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RE: [ANNOUNCEMENT] New experimental package: gcc4-4.3.0-1
- From: "Dave Korn" <dave dot korn at artimi dot com>
- To: <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:38:40 +0100
- Subject: RE: [ANNOUNCEMENT] New experimental package: gcc4-4.3.0-1
- References: <48C7F34D.3070406@alice.it>
Angelo Graziosi wrote on 10 September 2008 17:18:
> Dave Korn wrote:
>
>> ------------------------------------------
>>
>> WARNING: You must uninstall any existing
>> gcc version 3 before installing this
>> package. This will need to be done
>> manually using setup.exe.
>>
>> ------------------------------------------ [...]
>> YOU MUST UNINSTALL GCC-3.4.4 BEFORE INSTALLING THIS PACKAGE.
>> ===========================================================
>
> Does it mean that one 'must' uninstall also G77?
Sorry for the lack of clarity; yes, you must uninstall *all* of version 3
gcc-* packages.
> On GNU/Linux Kubuntu 8.0.4.1, {gcc, gfortran}-4.2.3 and g77-3.4.6 live
> together without problems...
Well, I could take a look at integrating it with update-alternatives for the
stable release. One of the main motives for doing a test release is to try
and gauge how people would like things to work.
cheers,
DaveK
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