OCCASSIONLY updating a lower sloted version of gcc. I have never been able to duplicate it and it could a combination of portage sees my guard is down and gcc-config is in a last emerged is current mode. Any way a GCC_PREFERNCE would take some of the heat off you as to,what is the users prefernce ? In a script I maintain I chose to allways select the highest version of gcc. That way those who care know whats going to happen when gcc is updated.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 134856 ***
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